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Player Jeshma Al-Tabari went viral for her answer, “British Ogre.”
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On a recent episode of Wheel of Fortune, viewers were baffled by a contestant's strange response to a trilogy puzzle, with social media users quickly calling it the “worst guess ever”, with many wondering what exactly the player meant.
Gamer Gishma Tabari spoke with Fox News Digital about her viral guess in the show business category, admitting that saying something “stupid” was a major concern.
“The funny part is that before I could continue my talk, I went to my husband, Saman, and said… “My fear is that I will go on the show and I will say or do something stupid that everyone will not know about. “You're going to laugh,” she told Fox News Digital.
“And that's exactly what happened.”
During the clip, letters were revealed one by one, until “TH- -RITI-S_-GR-E” appeared on the screen.
Al-Tabari quickly guessed the name “British Ghoul”, which confused fans on the Internet.
“I think it was just my imagination,” she explained of her origin story.
“From the moment I was there and saw the painting, that's what I saw. Now I look at it and say: This doesn't make sense.
After the mistake, Al-Tabari said she knew she had given an incorrect answer, but was surprised when host Pat Sajak asked her to “say it again.”
After I repeated the same guess, Sajak seemed amused, saying, “Oh, no.”
The answer he was looking for was, “The critics agree.”
Al-Tabari remembers thinking: “Why did you say that again?”
The New York native is a longtime viewer of “Wheel of Fortune,” having watched the game show since she was 5 years old.
Al-Tabari's answer quickly received attention on social media, some of which was the subject of ridicule.
Al-Tabari says she learned that she had become a topic of conversation after her friends started sending her things on social media.
“I saw my picture and I said, 'Oh my God. That's me.'”
Al-Tabari says her stomach “felt in knots” when she realized people were talking about her mistake, but she quickly started laughing at herself.
“There were some hurtful comments…but honestly, I wasn't bothered by them….People don't know who I am in general. I have a college degree, I work…I feel like I had a hard time on national television,” she said. .
She even joked that she thinks of the “British Ogre” as a person now.
“If I could redo it, the only thing I would do is have more fun and worry less,” she told Fox News Digital.
Al-Tabari also indicated that the majority of the comments she received were positive.
Despite the online hype, I accomplished what I set out to do: win money!
Al-Tabari also received a cash prize, and also won a cruise.
She and her husband, who celebrated their two-month wedding anniversary on registration day, plan to enjoy a Disney cruise to the Bahamas as a honeymoon.
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