Eric Weldon-Schilling, who famously dropped the F-bomb on Jeopardy!, mirrored on his time on the sport present and the way his life has modified since being on it.
The Jeopardy! champion took to Reddit on Thursday, March 20, to say that he had simply rewatched his episodes, which made him “giddy and nostalgic.” “I take into consideration the expertise each day and achieve this fondly. Like I preserve considering I’m going to get up and discover it was all a dream haha,” he wrote.
Weldon-Schilling, from Houston, Texas, revealed that his post-game life has been attention-grabbing. He has had some individuals acknowledge him and in sure settings, it has made individuals take him extra severely.
He revealed, after taxes, that he took house $21,000, however stated that cash modified his life. “I didn’t get tremendous wealthy or something nevertheless it did make me comfy and now not struggling,” the contestant stated.
Weldon-Schilling’s payments are a month-and-a-half forward. He additionally put a sizeable quantity in his financial savings and CD accounts. The Jeopardy! champion additionally invested a few of it and purchased a automotive, which he stated he very a lot wanted. He additionally “bought a brand new MacBook Air, purchased tickets to see Bob Dylan in July for the twenty first time (third row this time), have handled myself to quite a lot of new garments and books and $800 of good wines… and helped three associates who had been struggling financially–gave my hubby a bit to spend, and donated some to the ASPCA, native animal rescue shelter, and the Houston meals financial institution and LGBT middle.”
“It’s humorous as a result of I at all times dreamed I’d have this lengthy successful streak or come away with a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} and that it will fully change my life. And the factor is, it has modified my life in so some ways–perhaps not the best way I dreamed however in a manner that’s truly good,” Weldon-Schilling ended.
Weldon-Schilling beat four-day champ Ashley Chan on December 18, 2024, who had a complete of $67,400. She was the longest-reigning feminine champion in six months on the time. Weldon-Schilling received that sport with a complete of $21,000. His streak didn’t final lengthy, nevertheless, as he wound up with $0 on the finish of his second sport.
The bar supervisor and sommelier misplaced to Laura Faddah over a sports activities query. “It’s the one staff to play within the Tremendous Bowl earlier than Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk that has not been again to the large sport since,” the clue learn. It was a triple stumper, as nobody answered “The New York Jets.”
Reddit customers reacted to the query and Weldon-Schilling responded to the thread. He stated he misplaced his cool on the time, as sports activities is his “weakest class,” and when the reply was revealed, he “legitimately cursed,” having identified he wager all of it. He was very grateful this didn’t make the printed.
“Sports activities has at all times been my absolute weakest class,” he started. “When Ken introduced that the ultimate Jeopardy class was Tremendous Bowl historical past I legitimately cursed below my breath. I’m shocked the microphone didn’t decide me up saying ‘f**okay.’ However I knew I needed to make an enormous swing if I had any probability of successful, and sadly, it didn’t repay.”
“In the end although I’m proud of the best way issues went,” he continued. “Certain, I’d’ve cherished to have damaged some information or gone on a loopy run like James Holzhauer Amy… or Ken. however I had at the very least one actually good day made my lifelong dream come true and there’s at all times an opportunity I might come again for Champions Wild Card. And actually, Laura was such a pleasant girl and so calm and picked up who ended up being a ferocious participant. I’m honored to have misplaced to her.”
