And now, watching the show again this<\/em> summer, I feel the same way that I did last year. The thing that annoys me about all<\/em> of the iterations of this show is that why, in this age of ever-present internet devices, do so few of these celebrities know how to word the questions to their phone-a-friends???<\/p>\n (L-R) Jamie Ding, host Jimmy Kimmel, and Ben Affleck.<\/p><\/div>\n They\u2019re aware that they have only thirty seconds to not only give the question to their friend on the phone, but for the pal to think it over and then answer it. Yet they read the entire<\/em> question, which usually comes with some long prelude, such as, \u201cA nod to his ancestors\u2019 Irish roots\u2026\u201d And when giving the four possible answers, some of these celebrities even say the letters that are before<\/em> the choices, such as \u201cA) so-and-so, B) so-and-so, C) so-and-so, D) so-and-so.” Even just saying those four unnecessary letters takes some time off the clock. Am I the only person to realize that?!<\/p>\n Only one celebrity I saw this season, when he was choosing the phone-a-friend, told the host, Jimmy Kimmel, that he needed a minute to formulate how he was going to ask his friend the question. Often when someone uses that lifeline, I pause the TV and have Mr. X ask me the question the way that it should<\/em> be asked, while I have my fingers on the keyboard of my laptop, and we time it. Rarely have I not been able to give him the correct answer in ten seconds. So I don’t get why these people don’t have it set-up with their phone-a-friend to be sitting in front of a computer! And then ask the question in the easiest and smartest way possible. It just makes me crazy. I’m sure it does the same for the charities for which they’re trying to win the money.<\/p>\n Chloe Fineman and her pal Jillian Bell.<\/p><\/div>\n I\u2019m also perplexed by how dumb some of these celeb contestants are!<\/p>\n For example, last season, SNL<\/em>\u2019s Chloe Fineman and her pal Jillian Bell were idiots who do not know how leap year works! How is that even possible?! I\u2019ve honestly known it since 1st grade!!! It\u2019s a basic concept of life. They thought it occurred every two<\/em> years. (I sincerely hope the rest of you know it\u2019s every four<\/em>.) And who even is Jillian Bell??? How is she a \u201ccelebrity?!\u201d I\u2019ve never heard of her before nor since that appearance. If being the friend of someone semi-famous qualifies you for celeb status, sign me up right now!<\/p>\n![\"(L-R)](\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-11-at-9.27.56\u202fPM-e1786679995856.png\")
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