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$100,000 Pyramid Contestant Has Truly Awful Answer For Obama Category

August 15, 2018

choking on my own tongue. pic.twitter.com/9VtRysTXEL

— bobby (@bobby) August 13, 2018

Oof. There are days, and there are DAYS, and then there are days when, while on national TV, across from legendary comedian Tim Meadows, you are asked to give the first names of some Obamas and instead you mention Bin Laden. Oof. Oof. Oooof. As far as game show goofs go, this one is a doozy.

This went down when improviser and new dad Evan Kaufman when on the $100,000 Pyramid — the game show where you have to name the elements of a group to have the person across from you accurately guess them — and Evan got “People With The Last Name Obama”. He takes a deep breath. “Osama Bin Laden”.

Wait, what?

There we so many ways to answer that question. You could say “Who was the last president” or just say “Michelle, Barack, Malia, Sasha”, or you know… not give lip service to what sounds like an Alex Jones theory. But wait! Evan Kaufman has an explanation of this entire thing! He credits new dad exhaustion (he’s a new dad), a weird thought process (Obama killed Bin Laden) and possible weird strains of racism despite his best ideas and intentions. Check out Evan Kaufman’s explanation below.

So. This is me below. Racist $100,000 Pyramid Guy. Let me tell you the story about perhaps the most embarrassing moment of my life. #KillMe (Thread 1/13) https://t.co/CcyxnxXsC9

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

I was on $100,000 Pyramid. I’m playing with Tim Meadows, one of my heroes from SNL. My son had been born two weeks prior. I am very tired but excited to win money for my family. We play up the whole tired Dad thing. (2/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

The producers of the show tell us beforehand, if we get to the final round, to study the questions VERY hard. “People misread them!” They say. They have no idea. (3/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

I lose my first round. I think, oh well… no Pyramid for me. Then Meadows and I go on a run in the second round. We’re having fun, he’s cracking jokes! This is great. (4/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

I make it to the final round. I remember what the producers said. I try and focus. READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. (5/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

The first square flips. I breathe. I read “People Whose Last Name is Obama.” I freeze. There’s only one. BARACK OBAMA. The man I would have voted for three times*! (*H/T Jordan Peele) (6/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

“Who else is a famous Obama?” My brain is racing. I need to list multiple people. I can’t just say Barack. What I should have said was, “Michelle, Sasha, Malia, Bo! The PORTUGUESE WATER DOG BO!” (7/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

Here’s what my brain decided. Who is associated with Obama? Who did he kill? What sounds like Obama! (8/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

And so you have this perfectly viral clip. A clip that is insanely funny. It would be so funny if it wasn’t me. The editing is impeccable. The little breath I take? I’m working so hard to get it right. (9/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

But this just goes to show you that even a liberal Globalist Cuck like yours truly has some inherent racism lurking in my brain. What a disaster. (10/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

What you don’t see in this clip is me, shocked, correcting myself and saying Barack. Tim gets the answer. We get stumped on Margarita a few questions later. Turns out Margarita is Tim Meadow’s Grandmother’s name. (11/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

Tim feels bad he lost the money for me, because he's sweet. Kathy Najimy can't look me in the eye. I leave knowing that my day of reckoning is coming. Maybe they can cut it out? They can't… it's timed. (12/13)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

I leave with $8500… and the story of the worst pyramid guess of all-time. (13/13 Fin)

— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018

Okay! All cleared! Evan was upfront and had a sense of humor about his own insane gaffe, which is really nice to see.

Evan is also currently producing a very charming series about being a new dad, that has been featured on Upworthy that has all the loves, pathos, humor and empathy that a series like that needs.

https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/videos/294860587735928/

See!!!! The people! The people making the gaffs! They’re human just like you and me! We may think they are monsters, ostracizing them from society, but nay! They are humans! They are wishing to be loved, and we are the ones who can bring the love! We can heal them! We can give joy! Bring joy!

Except for Barbecue Becky, screw her. Calling the cops on black people. To quote Mark Twain, “I don’t think so!”

What do you think of the gaffe? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter at @WhatsTrending.