‘Celebrity Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Mock Kathy Hilton’s Gameplay: ‘WTF Was That?’
What To Know
- Kathy Hilton’s numerous mistakes and confusion during her appearance on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune amused and bewildered fans.
- Despite her gameplay blunders, Hilton won $37,700 for her chosen charity, Yogi’s House.
- Viewers and Reddit users widely laughed at Hilton’s performance, comparing it to an SNL sketch.
Maybe Kathy Hilton had never watched Wheel of Fortune before, or maybe she was just nervous, but her many gaffes on Friday’s episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune astonished fans of the long-running game show.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was competing against rapper Rick Ross and comedian Riki Lindhome, and she started making mistakes during the first Toss Up Round, when she shouted “I know!” instead of pressing her buzzer.
Host Ryan Seacrest gave Hilton a reminder about buzzing in, but during the second Toss Up, she did it again. “I know it!” she declared, even after Seacrest had called on Lindhome, who had actually buzzed in.
Hilton’s bloopers didn’t end there. Before taking her first spin of the wheel, she asked Lindhome whether she had guessed “P” or “C” — it was actually “T” that Lindhome had guessed — and then asked Seacrest where the $1 million wedge was.
And after her second spin, the socialite asked for “Rs,” even though that letter had been guessed.
Despite those brain farts, Hilton ended up getting to the Bonus Round… where she tried guessing “O” as one of the consonants. And once the timer started going, she called out other letters instead of potential answers.
Kathy ended up winning $37,700 for her chosen charity: Yogi’s House, a dog rescue supported by her son, Conrad Hilton, and his girlfriend, The Conners star Emma Kenney. And she wandered off the stage as the credits rolled.
“Kathy, not yet!” Seacrest shouted.
“Kathy!” said cohost Vanna White.
In a Reddit discussion of the episode, one viewer said Friday’s gameplay was “straight out of an SNL sketch.”
Said another, “There was no editing fix for what was going on with Kathy.”
In a different Reddit thread, a viewer said, “Is Kathy Hilton OK? WTF was that? Watching her unable to follow simple instructions was comical.”
A commenter added, “I’m not sure I’ve ever seen my husband laugh that hard. He almost fell off the couch when she started calling letters in the Bonus Round.”
And in a third thread, a commenter said, “I know it sounds bad, but that’s just how Kathy Hilton is.”
Kathy also had viewers cringing with the anecdote she shared on the show. The reality star said she and White are longtime friends and that she quelled White’s pre-childbirth nerves by inviting her to her birthing room to witness Conrad’s arrival.
“Thank you for that, but my birth was different from your birth,” White clarified. “You were there, you were all coiffed and beautiful, and knocked out your fourth baby like that. A month later, I had Nikko — 23 hours of labor and a C-section. It was different than yours! But thank you.”
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I thought she was suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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She’s never been one of the brightest bulbs. Never.
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Kathy Hilton was the dumbest contestant I have seen in that show. Does she have Alzheimer’s or is she really that stupid? My husband and I couldn’t believe it. She has lots of money but no apparent brain.
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I sadly agree....definitely problems with her comprehension, also a bit wobbly. I hope her family will discourage her from appearing on the show again....for her own sake. 🤷🏼♀️
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I would have took her to the doctors. She was confused then walking off the stage she didn’t look like she had good balance. She definitely has something going on .
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No doubt....
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Drunk, Valium, or just not all cylinders running? So strange. It seemed to frustrate Ryan.
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Who is the GENIUS who picks the guests for Celebrity Wheel?? While Hilton was the worst choice that I've ever seen, there have been a few others that apparently NEVER watched the show, or at least been given instructions on how to play the game. DO BETTER MANAGEMENT, I, personally, won't watch the entire show with uneducated and annoying guests!
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These people are not celebrities. They are as much celebrities as I am. And would it make sense to have her play some practice rounds to learn the game/rules ahead of time instead of making a travesty of the show? Pathetic. They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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Kathy Hilton knows exactly what she's doing!
If you've ever seen her on any of the Real Housewives shows, she is a real vicious lady with quite a mean streak. She plays that Daffy lady part to her advantage.
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I like Kathy Hilton..She says what she thinks…Bravo
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Too many celebrities play these games like they've never even seen the show - and they probably haven't. They ought to be shown examples of good gameplay and of bad gameplay. (Do they not do run-throughs as well? Practice games?)
At least she was only messing herself up (and she nevertheless managed to do better than the minimum guarantee), but you can generally make the bonus round by winning the 3rd game (with its $20,000 bonus).
It's worse on a show like Pyramid, where there are real contestants trying to win life-changing amounts of money. Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, and Atsuko Okatsuka were among the 3 worst to have as partners.
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Run through won’t help a woman who asked who Hunky Dory is.
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This was worse than Tori Spelling on “$100,000. Pyramid”
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Inbreeding?
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I feel she might have been drunk or on drugs. Nobody could be that unintelligent otherwise.
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Well her “playing” costs the charity $100,000
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Something was way off about that lady. Wasn’t very entertaining to say the least.
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Ryan mentioned there was a bar there multiple times. I’m second hand embarrassed. WTH was happening!! Can’t believe she made it to the bonus round. What a ditz.
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It was almost like watching Biden with confusion walking in the wrong direction!
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That was so cringeworthy!! Absolutely painful. Seriously, out of all the celebrities you could invite she was a good pick? Ugh
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Clearly Kathy Hilton was clueless on how to play Wheel of Fortune. She did admit at the beginning she Didn’t watch TV.
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Because she can’t figure out how to turn it on.
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😂
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I tried this but was jailed after making only $58.