The last Danger! category is clumsy
On Tuesday’s episode of the classic game show, all three contestants sniffed a clue from Green Bay Packers – and guest host / Packers QB Aaron Rodgers didn’t let the hilarious cringey moment go unnoticed.
Aaron Rodgers is a natural @Danger hosting. This was really good.
“Oh, you know that, huh?” pic.twitter.com/WJs34oTS7e
– NFL update (@MySportsUpdate) April 13, 2021
This isn’t the first time the NFL major’s day job became fodder for comedy during its two-week run as a guest host (ending next Friday). On the occasion of Rodgers’ first show behind TV’s most famous music stand last Monday, then two-day champion Scott Shewfelt used his Final Danger! response to tease Rodgers about his team’s recent playoff defeat. Instead of the correct answer, Shewfelt wrote, “Who wanted to kick that field goal?” (Watch that moment here.)
All ridges seem to pay off. During the weekend, Danger! EP Mike Richards (a one-time interim host himself) had high praise for Rodgers’ hosting capabilities. “Aaron came in so prepared it was incredible,” Richards told The Ringer. He approached this as if he were splitting game images. He watched a lot of episodes and he came in with questions like, “If this happens, how am I going to deal with it?” And I was like, ‘Well, that’s not really happening.’ And he said, ‘I’ve seen one! I want to know because I want to be prepared. He came prepared as an MVP quarterback would for a huge game. “
Richards also told NBC Sports that Rodgers’ “second career could be better than his first.”