Zendaya deserves higher.
“Jeopardy!” followers had been up in arms over a deceptive query in regards to the Emmy-winning actress on Tuesday’s episode.
The Zendaya-related clue was value $1,000 and skim by host Ken Jennings to contestants Drew Basile, Staci Garner and Alan Elverum.
“Earlier than in some way making tennis steamy in 2024, this single-named star guested on Disney Channel’s ‘Good Luck Charlie,’” the clue learn.
The primary a part of the query referenced her film “Challengers.”
Garner appropriately guessed Zendaya, 27.
Nonetheless, followers of the present weren’t joyful in regards to the second half of the clue, since Zendaya — who is among the greatest stars in Hollywood in the intervening time — solely appeared in a single episode of “Good Luck Charlie.”
The expertise was finest identified for an additional Disney Channel present, “Shake It Up,” firstly of her profession.
Followers took to X (previously Twitter) to react to the query they deemed deceptive.
“Watching #jeopardy when was zendaya on good luck charlie?!?” one fan tweeted.
“@Jeopardy simply mentioned Zendaya was on Good Luck Charlie?? The one crossover episode?” one other particular person mentioned.
One fan incorrectly claimed that the present “falsely said” that Zendaya was on “Good Luck Charlie.”
A unique critic replied: “The reply I noticed mentioned guested, not starred. She did have a visitor look on ‘Good Luck, Charlie’ as her character Rocky Blue.”
Another person tweeted, “ZENDAYA CHALLENGERS HIGHEST LEVEL JEOPARDY QUESTION LETS GOOOOO.”
Zendaya’s visitor star stint on “Good Luck Charlie” occurred in 2011, the yr after she made her TV debut on “Shake It Up.”
The actress went on to star in one other Disney Channel present, “Okay.C. Undercover,” from 2015 to 2018. Her most profitable tv mission is the HBO drama “Euphoria.”
She bought her large break in movie in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” reverse her now-boyfriend Tom Holland.
Along with the 2 “Spider-Man” sequels, Zendaya’s additionally been in “The Biggest Showman,” “Malcolm & Extra,” “Dune Half One” and “Dune Half Two.”
Earlier this yr, she starred in (and likewise produced) “Challengers” with Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
The movie facilities round a tennis champion who phases a comeback with the assistance of his former tennis prodigy spouse.
The week that “Challengers” got here out, Zendaya admitted that she was “nervous” for the world to see her racy sports activities movie.
“That is my first time main a movie on this means so ya ladies been nervous,” she wrote on Instagram April 23, “however everyones pleasure and encouragement has meant the world to me.”
The film remodeled $94 million on the worldwide field workplace on a $55 million price range.