So close, yet so far! A man named Nicholas Berube was competing on Jeopardy! this week, when he mixed up two celebrities with very similar names and very strong feelings about one another.
Berube, an architect living in Massachusetts, had a successful run on Jeopardy!, but a bit of a blip involving Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks when answering an entertainment question.
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"This Australian hip-hopper used the pet name/street name system to come up with her rap name," host Alex Trebek read for the $1,600 clue.
Berube quickly buzzed in, beating his two competitors to the punch. "Who is Azealia Banks?" the contestant answered. When none of the participants were able to buzz in, Trebek supplied the proper name, "Fancy" performer Azalea.
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While Banks and the described "hip-hopper" Azalea share a similar first and last name, respectively, the two female rappers have been in a feud for years and rarely see eye to eye.
Presumably recognizing the faux pas of confusing "212" rapper Banks, 23, for her chart-topping counterpart, 24, Berube created a Twitter account and used his first tweet to apologize to Banks.
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Hey @AZEALIABANKS - I'm the guy on Jeopardy who mixed you up with Iggy Azalea. I apologize. I actually think you're awesome.
— Nicholas Berube (@nicholas_berube) January 21, 2015
Very new w twitter but I'm Nicholas from #jeopardy, and I wanted to apologize for mixing up Iggy and @AZEALIABANKS / messing up the internet
— Nicholas Berube (@nicholas_berube) January 21, 2015 "I mean nothing against Iggy Azalea, I just happen to actually know Banks' music, and I know they don't like each other," he added. "I might be a dorky white dude, but I do know there's a difference btw Iggy and Azealea- had to correct the record!"
