Add “defender of the cyber-bullied” to the list of reasons why we all love Pat Sajak.
The phrase to guess was “another feather in your cap.”
For viewers, the two minutes were frustrating enough that they felt the need to vent online rather harshly.
It can be downright frustrating, right?
“Good-natured laughter is one thing.
Heck, they laughed at themselves,” he recalled.
“But, hey, cut them some slack.
Unless you’re there, you have no idea how different it is in the studio.”
He added, “[M]ocking them online and calling them names?
At the same time, he showed some empathy with the game show fans who found the situation funny.
He finished off his thoughts by asking bullies to put themselves in the shoes of the ridiculed contestants.
“No one wants to be trending on Twitter,” he concluded.
