File-breaking “Jeopardy!” winner Amy Schneider has opened up about getting robbed over New Yr’s weekend.
Schneider, a lifelong fan of the present and its first transgender contestant to qualify for the elite “Event of Champions,” revealed Monday on Twitter that she was mentally recovering after having a variety of her private objects stolen.
“Hello all! So, first off: I’m advantageous. However I received robbed yesterday, misplaced my ID, bank cards, and cellphone,” the Oakland, California, resident and Ohio native started in a tweet thread concerning the expertise. “I then couldn’t actually sleep final night time, and have been dragging myself round all day attempting to interchange every part.”
Whereas bodily alright, Schneider says she’s taking it simple following the traumatizing expertise and warned her 49,000 followers that she is probably not as energetic on social media as she often is for a bit.
“So, I doubt I’ll even begin writing tonight’s sport thread right this moment, and if I preserve profitable, it could take a bit for me to get caught up. Thanks to your persistence!” she wrote.
Many readers responded to supply their condolences and share comparable experiences and lend assist to the fan-favorite sport present contestant.
“I’m so sorry to learn this! However I simply watched you win one other sport, with a complete of $41,000 right this moment, so sustain the nice work!! You could have lots of people from Dayton rooting for you!” wrote one supporter.
Schneider had simply damaged the all-time report for many consecutive “Jeopardy!” wins — 28 — by a girl Dec. 28. On Tuesday night time, ought to she defend her present champ standing, she’ll go the $1 million mark on the present, which is pre-taped.
The cash isn’t Schneider’s major motive, although — she’s in it for the glory, and what she represents to all of the younger trans individuals watching. Greater than something she desires to “ship a optimistic message to the nerdy trans woman who desires to be on the present too” she stated in a November interview.
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