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- ‘Family Feud’ host Steve Harvey mishears a contestant’s answer leading to a wild TV moment (marketrealist.com)
Steve Harvey’s Hilarious “Family Feud” Misunderstanding Leaves Audience in Stitches
“Family Feud” host Steve Harvey is known for his quick wit and penchant for playfully roasting contestants, especially when their answers seem a little… out there. But in a recent episode, the tables turned on Harvey when a simple mishearing led to a truly wild on-air moment that had everyone cracking up.
The question posed to the families was: “Name something that would be harder to do if you had a neck like a giraffe.” Contestant Kat was lightning-fast on the buzzer, offering “Wear a necktie,” which snagged the number two spot on the board. Selam followed up with “Eat,” landing in the third position.
The Tully family decided to play, and after a gentle admonishment from Harvey about her enthusiastic buzzer-hitting, Kat’s family continued their turn. Jeannie chimed in with “Give your honey a kiss,” a valid answer. But it was Margaret’s response that caused the delightful kerfuffle.
“Well, I’m thinking a baby giraffe would be hard to nurse,” Margaret explained. A perfectly innocent and logical answer, right?
Not to Steve Harvey’s ears, initially! He clearly misconstrued her words, and a look of bewildered shock spread across his face.
Margaret, sensing the confusion, elaborated, “They have a big, long neck, and they have to get their head down to nurse.” That’s when the lightbulb went off for Harvey.
“Boy, you don’t know what I thought you said,” he confessed, chuckling. “Said gotta get down there and get the head, and I went…” His unfinished sentence, coupled with his dramatic facial expressions, left the audience roaring with laughter.
Unfortunately for Margaret, “nurse a baby giraffe” wasn’t on the board. The Tully family pressed on, with Enie correctly guessing, “Drive a car.” James’s “Play sports” wasn’t a hit, and neither was Kat’s “Sit in a small building, go to work,” which ultimately led to the Tully family’s third strike.
This opened the door for the Johnson family to steal the game. Damaris stepped up to the plate and delivered the winning answer: “It would be hard to walk through the door.” With that, the Johnson family successfully stole the round, emerging victorious from a moment that will surely be replayed in “Family Feud” highlight reels for years to come.