Danger! Record breaker Amy Schneider announced after a robbery on Monday that she was fine.
The 42-year-old Oakland, Calif. Resident said on Twitter that apart from losing her phone, ID, wallet, and sleep, she was fine. Schneider, who usually tweets a thread about every episode of the quiz show she appears on, said in a follow-up tweet that she probably couldn’t write one in time for Monday Danger! Game after the robbery.
Schneider is the first trans woman to secure a spot in the game show’s Tournament of Champions and is the highest-earning contestant in game show history. Since the episode, which aired January 4, Schneider has won 25 straight season games for a total of $ 918,000. She is the fourth highest overall candidate for regular season games and fifth for overall wins.
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Unfortunately, transphobes sometimes flock to Schneider’s Twitter feed to harass and verbally abuse them. In a wise answer to some of them, tailors tweeted, “I want to thank all of the people who took the time to get in touch during this busy holiday season and explain to me that I am actually a man. Each and every one of you is the first person to bring up this very smart point that had never crossed my mind before. “
I’ll take Wicked Burns for 500, Alex. Uh, Ken.
In an interview with ABC7 At the beginning of December, Schneider said that participating in the game show meant a lot to her not only as a long-time fan, but also because she was able to send “a positive message to the nerdy transgirl who wants to be on the show”.
Larissa Kelly, once the highest earning player in Danger! Story, congratulated Schneider on her record on Twitter on December 24th.
“Thank you very much, I am honored to be in your company and I look forward to one day watching the woman beat us both!” Schneider replied.
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