The chronically online got a belated apology from Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings this week after an October 24 episode of the series inadvertently sowed (there are a few more pig puns coming, so strap in) seeds of dismay with a clue about the viral meme character John Pork.

Pork, who has the head of a pig but the body of a human, has been popping up on Instagram and TikTok since at least 2018, but in the category of “Daddy, Is There Really A…” during the aforementioned episode, one clue described Pork as “AI-generated”, which had some viewers squealing hogwash.

WHY WAS JOHN PORK MENTIONED ON JEOPARDY pic.twitter.com/0zLINTHdNk — PaintedMonkee (@PaintedMonkee) October 25, 2025

Indeed, Pork was bacon a splash online before the relatively recent surge of generative‑AI content, and alth

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