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There are countless reasons for *Jeopardy* fans to tune in nightly: the thrill of tight games, the laughs from host Ken Jennings’ banter with contestants, the bragging rights that come from knowing the answers to the toughest triple-stumpers.

But for many loyal viewers — particularly those of us who have been watching the show for decades — the true appeal of *Jeopardy* is its consistency. While the clues and contestants change night to night, the game itself stays the same. It’s one of the few comfort watches we can always count on.

Well, for the most part. Every once in a while, a player buzzes in with an answer that truly catches fans off-guard. We’re talking about responses so wrong that the host is rendered speechless, or so unintentionally dirty that it’s incredible they made it to air.

We’ve scoured *Jeopardy*’s 42-year history to find some of the most glaring and blush-inducing missteps ever made.

Read on to discover the 13 most shocking *Jeopardy* answers of all time.

"What's a hoe?"

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While he’s now hosting *Jeopardy!*, Jennings first made a name for himself as a contestant, thanks to an incredible 74-game winning streak in 2004. He still holds the record for the most consecutive games won.

Though he gave far more correct answers than incorrect ones, Jennings has had his share of flubs. The most infamous was in response to the clue: “This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.”

Jennings buzzed in with, “What’s a hoe?” His answer prompted laughter from the audience and a surprised “whoa” from late host Alex Trebek. “They teach you that in school in Utah, huh?” Trebek prodded.

The correct response was “rake."

Jennings has recently referenced what is perhaps his most memorable answer. When a contestant wrongly answered “hoe” in a June 2025 game, Jennings quipped, “It seems like ‘What is a hoe?’ is never correct out here.”

“What is regular Virginia?”

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Sometimes a *Jeopardy* answer can be both correct and funny enough to be remembered years after the fact.

That was the case in a March 2022 game. A clue in the "Road Trip" category read: “The Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with this state's Shenandoah National Park.”

Ujal Thakor was first to the buzzer, incorrectly guessing Tennessee. Then came Christie Baugher, who said West Virginia. Finally, returning champion Margaret Shelton got her turn. “What is regular Virginia?” she guessed.

Given that her answer was technically accurate, Shelton was awarded the points. “Regular, original recipe Virginia, yes,” Jennings confirmed amid audience laughter.

In a July game that same year, the show hilariously referenced the moment with the category "West Virginia & Regular Virginia," a deep-cut callback for *Jeopardy* diehards.

“What are public toilets?”

Way back in *Jeopardy*’s second season, Gary Giardina triumphed for five games in a row at a time when contestants were capped at that many consecutive wins. He returned for the 1986 Tournament of Champions, delivering a response that has become his lasting legacy.

In the category "Roman Empire," the clue was: “By the 4th century A.D., Rome had 28 public ones stacked with rolls of papyrus.” Giardina buzzed in and responded, “What are public toilets?”

Contestant Harvey Becker ended up getting the correct response of “libraries,” but Trebek had a good laugh about Giardina’s assumption that papyrus might have been the Roman Empire’s answer to toilet paper.

“I kind of like Gary’s line for humor, though,” the host admitted to Becker, an attorney-turned-author. “You might remember that, Harvey, when you’re writing.”

“What is a pansy?”

Becky Sullivan's guess of 'What is a pansy' on 'Jeopardy'.

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In an October 2015 game, the "Final Jeopardy" round featured a rare picture clue — a pink flower accompanied by the text: “The flower pictured here is called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left.”

Trebek went to contestant Becky Sullivan first, joking, “You may have found a way to insult liberals in this country.” Given that setup, it’s no surprise that the response “What is a pansy?” earned laughter from the audience.

It’s also no surprise that the moment went viral, and was named by ** as one of the best game show moments of the year.

But Sullivan wasn’t trying to insult anyone — she just didn’t know the answer. As she wrote in a piece for NPR shortly after the episode aired, she had no idea that the correct response, "bleeding heart," was also the name of a flower. She went with the only name for a flower she could think of that was also a “disparaging term.”

“I also didn’t know that host Alex Trebek can read the 'Final Jeopardy' responses before they’re revealed,” Sullivan wrote. “So it was a big surprise when he set up my guess like a joke.”

“What is the age of consent?”

A contestant's response in an April 2015 episode of *Jeopardy* has become one of the most awkward moments in the show's history.

The clue: “In common law, the age of this, signaling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys and 12 in girls.” Contestant Tom Imler quickly buzzed in to deliver the answer, “What is the age of consent?”

The correct answer was “puberty,” but Imler’s response quickly went viral on Twitter and Reddit, with some *Jeopardy* viewers disturbed by the implications of his confusion. The actual age of consent is between 16 and 18, depending on the state.

In an interview with the *New York Daily News*, Imler admitted to being “a little embarrassed” by his answer, but also angry about the accusations strangers were making about him online.

“It’s just utterly ridiculous,” he told the outlet. “I decided I’m not going to let trolls ruin my accomplishment.”

“Who is the spiciest memelord?”

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It’s rare to be able to deliberately turn yourself into a meme — and even rarer when you’re doing it by identifying as a memelord.

In February 2017, *Jeopardy *College Championship contestant Lilly Chin, a senior at MIT, had a runaway game going into "Final Jeopardy," giving her the freedom to write down whatever she pleased. The clue read: “Astronomer who began his epitaph, ‘I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth.’”

With the $100,000 prize guaranteed, Chin gave the instantly iconic answer: “Who is the spiciest memelord?”

In an interview on the show’s YouTube channel, Chin explained the origin of the term “meme,” as well as what it means to be spicy. “A memelord is someone who has mastery of the memes,” she noted, securing her spot as a memelord for the ages.

“What is a threesome?”

Contestant Kara Spak had a tough time living down a surprising response she gave on a November 2011 Tournament of Champions episode.

In the category "Group Countdown," Trebek read the clue: “If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these.”

Spak answered, “What is a threesome?” Then she immediately made a face indicating she knew she was wrong. The instant audience laughter was also a pretty good indication.

After fellow player Roger Craig gave the correct response of “love triangle,” Trebek replied in his infamous deadpan: “Kara has obviously had much more experience than I.”

In an interview with Upper St. Clair Patch after her answer went viral, Spak defended the response.

“I don’t think the answer was totally off base,” she noted. “I was kind of embarrassed that I said ‘threesome’ on TV and in front of my mom in the audience.”

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Keep in mind *Jeopardy* responses must be in the form of a question — but that wasn’t the only thing wrong with Kevin McGinty’s answer during an April 2017 game.

As Trebek explained, the category "3 + 3" meant that all correct responses had to be two words that were each three letters. The $200 clue read simply: “A hired killer.”

McGinty buzzed in first, thought about it for a moment, then answered, “Hot gun.”

The right answer was “hit man.” Nevertheless, the undeniable strangeness of “hot gun” made even odder by the missing “What is” preceding it, lives on as one of the show's strangest wrong answers.

“What is fear of Mexican music stars?”

*Jeopardy* contestants have different strategies when it comes to clues they don’t know. Some buzz in and wager a guess, while others avoid getting penalized for a wrong response. When you’ve landed on a Daily Double you don’t know the answer to, however, your best bet is to say *something*.

That’s likely what 2014 contestant Michelle DeGrothy was thinking when she was given the clue “Selenophobia” in the category "What Are You Afraid Of?" Her answer: “What is fear of Mexican music stars?”

“No, but that’s a great response,” Trebek admitted. The actual answer is fear of the moon, though you can see how DeGrothy landed on her response, as Selena was an acclaimed Mexican American singer-songwriter.

For what it’s worth, DeGrothy had only wagered $600 and went on to win the game in a runaway.

“What is Kinky Boots?”

Choyon Manjrekar's guess of 'Kinky Boots' on 'Jeopardy'.

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"Final Jeopardy" is another situation where you might as well answer even if you aren’t sure. In a May 2015 game, contestants were given the clue: “A Christian hymn & a Jewish holiday hymn are both titled this, also the name of a 2009 Tony-nominated musical.”

Two players didn’t put anything down, but returning champion Choyon Manjrekar followed his heart and answered, “What is Kinky Boots?”

To his credit, *Kinky Boots* *is* a Tony-nominated musical, though it first strutted onto Broadway in 2013. There are also, it perhaps goes without saying, no Christian or Jewish holiday hymns with the word “kinky” in their titles.

“Whenever people go to temple or church, they sing ‘Kinky Boots’!” Trebek cracked.

Manjrekar still went on to win the game. “I panicked and put down something,” he admitted in an online panel discussion. “The moral of this story is bone up on musicals next time.”

“What is a — oh, God — a dick?”

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In October 2017, Austin Rogers was already a 12-day *Jeopardy!* champion when he was presented with the clue “Slang for a detective” in the category "Starts or Ends With a Tree."

After buzzing in, the champ realized the awkwardness of his intended reply, but powered forward: “What is a — oh, God — a dick?”

“Dick” *is* slang for a detective, but the most shocking aspect of this memorable *Jeopardy* moment is the exchange that followed Rogers’ response.

“I know nothing about a dick tree,” Trebek said. “But there is a gum tree.” The correct answer here was “gumshoe.”

Refusing to let the joke die, Rogers replied, “I’ve seen one.”

“Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?”

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There’s nothing particularly shocking about incorrectly responding to a clue with the name of a famous athlete — unless, of course, you’re the famous athlete in question.

From September 2009 to April 2010, *Jeopardy* hosted the Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational featuring 27 different stars. One of the invitees was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former NBA player, actor, and writer.

Trebek read the first clue from the category "I Went to UCLA": “Tell your old man to drag this '70s UCLA & Trail Blazer center (& Lanier!) up & down the court for 48 minutes.”

Abdul-Jabbar buzzed in instantly, confidently answering: “Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?”

“No!” Trebek replied to raucous laughter from the audience. Abdul-Jabbar facepalmed as the host revealed that the right answer was Bill Walton.

“Embarrassing moments on *Jeopardy,*” Trebek correctly concluded.

“Who is Alex Trebek?”

Alex Trebek hosting 'Jeopardy'.

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It was a "Final Jeopardy" response that Trebek could only laugh at — and it happened twice.

In a January 2008 game, the category was "TV Celebrities." The clue: “Not an actor, he is the highest-paid foreign-born personality on the 2007 *Forbes* list of top television earners.”

First up was Steven Melendez, who answered, “Who is Trebek?”

Without missing a beat, Trebek responded, “I wish.”

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Next was Ethan Brosowsky. “Did he put Trebek also?” the host asked.

Indeed, Brosowsky’s answer was revealed as, “Who is Alex Trebek?” Laughing, Trebek noted, “You are forgetting many other important people.”

Only Melissa Prusi correctly identified Simon Cowell, making her the game's champion.

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- Jamie Lynn Curtis and Mariska Hargitay are addressing the age-old question of what is the proper pronunciation of Los Angeles

- The actresses are part of Hollywood dynasties, met briefly as children, and later reconnected while Hargitay was working on a documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield.

- Curtis called the documentary a "gorgeous movie."

How do you pronounce "Los Angeles"? Ask Jamie Lee Curtis and Mariska Hargitay.

The actresses, who are members of Hollywood dynasties, debated how exactly to pronounce "Los Angeles" during their conversation for *Variety *and CNN's "Actors on Actors." Curtis' parents are actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Hargitay, meanwhile, is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield.

"You explained to me that you were making a doc, you had explained to me that you had come back to Los Angeles, you had gone through the beginning of the storage unit," Curtis said, referring to Hargitay's documentary *My Mom Jayne*. Before the *Freaky Friday** *star could continue, Hargitay paused her.

"I'm trying not to laugh, because you just said Los Angeles," she said, emphasizing the "o" like in the word "ghost."

"Okay, but, what do you call it? Los Feliz," Curtis responded, placing the same emphasis she does in "Los Angeles." Hargitay countered that they're not talking about Los Feliz. "You don't say 'Los Angeles.' If I had a jury here, everyone would vote for me."

The actresses asked those in the studio with them how they would pronounce Los Angeles. While the *Scarpetta** *star pressed their colleagues on their pronunciation, Hargitay had enough.

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"Nobody says that. You guys, please God, let's move on," Hargitay concluded, before apologizing to Curtis as she was about to say "deep s--t."

"You can laugh," the Oscar winner reassured the *Law and Order: Special Victims Unit** *star.

Curtis and Hargitay have more in common than their respective Hollywood lineage; in fact, their lifelong connections to showbiz brought them together decades earlier.

"Nobody knows this: You grew up in a pink house on Sunset Boulevard, which was once owned by Sonny and Cher and later purchased by Tony Curtis," Curtis told Hargitay.

"He married this very young woman. He bought this house, and [you and I] met. There is a photograph of us standing in the driveway. We never saw each other after that. You ask yourself, 'Why don’t we know each other when we have so much history with our families?'"

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They would later reconnect as adults through actress Amy Landecker, when Hargitay was filming *My Mom Jayne*. Hargitay called their first phone call "so emotional."

"When we have histories like ours, we are in such a unique and singular position that people just can’t understand it unless they’ve lived it. You’re one of the most deeply sensitive, empathetic, and compassionate humans that I’ve met. Your unique lens on my story was extraordinary," Hargitay said.

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Elsewhere in their conversation, Curtis praised *My Mom Jayne *as a "gorgeous movie."

"For anyone uninitiated," she said, "that’s how we met, and that’s where the connective tissue is. It’s deep, raw, human, and has nothing to do with show-off business, even though our whole lives have been in show-off business."

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- The 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock has received renewed interest following the Netflix documentary *Maternal Instinct.*

- Taylor Parker lied to ex-boyfriend Wade Griffin for months about a fake pregnancy before killing Simmons-Hancock and taking her unborn child.

- Griffin was not involved in the murder, but has been served a civil suit by Simmons-Hancock's widower.

The new Netflix documentary *Maternal Instinct* details the chilling 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock at the hands of Taylor Parker, who faked a pregnancy for 10 months before attempting to steal Simmons-Hancock’s unborn child.

The documentary explores the lingering impact of Parker's actions on Simmons-Hancock's family. It also checks in with the family and friends of Wade Griffin, Parker's former boyfriend and the man she claimed was the father of her child. Little did Griffin know, Parker was incapable of having children at the time.

In 2022, Parker was convicted of capital murder and kidnapping and sentenced to death. While she awaits execution on death row, we take a look at what happened to Griffin in the years since his ex-girlfriend’s ghastly crime.

Who is Wade Griffin?

Archival photo of Wade Griffin and Taylor Parker, via 'Maternal Instinct'.

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Texas native Wade Griffin is a roofer, welder, hog-trapper, and livestock manager.

Griffin met Parker at a rodeo in the summer of 2019, and the pair quickly entered into a relationship. During Parker's 2022 trial, he described their time together as "an emotional rollercoaster," according to KSLA. He also testified that she had been pregnant earlier in their relationship but had suffered a miscarriage.

By the fall of 2019, Parker had moved into Griffin's home and become part of his family. She began claiming that she was going to purchase a large piece of land for the two of them using a family inheritance she was supposedly owed. Then, in January 2020, she claimed she was pregnant. While Parker had two children from a previous marriage, a 2015 hysterectomy had left her unable to conceive.

Though Griffin was unaware of this at the time, his mother, Connie Griffin, began to suspect that much of what Parker told them was a lie. As Connie explains in the documentary, her suspicions were raised after a car Parker had gifted her was repossessed because it had never actually been purchased. There were other red flags as well.

“She seemed to want a close relationship,” Connie testified in court. “I could not tell if he wanted that or was standing back. There were some red flags. One was that she didn’t have custody of her son.”

Though Connie tried to discuss the idea that Parker might not be pregnant, Griffin chose to believe his girlfriend.

“He didn’t want to listen,” she said.

Part of the reason why Griffin was attracted to Parker was because of her homemaking abilities. “She was cooking. She was a good cook, pretty much the best I ever had. So I was excited,” Griffin explained during the trial, as reported by KTAL.

While he acknowledged he thought the pregnancy might be a trap to make him stay with Parker, he genuinely believed she was with child.

Where was Wade Griffin during Reagan Simmons-Hancock's murder?

Wade Griffin in 'Maternal Instinct'.

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On Oct. 9, 2020, Taylor Parker drove to Reagan Simmons-Hancock’s home and killed her, strangling her and inflicting over 100 sharp force injuries. After Simmons-Hancock was dead, Parker performed a crude C-section on her body to remove the unborn child to pass off as her own.

Parker had met Simmons-Hancock after photographing the latter’s wedding in 2019. She later befriended Simmons-Hancock, who was pregnant with a baby girl, Braxlynn. During the trial, Simmons-Hancock’s mother, Jessica Brookes, said that she didn’t think her daughter and Parker had much contact before the pregnancy.

After killing Simmons-Hancock, Parker was pulled over by state troopers for driving erratically. Parker claimed she had just given birth on the side of the road. She then called Griffin to meet her at the hospital.

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Meanwhile, Griffin was four hours away, attempting to make a hog sale that Parker had orchestrated. (As we see in the documentary, the sale turned out to be fake.) When Parker arrived at the hospital, it was quickly deduced that she had not given birth, and that the baby was not hers. Braxlynn died at the hospital.

After Griffin arrived at the hospital to meet Parker, he was handcuffed and questioned by authorities. “They told me to turn around and put my hands on the wall, and I said, ‘What’s going on?’” he testified. He thought he was being arrested for attempting illegal hog transport, believing that Parker's mother must've "called the law."

What happened to Taylor Parker?

Taylor Parker in the hospital after claiming to have given birth, via 'Maternal Instinct'.

In October 2022, Parker was found guilty of capital murder and kidnapping. One month later, she was sentenced to death after less than two hours of jury deliberation.

Witnesses testified that she had a lengthy history of lying to get what she wanted, stretching back to childhood. She allegedly faked numerous illnesses, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, and a stroke.

Parker remains on death row at the maximum-security Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas. She is notable for being only the seventh woman in the state's history to receive a death sentence.

Parker continues to appeal her conviction while awaiting an execution date. Recently, she appealed her kidnapping conviction in November 2025, but was denied. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her plea in May.

Per the documentary, Parker is currently the youngest woman on death row in Texas.

Where is Wade Griffin now?

Wade Griffin in 'Maternal Instinct'.

Aside from his appearance in *Maternal Instinct*, Griffin has remained largely out of the public eye.

Griffin testified in court about the experience, saying, "[It] pretty much ruined my whole reputation. Slandered my name, my brothers, my mom. I lost my job over it. Still trying to figure out stuff today. Worst thing I’ve ever had to live through, for sure.”

Griffin maintains that he had no involvement with or knowledge of Parker’s schemes. During the trial, investigators portrayed him as one of Parker’s many victims.

At one point during the trial, First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp said to Griffin plainly, “Probably no shock to you that they’re trying to make you look like an idiot, but she manipulated you. You understand that, right?”

“Yes ma’am,” Griffin replied.

When asked if he ever thought something like this could happen, he replied, “Not in a million years.”

Shortly after Parker’s conviction, Homer Hancock, the widower of Simmons-Hancock, filed a negligence and wrongful death suit against Parker *and* Griffin, according to WJTV. The suit alleged that Griffin bore some responsibility for Parker’s erratic driving, which contributed to the death of Braxlynn. At the time, the car was registered to Griffin.

The outcome of the lawsuit, or whether one has been reached, has not been shared publicly.

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Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez leaves game against Orioles after 6th inning Thu, June 18, 2026 at 3:59 AM UTC 0 Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez follows through on a double against the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez left Wednesday night&x27;s game against the Baltimore Orioles after ending the sixth inning with a strikeout.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez left Wednesday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles after ending the sixth inning with a strikeout.

The three-time All-Star was seen talking to a team athletic trainer before exiting the dugout.

Rodríguez was 1 for 3 with a double, giving him 125 doubles to go along with 125 homers and 125 stolen bases in his career.

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He reached those totals in 665 major league games, making the 25-year-old Rodríguez the third-fastest player to do it.

Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. was the fastest at 591 games and former big leaguer Alfonso Soriano, a seven-time All-Star, pulled off the feat in 643 games, according to Sportradar.

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Travis Barker Doc Directors Reveal How His Relationship with Wife Kourtney Kardashian Has Changed Him (Exclusive)

Travis Barker Doc Directors Reveal How His Relationship with Wife Kourtney Kardashian Has Changed Him (Exclusive) Lily Brown, Raven BrunnerWed, June 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC 0 Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker in Malibu in September 2022Credit: Jason Sean Weiss/BFA.com/Shutterstock Travis Barker&x27;s new documentary chronicles his journey through trauma, family life, and his music career comeback Directors say his relationship with Kourtney Kardashian brought him peace and helped complete the film&x27;s narrative Barker credits his wife and children for their support as he faced his fear ...

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Travis Barker's new documentary chronicles his journey through trauma, family life, and his music career comeback

Directors say his relationship with Kourtney Kardashian brought him peace and helped complete the film's narrative

Barker credits his wife and children for their support as he faced his fear of flying during filming

After following Travis Barker's life for a decade, the directors behind his new documentary say finding love with Kourtney Kardashian helped him finally find "peace."

Directors Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer watched as Barker, 50, navigated trauma, family lifeand his comeback in music. But according to the filmmakers, one of the biggest changes they witnessed happened after the Blink-182 drummer found love with his now-wife Kardashian, 47.

Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE at the documentary's world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, Krook says Barker's relationship with Kardashian helped bring a newfound sense of peace to his life and ultimately helped complete the story they had been trying to tell for years.

"We thought we had a finished film maybe four years ago or five years ago, but it turns out we only had like a half of the film," Krook tells PEOPLE. "We didn't have an ending because Travis still hadn't found that peace yet."

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The documentary, which was filmed over the course of nearly 10 years, chronicles Barker's life and career, including the lasting trauma he experienced following the deadly 2008 plane crash that left him with a debilitating fear of flying.

"He was still at odds with the rest of his band, single," Krook explains. "But all these things kind of came together for him the last few years."

Kourtney Kardashian Barker and Travis Barker attend the 'Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear' Premiere during the Tribeca Festival in New York City on June 13, 2026Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty

Among those changes was Barker's relationship with Kardashian, whom he married in 2022.

"He was very close with his kids, but within the last couple of years, he's found the love of his life and I've really seen this sense of ease permeate him," says Krook. "You carry your shoulders like this and I just see him relaxing the last few years."

"I think it's a large testament to his family," he continues.

Dwyer and Krook first connected with Barker while working on another documentary project and were immediately drawn to his story. Early in the process, they joined him aboard the Queen Mary 2 as he traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to tour in Europe rather than fly.

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"I feel like that really set the tone of the movie we were going to make, which is a film about trauma and how do you overcome that," says Krook.

Over time, however, the filmmakers realized that Barker's story wasn't necessarily about overcoming trauma.

"The key distinction that we found over making this film is that it was not necessarily about overcoming because I don't think you actually overcome," Dwyer explains. "You actually live with [it] and what does that mean and who is that for? That was the process for us."

That evolution became apparent as Barker rebuilt important relationships, reunited with his Blink-182 bandmates and eventually returned to flying. At the premiere, Barker reflected on how the documentary's ending changed over the years.

"It seems surreal," Barker told PEOPLE. "At one point it wasn't going to come out. It had no ending and the dream ending was I'd walk near a plane, which I was completely against, and I was completely against flying ever again. I went to my managers and I said, 'This documentary will come out when I'm dead. It's dead to me. I hate the ending,' because I knew that not flying had power over me and it really ate me up."

For years, Barker says he knew the film would only feel complete if he eventually confronted his fear of flying. And that breakthrough came after what he describes as years of healing, including breathwork sessions that helped him process his long-held trauma.

"I knew in the back of my head, the end of this documentary is me getting on a plane again and facing my fear, which I didn't know if it was ever going to be possible," he admits. "But years later, I fall in love with one of my best friends and just amazing things happened. Who would have known?"

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker at the Grammys in April 2022Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

While Barker credits several factors for helping him move forward, he says the support of Kardashian and his children has been constant throughout the filmmaking process.

"My wife's watched the documentary so many times, and [my son] Landon's done a few interviews for it," Barker shares. "They've all been super supportive, and I wouldn't be here without all the love from them for sure."

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear premieres on Hulu Aug. 13.

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Netflix cancels the Duffer Brothers-produced “The Boroughs ”after 1 season

Netflix cancels the Duffer Brothersproduced “The Boroughs ”after 1 season Derek LawrenceWed, June 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC 0 Denis O'Hare, Alfred Molina, and Alfre Woodard on 'The Boroughs'Credit: Courtesy of NetflixKey Points Netflix has canceled The Boroughs. The scifi series premiered last month. The creators previously shared that they had a "threeseason plan." Netflix has retired The Boroughs. Less than a month after premiering, the Ross and Matt Dufferproduced scifi series has been canceled, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.

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Netflix has canceled The Boroughs.

The sci-fi series premiered last month.

The creators previously shared that they had a "three-season plan."

Netflix has retired The Boroughs.

Less than a month after premiering, the Ross and Matt Duffer-produced sci-fi series has been canceled, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.

Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, The Boroughs followed a group of older misfits at a retirement community who become entangled in an otherworldly mystery lurking beneath them. The esteemed cast included Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, and Geena Davis.

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Addiss previously revealed to EW that he and his team had "a three-season plan with ideas about spinoffs after that."

"We learned a hard lesson on Dark Crystal: Don't end on a cliffhanger," Addiss said, referring to his last Netflix show's cancellation after an Emmy-winning first season. "So the end of the season [of The Boroughs] is an emotional wrap-up but opens a door and hints at where we wanna go in the next season — and even a little bit into the season after that."

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Unfortunately that door will never be walked through, but Addiss and Matthews answered all of EW's burning questions about the now series finale.

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The Boroughs was the fourth show from the Duffer Brothers to air on Netflix in the last few months, between the end of Stranger Things and the premieres of Stranger Things: Tales From '85, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and The Boroughs.

Stranger Things signed off, Something Very Bad was a limited series, and The Boroughs has been canceled, and so Tales From '85 is the only one remaining, with the second season coming later this year. But it's fair to wonder how many more Duffer projects will be on Netflix, considering the duo is headed to Paramount to make movies.

Deadline first reported the news of The Boroughs' cancellation.

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