Family Feud’s Steve Harvey accused of ‘setting up’ contestants in ‘tough’ round

Telly fans flocked to social media site Reddit to complain after contestants on a popular game-show were faced with difficult questions. Family Feud viewers had their say about it on social media.

TV host Steve Harvey has been accused of ‘setting contestants up to fail’ during an episode of Family Feud.

Fans were fuming when during Thursday’s segment, contestants faced a difficult challenge that left them frustrated. Viewers were rooting for contestant Hayley as she competed for the $20,000 Fast Money segment.

Steve, 67, asked “we asked 100 women to fill in the blank. When I see something I want, I blank for it.”

Steve then asked for a word that rhymed with wink, then to ‘name a cheese with a funny name’ and ‘something else that gets caught in a tree besides a cat.’ It lead contestant Hayley to pass on her answers, and fans were not impressed.

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They flocked to Reddit to complain. One said: “This Fast Money was set up to be a tough win.” Another said: “Those were some really hard questions.” A third chimed in: “Fairly hard questions and slow answering contestants.”

Fans always have plenty to say about the show it its charismatic host. Just last year, Steve broke down after spotting two of his oldest friends unexpectedly sat in the front row when filming.

The emotional encounter occurred as he was hosting Family Feud. He paused conversations with a family when he became distracted by two members of the audience.

He told contestants: “Hold on one second,” before walking off the stage and embracing two individuals who were sitting in the front row.

When returning to the stage, the TV star pointed out that one of them has been his childhood friend “for 61 years.” A visibly affected Steve explained: “He surprised me! Grew up next door to me. Been in Cleveland for 61 years.”

While adjusting his purple blazer, he continued to gush: “Should have told me you were coming, man.”

The audience reacted to the unscripted set back as Steve ended his interjection: “Feel like crying, seeing your punk a**.”

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And it’s not the first time the Original Kings of Comedy star has been moved by a video call that producers had picked for a birthday surprise. Despite Harvey insisting that he didn’t like surprises the mystery segment started with Steve getting an incoming video call from Orlando, Florida. The man told Steve, “Hi, this is Rich Liss from Orlando, Florida, and I called you to wish you a happy birthday.”

The comedy star then fills up as he explains to the audience that Rich and his partner Becky helped him out when he faced ‘tough times”.