(Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 8.)
After a heartfelt battle royal paying tribute to former “Masked Singer” contestant Bob Saget, the fortune teller was finally sent home on Wednesday night and Harp won for the third week in a row as Queen of the Contest.
So, who was behind the mask? Turns out, it was “Shark Tank” star Daymond John. While Investor stumped the judges for a minute, he couldn’t fool host Nick Cannon, who explained that he knew John since he was a child actor and knew him “by the way he walked.”
“I know my wife tells me I have bad posture, but god!” John laughed while talking about that moment with TheWrap, saying that taking the stage with Cannon felt like a full circle moment. “It was a kid you knew was going to be invincible, and it’s really great because one person is still here and there to see him grow as a witness to his longevity.”
It wasn’t only Cannon who eventually recognized John’s identity. Judge Ken Jeong also managed to guess correctly (everyone else threw out wrong guesses like Ray J, P Diddy and Steve Harvey) which John said came as a shock.
“The wrong guesses were surprising, but the right guess surprised me,” he said. “Then [Jeong] I remember he did the film ‘Shark Tank’ about five years ago, and I remember the conversation we had. Now I remember that he was very, very similar to my history. Culturally, he really understood a lot. It didn’t sink in, but apparently he put together more time than we did. ,
In fact, his stint on the wacky competition series inspired a ton of self-reflection, John said. It was TV theme night on Wednesday, and John chose to perform “Movin’ On Up” the theme song for “The Jeffersons”—another moment that, in retrospect, had a deeper meaning than he realized. was.
“I contemplated it later. It was actually something from my childhood that probably influenced the direction of who I am or the way I wanted to grow up as a kid,” he said. , very suitable. And I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was extremely fitting for me. ,
After 13 seasons of “Shark Tank,” John has certainly put many in the hot seat. Turning the tables on himself was a welcome moment of vulnerability, he said.
John explained, “I like to do things that are a little weak and make me uncomfortable because I think that’s the entrepreneurial mindset.” “You’re going to try things. You’re going to be uncomfortable. You’re going to step out of the place you know, and you never know what happens.”
“The Masked Singer” airs on Fox at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
