Blake Shelton grudgingly plays Jimmy Fallon's new 'whisper challenge' game

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Jimmy Fallon's guests usually seem pretty happy to play his Tonight Show games, so it was a little refreshing to see Blake Shelton's response to Fallon's new "whisper challenge": "This is the stupidest thing, literally, I have ever been a part of in my entire career." Also: "This is bull crap." And: "These are the dumbest phrases."

The game goes like this: One person wears headphones blaring loud music and tries to lip-read the phrase spoken by the other player. Fallon takes Shelton's criticism with a hint of passive-agressive mockery, but the best part is Shelton's bafflement at "Benedict Cumberbatch" — "That doesn't even mean anything!" Watch the grudge match below. —Peter Weber

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.