--- title: 'Let's Make a Deal' Contestant Friend-Zoned in Viral Clip description: Jessie puts Steve in the friend zone on "Let's Make a Deal with Wayne Brady" in the most awkward viral clip ever. canonical: https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-30T13:11:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:29.699Z og:title: Man Gets Friend-Zoned in Most Awkward Game Show Clip Ever og:description: "We're friends, but he wants it..." og:url: https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6db5c41d0d1fcbb/69892f1522fb85607ce257b5/gettyimages-504556750.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Let's Make a Deal og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Gets Friend-Zoned in Most Awkward Game Show Clip Ever twitter:description: "We're friends, but he wants it..." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6db5c41d0d1fcbb/69892f1522fb85607ce257b5/gettyimages-504556750.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Gets Friend-Zoned in the Most Awkward Viral Game Show Clip on Earth Right Now > Sponsored content. 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Wayne Brady was introducing contestants Steve and Jessie on the CBS [gameshow](http://time.com/5031618/slippery-stairs-show/) _Let’s Make a Deal_ when he made some small talk about romance. It was, after all, the prom episode. “How long have you guys been together?” Brady asked Steve and Jessie, who were dressed in their ’70s best. “About six months,” Steve, a perfectly fine human in a bow tie, answered. Fair enough. But Jessie just laughed out loud – then shared her perspective on the relationship. “We’re friends, but he wants it…” she explained, laughing. “Can we talk about this…not in front of everyone,” Steve asked. Dark corner for Steve. “I’m single. I’m single, guys. I’m single,” Jessie informed everyone watching. It would appear, Steve does not have the deal he desires with Jessie. And he looked cranky. Did these two win anything? Does it matter? Sadly, this [gameshow clip](http://time.com/5234535/flamenco-dance-lessons-wheel-of-fortune/) will never die. It’s been viewed more than 7 million times because the internet had plenty of feelings on this matter. Watch below. But make no mistake. This is very rough stuff. > [](https://twitter.com/Chelsea%5FElle/status/989890110865850368) Evidently, the pair was still in sync enough to win a totally platonic friendship trip to Mexico though. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/"},"headline":"Man Gets Friend-Zoned in the Most Awkward Viral Game Show Clip on Earth Right Now","datePublished":"2018-04-30T13:11:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:29.699Z","description":"\"We're friends, but he wants it...\"","url":"https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6db5c41d0d1fcbb/69892f1522fb85607ce257b5/gettyimages-504556750.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6db5c41d0d1fcbb/69892f1522fb85607ce257b5/gettyimages-504556750.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Let's Make a Deal","caption":"Let's Make a Deal","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5259526/steve-lets-make-a-deal-friend-zone/","name":"Man Gets Friend-Zoned in the Most Awkward Viral Game Show Clip on Earth Right Now"}}]}] ```