Honestly, they would NEVER take that chance on that station of making her look bad.
And I find it HARD to open those things without running them under hot water sometimes.
She’s a freak.
Whack the bottom of the jar first.
If you have a cat lover in your life, you could alternatively get them this, which is highly effective AND has a bottle opening part as well:
A sealed jar requires lots of force to open. And when it finally breaks the vacuum seal, it opens suddenly.
When the lid opens suddenly, there will be also be a sudden motion of hands. Hillary’s hands show no such sudden motion when the lid opens.
So, I fell on my right hand a year ago, (I was playing basketball with my fourteen YO grandson and a few friends) I have had trouble opening jars ever since.......but my game has improved and haven’t needed a step stool to get into my four-runner. Hill only has one thing on me and that is a year.
It had been opened before...it didn’t “pop” when she opened it.
Wack the rim on top near the edge with the back (dull) edge of a butter knife,etc. 4x is best 3,6,9 and 12 o’clock positions. Works well.
I run them under hot water, and sometimes tap the jar lid on the counter to loosen up the seal. If that doesn't work, I apply leverage using jar grippers that I use for home canning.
The show staff could have worked behind the scenes do all of those jar-opening tricks ahead of time, then turned the lid just enough to get it turning without breaking the seal. Probably, behind the scenes, there were a lot of pickle jars that the show staff had tried to prepare ahead of time that they accidentally broke the seal on, before they finally got one to the perfect point of loosened, not broken.