Game show slammed for ‘sexist’ clue after host apologises to female contestant

Jeopardy! big Ken Jennings was forced to apologize to a pistillate contestant this week, aft a ‘problematic’ clue.

Days aft a 00s kid prima graced the studio, returning subordinate Will Wallace went up against Heather Ryan and Ian Taylor successful a conflict to instrumentality location the jackpot.

However, things turned awkward during the Complete the Rhyming Phrase category, erstwhile the 50-year-old work the clue.

‘Men seldom marque passes at,’ the presenter began, with the close reply being ‘girls who deterioration glasses’.

He noted that the hint was a ‘little problematic’ arsenic the lone pistillate subordinate taking portion was besides wearing specs, and said: ‘Sorry, Heather’.

Will, who answered the hint correctly, replied, ‘very’, portion Heather remained silent.

She ended up losing the prize wealth by conscionable $1, ending the time connected $19,600, compared to Ian’s prize wealth of $19,601.

Viewers rallied astir Heather arsenic the ABC crippled amusement aired connected Monday, and rapidly flocked to societal media to slam the ‘awful’ clue.

Reddit idiosyncratic Jaysjep2 fumed: ‘Frankly, I don’t request to perceive Ken work an evidently outdated and inappropriate hint and past telephone it “problematic”.

‘Maybe helium tin usage his presumption to get it switched retired earlier it goes retired implicit the air.’

‘Rhyming phrases class was awful, particularly the sexist clue,’ WaterTower11101 agreed.

Rye_bread_h said: ‘It was a weird choice. There are plentifulness of different rhyming phrases to take from that don’t marque your contestants, your host, and your assemblage visibly uncomfortable.’

Lavenderc penned: ‘Yeah, I didn’t admit the remark directing it to Heather.’

Some fans were speedy to support the inclusion, with ExerciseAcademic8529 declaring: ‘It is simply a punctuation from Dorothy Parker.’

As CecilBDeMillionaire added: ‘It’s a celebrated quip from Dorothy Parker, it’s not meant to beryllium taken arsenic a normative connection nor is it an endorsement of the sentiment connected the portion of the show.’

The legendary crippled show has been connected our screens for astir 60 years and sees contestants fixed an reply earlier they are asked to proviso the trivia question.

Some of the biggest stars person appeared connected the Celebrity Jeopardy! spin-off, including Jodie Foster, Ray Romano, Martha Stewart, Kelsey Grammer and Ashton Kutcher.

Oscar-winner Emma Stone antecedently revealed that she has been rejected from taking part connected the main bid contempt applying each azygous year.

‘That’s my favourite show,’ she said connected Variety’s Award Circuit podcast. ‘That’s my dream, I use each June.

‘I would similar to spell connected existent Jeopardy! but you person to instrumentality the trial and you tin lone instrumentality it erstwhile a twelvemonth with your email address.

‘So each June, I instrumentality the quiz and they don’t archer you however you did. They conscionable say, “We’ll fto you cognize successful the adjacent nine-12 months if you got connected the show.” Guess what, I haven’t got connected the show.

‘I ticker it each azygous nighttime and I people down however galore answers I get right. I swear, I could spell on Jeopardy!’

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