'Jeopardy!' contestant calls out game show after awkward 'sexist' clue

"Jeopardy!" contestant Heather Ryan is speaking retired aft she experienced an awkward brushwood connected the beloved crippled show. 

Ryan, a wellness programme manager from Binghamton, New York, admitted the "sexist" hint that caused rather the buzz connected "Jeopardy!" made her consciousness "uncomfortable."

During the occurrence that aired connected Oct. 28, big Ken Jennings work a hint from the class "Complete the Rhyming Phrase."

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"Jeopardy!" contestant Heather Ryan said she felt "uncomfortable" by the questionable crippled amusement clue. (Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images/YouTube/ABC)

The punctual read, "Men seldom marque passes at…".

Returning champion Will Wallace correctly answered, "Girls who deterioration glasses."

The questionable operation was from acclaimed writer Dorothy Parker.

During the occurrence that aired connected Oct. 28, crippled amusement big Ken Jennings work an "awkward" hint from the class "Complete the Rhyming Phrase." (Jeopardy!/ABC/YouTube)

"It is decidedly an unusual choice," Ryan, the pistillate contestant who wore glasses connected the show, shared with Binghamton University’s paper Pipe Dream.

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Heather Ryan explained however arguable the "Jeopardy!" hint was and the interaction it tin person connected young pistillate students. (Jeopardy!/ABC/YouTube)

"I deliberation it made everybody successful the assemblage and connected stage, and Ken Jennings too, a small uncomfortable. It was like, ‘Oh, that was unexpected.’"

"Maybe we take amended rhyming phrases successful 2024," she suggested.

Ryan continued to explicate however arguable the "Jeopardy!" hint was and the interaction it tin person connected young pistillate students.

"Unfortunately, determination are inactive girls who are [in] mediate school, and they don’t privation to deterioration their glasses, and they’re losing retired connected their education," she argued. "So, I deliberation it’s overmuch amended to beryllium capable to spot than thing else."

Despite the tense situation, Ryan shared she had a "great time" connected the crippled show. 

Despite the tense situation, Heather Ryan shared she had a "great time" connected the crippled show. (Jeopardy!/ABC/YouTube)

"Everybody determination was precise welcoming. It’s specified a portion of American civilization that I decidedly wanted to spell connected erstwhile I got the telephone for it."

"It’s conscionable a precise peculiar happening to play a tiny relation successful this large part," she said. "It’s been moving for 40 years, and truthful I got to play my portion successful it."

On the "Jeopardy!" episode, Jennings recognized the punctual whitethorn person made Ryan uncomfortable since she wore glasses connected the show. 

"A small problematic, sorry, Heather," Jennings remarked. 

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After the crippled amusement occurrence aired, fans heavy criticized Ken Jennings for the "sexist" clue. (Disney/Eric McCandless)

Wallace chimed successful and added, "Very," arsenic helium defended the pistillate contestant.

After the crippled amusement occurrence aired, fans heavy criticized Jennings for the "sexist" clue.

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Another spectator wrote, "More similar highly problematic!"

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik were among the rotating impermanent hosts of the trivia crippled amusement pursuing the decease of Alex Trebek. (Christopher Willar/Tyler Golden )

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"Frankly, I don’t request to perceive Ken work an evidently outdated and inappropriate hint and past telephone it ‘problematic,'" a instrumentality wrote connected Reddit. "Maybe helium tin usage his presumption to get it switched retired earlier it goes retired implicit the air."

While different "Jeopardy!" spectator added connected X, "Still aggravated astir this. She’s utilized her quality to get connected here, lone to beryllium insulted by a sexist and rude comment."

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