‘Jeopardy!’ boss brushes off sexist clue backlash after host Ken Jennings’ apology

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that controversial clue. On Monday’s episode of the “Inside Jeopardy!” podcast, Foss was joined by former champion Buzzy Cohen to discuss the moment on the game show last week that was deemed “sexist” by viewers.

During the Oct. 28 episode, the players had to complete the rhyming phrase “Men seldom make passes at…” Contestant Will Wallace correctly answered “Girls who wear glasses” — but things got awkward because female contestant Heather Ryan was wearing glasses at the time.

Host Ken Jennings was apologetic about the phrase first uttered by famous poet Dorothy Parker. “A little problematic, sorry Heather,” he said. “Very,” Wallace agreed.Fans responded to the incident on X (formerly Twitter) and slammed the game show for using the sexist clue. “Still angry about this.

She’s used her intelligence to get on here, only to be insulted by a sexist and rude comment,” one person wrote.In a Reddit thread for the episode, one person said about the clue, “It was a weird choice.