'Jeopardy!' Under Fire For 'Morbid' Clue About Gabby Petito Killing

“Movie star Jeopardy!” is going through criticism for an “insensitive” clue involving Brian Laundrie’s confessed killing of Gabby Petito and his subsequent suicide.

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On Sunday’s episode, host Mayim Bialik learn out the clue: “In 2021 fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.’s Myakkahatchee Creek space, residence to those lengthy & toothy critters.”

“What are alligators?” “Fireplace Island” star Joel Kim Booster answered accurately.

The present’s choice to hyperlink a clue about alligators to the high-profile case rankled viewers.

“I used to be mortified to be watching Jeopardy and ... they requested an informal query about alligators referencing Brian Laundrie! Oh Mayim. Oh Jeopardy! What extremely poor style,” one viewer wrote.

“Y’all couldn’t have gotten to alligator AAAAAANY different approach????” one other noticed.

“So unnecessarily morbid. Might have stated something associated to Florida and gotten there,” an irked viewer chimed in. One other expressed an analogous sentiment: “That Brian Laundrie immediate was disgusting and insensitive. There actually wasn’t a greater immediate for the phrase ‘alligator’????”

It’s been an eventful week for the sport present franchise. Bialik’s counterpart, Ken Jennings, not too long ago grabbed consideration by blurting out “oh, shit!” for by accident making a gift of a solution in an exhibition recreation in the course of the Match of Champions.

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When you or somebody you already know wants assist, dial 988 or name 1-800-273-8255 for the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You may as well get help through textual content by visiting suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat. Exterior of the U.S., please go to the Worldwide Affiliation for Suicide Prevention for a database of assets.

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