I think it made everybody in the audience and onstage, and Ken Jennings too, a little uncomfortable," contestant Heather Ryan said.

Ken Jennings issued a mid-game apology Monday to a female contestant after an awkward moment with a clue. As Entertainment Weekly recounts, contestants were asked to complete the decades-old rhyming phrase,

"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings apologized to a female contestant during Monday's show when he deemed one answer as "problematic."

It was up to Jeopardy host Ken Jennings to smooth over an awkward situation during Monday's game. In the Jeopardy category of "Complete the Rhyming Phrase," contestants were given the phrase, "Men seldom make passes at...." The answer was "girls who wear glasses."

"Jeopardy!" contestant Heather Ryan is speaking out after she experienced an awkward encounter on the beloved game show. Ryan, a health program director from Binghamton, New York, admitted the "sexist" clue that caused quite the buzz on "Jeopardy!

That was the feeling in the room after “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings read aloud a “problematic” clue on the October 28 episode, according to a contestant on that show. Contestant Heather Ryan, a health program director from Binghamton,