"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!

The "Jeopardy!" contestant who received an in-show apology because of a "problematic" clue has responded to the flap.The clue in question came from a famous Dorothy Parker quote, "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses,

A "Jeopardy!" contestant is speaking out about how a controversial sexist clue was "a little uncomfortable" after show host Ken Jennings apologized.

Jennings then read the clue, saying, "Men seldom make passes at…." Will Wallace, the reigning champion at the time, buzzed in before Ryan and fellow contestant Ian Taylor -- who would go on to win the episode -- to correctly answer,

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

Even Jeopardy host Ken Jennings noted that the rhyming question was “a little problematic” after it "made everybody in the audience and on stage a little uncomfortable"