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Jeopardy! viewers are fuming over the 'unacceptable' decision to feature controversial Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson, on Thursday night's show.
Peterson, who is known for his outspoken and often divisive views, has accumulated a list of controversies dating back to 2016.
As a result, fans of the beloved gameshow were shocked to see the 62-year-old on screen when his name was the answer to a clue featured in the latest episode.
Contestants Will Weiss, Bethany Korp and Mark Palmere were competing in the 'A self-helping of Books' category when Peterson cropped up.
Reading out the question, host Ken Jennings, 50, said: '"12 Rules for Life" is from this controversial Torontonian who also has thoughts about endangered masculinity.'
Jeopardy! viewers were left unimpressed after controversial Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson was featured in the show, hosted by Ken Jennings (pictured)
The mention of the opinionated speaker, 62, (pictured) prompted fans to share their disappointment online as they reacted to 'unacceptable' decision
Weiss correctly answered, 'Jordan Peterson', and was rewarded with $1,000.
Due to his views on gender discrimination, the normalization of transgender pronouns and identities, and the existence of white privilege, fans felt it was inappropriate for the star to get a mention on the show.
'Jordan Peterson is not worthy of being a Jeopardy clue,' raged one on Reddit. 'Disappointing to see him on there.'
Another commented: 'Super disappointing considering his stance against trans people.'
'Yeah that took me out of the game,' another fan added. 'Too bad the answer wasn't something like "This huge loser was recently forced to take media sensitivity training courses".'
Another viewer commented: 'I'm all for trivia and "who is this person", but imo giving Jordan Peterson any air time is seriously toeing the line into unacceptable.'
One fan of the show wrote: 'I didn't think they should platform him on Jeopardy!'
Meanwhile, viewers also took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts as one wrote: 'Here you go @Jeopardy “fascist-misogynist-conspiracy theorist & author…” “who is Jordan Peterson”.'
Contestants Will Weiss, Mark Palmere and Bethany Korp were competing during the first round of the episode, in a category about self-help books when Peterson's name came up
Fans made it clear that they felt it was inappropriate for Peterson to get a mention on the show due to his provocative comments online
Another tweeted: '@Jeopardy jordan effin' peterson? No controversy about him being a racist sexist pos. Gonna take a pass on your show for a good while.'
One fan stated: '@Jeopardy legitimizing Jordan Peterson, not cool.'
Another added: 'No matter the context, Jordan Peterson is never the answer.'
Jeopardy! returned on Monday with season 41.
The show's first episode left many fuming at the 'awkward' new categories that were introduced, which included 'Parenting' and 'Mom & Dad'.
While another episode saw fans left puzzled by the unique buzzer stance being used by Will Weiss.
Elsewhere, axed Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik hinted that she is keen to return to the series.
Speaking to Fox News Digital, she said: 'I'm definitely still a fan of the show and very honored that I was nominated for an Emmy for my work there.
'That is something that I got to change my bio, that I was nominated for Jeopardy!
'So, yeah, it's something I'm still very proud of. And yeah, we'll see what happens this season.'
