Ken Jennings might want to consider hiring a PR firm to clean up his reputation a bit if he hopes to secure his temporary Jeopardy! hosting job into something a bit more permanent. After the show's formal announcement on Twitter, the backlash regarding some of his past social media behavior was brought to light, and it's not something he should be proud of.
In September of 2014, Ken Jennings decided to take to twitter and post, "Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair." The highly insensitive and discriminatory post received huge backlash, but the Jeopardy! champ refused to take it down.
One Twitter user reposted the tweet after the news of Jennings' getting the first guest hosting spot with the sarcastic comment, "I can't think of anyone better to carry on Alex's legacy than someone who would tweet this." And he wasn't the only one feeling the same way. Another commenter wrote, "The only way I'll accept Ken Jennings as the next host of Jeopardy! is if it was Alex's dying wish. Otherwise, there's hundreds of better choices."
Hopefully, Ken Jennings will at least think before he tweets now that the eyes of the world are on him again, but his decision not to apologize or take down the horrible post is certainly head scratching at the very least.
