'Celebrity Jeopardy' Faces Backlash Over 'Tasteless' Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Clue, 'Do Better'

"Celebrity Jeopardy" is facing some online backlash after the game show used the murder of Gabby Petito as a clue for contestants.

During the Sunday episode, actors John Michael Higgins and Wil Wheaton competed against Joel Kim Booster in the ABC show's semifinal round.

"Jeopardy!" host Mayim Bialik read the contestants a clue from "The A-List" category in which the answers consisted of the letter "A."

"In 2021, Fugitive Brian Laundrie Ended His Days Fla.'s Myakkahatchee Creek Area, Home to These Long & Toothy Critters," Bialik said.

To which Booster correctly answered, "What are alligators?"

Although Bialik casually went on to the next topic, "Jeopardy" viewers were outraged and began criticizing the game show on Twitter over the inappropriate clue.

"This is the most tasteless and insensitive answer I've ever seen on any Jeopardy! What the hell were they thinking? Making light of that tragic situation is repugnant. Damn," one person wrote.

Another viewer hoped the show would correct its wrong by apologizing to the victim's family.

"Hope @Jeopardy apologizes to the #Petito family. Using someone's suicide as part of a clue not cool. Who okays these clues? You know Laundrie murdered the young #GabbyPetito. Perhaps you could mention her & the #GabbyPetitoFoundation. Alex Trebek would be shaking his head right now," the individual wrote.

On Sept. 11, 2021, Petito was reported missing after her parents were unable to contact her during her cross-country road trip with Laundrie.

Petito's remains were discovered six days later in Wyoming, and her death was ruled a homicide by manual strangulation.

In October of that same year, Laundrie died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in North Port, Florida. Among his belongings was a notebook in which he admitted to murdering Petito.