“Jeopardy!” viewers want Kanye West to go away.
A clue about the controversial rapper, 47, sparked a debate with fans of the game show on Reddit last week.
During Thursday’s episode, returning four-day champ Alex DeFrank from Brooklyn chose the $1,200 clue in the Double Jeopardy category “The Song of Roland Drums Machines.”
“The title of his album ‘808s and Heartbreak’ refers to the death of his mother Donda, and to the Roland TR-808 used on the songs,” host Ken Jennings read to the contestants.
DeFrank, who was competing against Cameron Berry from Brighton, Mass. and Hillary Hess from Arlington, Va., correctly answered, “Who is Kanye West?”
But the clue about West — who has recently exhibited problematic behavior on social media — didn’t sit well with some.
In a Reddit thread about the episode, one fan wrote, “That’s the fourth Kanye clue this year. Make it stop.”
“That Kanye question needed a note saying the clue was recorded before he declared himself a literal Nazi,” another viewer said.
A third Reddit user wrote, “I’m not inherently against ever featuring bad living people in clues, but there’s an argument to be made that it would be better to feature those sorts of people less often. Bill Cosby has not been featured in a clue since 2014, according to another comment.”
A different fan wondered if the clue about West was written prior to his latest controversies. “He’s been problematic for a while, but the swastika shirt and abuse allegations are relatively recent,” they said.
But other viewers defended the game show for featuring West.
“Unpopular opinion here but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a Kanye question,” one fan wrote. “Yes his recent actions are beyond despicable but he’s an important part of music history. Having a trivia question about him is not endorsing his action or even shedding more spotlight on him (let’s be real having one Jeopardy question is not going to give him much extra attention).”
The same fan added, “Plus this was also likely taped before his recent outbursts. There’s plenty of trivia questions about terrible people, especially celebrities.”
Another viewer said, “Not sure i’m following the ‘no Kanye clues’ plea. There are clues about actual war criminals, dictators, etc. culturally significant people can be awful. is using their names in a knowledge game really considered giving them a platform? idk.”
“I don’t see the issue with including him in clues,” someone else agreed. “There are tons of bad people in clues.”
West recently sparked controversy for selling Swastika T-shirts and launching antisemitic tirades on social media.
He also accused his ex-wife Kim Kardashian of running a sex-trafficking ring involving their children and attacked Beyoncé and and Jay-Z’s kids in his online rants.
Additionally, West’s rep shot down rumors that the rapper’s wife, Bianca Censori, was a “battered” woman. The couple made headlines when Censori, 30, posed nude at the Grammy Awards in February, which led to claims that West is allegedly controlling and abusing his wife.
Last month, sources told The Post that West is inhaling nitrous oxide, which has contributed to his erratic behavior.
“When he comes off the nitrous, he’s crazy, he just wants to be able to do anything he wants,” an insider shared.
