Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings has found himself in some seriously hot water after tweeting an offensive joke about people in wheelchairs.

"Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair," wrote Jennings on Monday.

While it's unclear why Jennings chose to write such an insensitive comment on his Twitter page, users of the social media site quickly struck back at his tactless words.

@KenJennings I just...how can you even think this is ok to say? I can't even express how many levels this can be hurtful on. Goodbye.

— Jordan Goldstein (@thetabyte) September 22, 2014

@KenJennings Wow. There are so many awful things about that sentence I don't even know where to start. Maybe rethink this one. — harmony (@fonticulus) September 22, 2014

@KenJennings I predict you will get a lot of flak for this tweet. #psychic

— Emily Carlson (@emjcarlson) September 22, 2014

@KenJennings You might want to rethink this one. — Matt Young (@ThisMattYoung) September 22, 2014

@KenJennings Really? Like being in a wheelchair makes them less appealing? Please think before spouting ableist nonsense.

— Jess Banks (@ProfBanks) September 22, 2014

@KenJennings You're better than this. — mostly charmless (@OopsNate) September 22, 2014

Jennings has yet to address the backlash directly, but he did tweet a few more jokes, perhaps in an effort to change the subject.

What was once the world's most densely populated island now has no residents at all (except one Bond villain). https://t.co/fD3CpswjHe

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) September 22, 2014

My wife just said Britney is famous for using autocorrect and I don't know, maybe that's true? — Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) September 23, 2014

What is clear about the situation is that the Jeopardy star, who has also written the "Junior Genius Guides" series, likely needs to study up on political correctness, or common decency.