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Jun 17, 2023

Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings goes casual with disheveled hair and unbuttoned shirt in rare video while off

KEN Jennings has ditched his signature suit for a dressed-down look on Twitter, always a sight to see. The host - currently in hot water over hosting Jeopardy! amid the dual Hollywood Strikes - shared

KEN Jennings has ditched his signature suit for a dressed-down look on Twitter, always a sight to see.

The host - currently in hot water over hosting Jeopardy! amid the dual Hollywood Strikes - shared an update from his $2.9million Seattle home's backyard.

Ken, 49, donned messier hair that harkened back to his contestant days and a white collared shirt revealing a touch of chest.

He looked relatively pale in the natural daylight and seemed to be in his own backyard.

He told his followers they should attend Game Show Boot Camp, a Las Vegas charity event that helps low-income students.

This weekend, the second annual event involves a murderer's row of Jeopardy! royalty, including James Holzhauer, Sam Buttrey, Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, Brad Rutter, and Amy Schneider competing in just-for-fun trivia throwdowns.

Ken joked: "Now these are supposedly the smartest people in America.

"And yet they all came to Las Vegas in August?"

"You know Sam Buttrey I can understand at his age the soul craves the hot arid climate of the desert but I don't know what the rest of you are thinking.

"No, it's a wonderful cause you're going to have a great time!" the host concluded.

Fans always do a Daily Double-take upon seeing Ken in rare appearances where he's not wearing a suit.

In May, he stunned fans by rocking a Seattle Mariners jersey while attending a ball game.

And in January, Ken dressed down in a red flannel and grey faded denim to attend a wrestling event.

"Wait this is what you look like? Since when," one fan tweeted.

"Ken Jennings not in a suit is messing with my brain," wrote another.

Meanwhile, Jeopardy! is forging on despite the dual Hollywood strike and resuming filming in August.

Season 39 of Jeopardy! ended Friday with the last material written before May's Hollywood's strikes began.

But Season 40 will debut on September 11, albeit with one major caveat.

Since the writers are still on strike, new episodes will all be made up of recycled versions of old questions from years past.

Sony noted in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter: "Jeopardy! employs Writers Guild of America members, and the syndicated game show is planning to rely on material from prior seasons (39 years’ worth) as it begins taping shows for the 2023-24 season,"

Fan-favorite Mattea Roach, 24, blasted the move: "It would be preferable for the season to not commence with new episodes until the strike is resolved."

Amy Schneider also tweeted: "Disappointed to hear that Jeopardy is considering this course of action. For what it’s worth, I, too, will not be participating in any Jeopardy productions that don’t use new clues written by their amazing, unionized writers under a fair, collectively bargained contract."

Mayim Bialik, 47, stepped away from hosting the remainder of this just-wrapped season, and Ken has already been criticized as a so-called scab to wrap things up.

Ken would face tremendous scrutiny if he crossed the picket line again, but since he did so before, he is most likely to host Season 40.

Meanwhile, Sony confirmed that Celebrity Jeopardy! will return on ABC this fall: “with original material written by WGA writers before the strike.”

However, the Tournament of Champions has been called off until the strike ends, it was also announced in Sony's statement.

The decision came after, or perhaps as a result of, the annual tournament's frontrunners uniting and bowing out if it meant crossing the picket line.