Jeopardy! fans beg show to give Alex Trebek’s top pick Laura Coates a shot at hosting after she claims execs SNUBBED her
JEOPARDY! fans have been begging the show to give Alex Trebek’s top pick, legal analyst Laura Coates, a shot at hosting for months.
The 41-year-old has recently revealed she was snubbed by the game show’s execs when she asked for a chance to try out.
Since Alex’s death, Jeopardy! has yet to find a permanent host, with many celebrities and past contestants filling in as guests.
Ken Jennings, Mayim Bialik, Mike Richards, and others have all been temporary hosts, but Laura has not yet been given the chance to show what she’s got.
As it now appears to have come down to the final two choices – between Ken and Mayim – fans are begging the show one last time to just give Laura a chance.
One viewer tweeted: “Since #Jeopardy is trending, once again I beseech their management to give @thelauracoates her shot at a trial run as host.
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“Especially as Alex Trebek himself did endorse her!”
Another tweeted directly to Laura: ”How I wish YOU were the ‘Jeopardy’ host!”
A third wrote on the social media platform that the CNN analyst has the “rare combo” of “intelligence and charisma” and should’ve been given a tryout as the game show host.
They added: “Unfortunately, jeopardy missed out on the correct choice.”
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“Just a fact: I stopped watching Jeopardy when they ruled [LeVar Burton] and Laura Coates out of the running for host,” another fan tweeted. “Never looked back.”
In January, Laura revealed on the Tamron Hall talk show that she wanted to host Jeopardy but execs over there shut her own.
She said she “asked for the opportunity, when it came time, when they were looking for people to possibly fill in” but was rejected.
After Alex named her as a top pick to take over hosting duties from him, Laura shared that she was “shocked” as she had never even met him.
When the time came for her to officially throw her hat in the ring for the position, she said she tried but wasn’t given the chance.
Laura said: “I certainly raised my hand, and knocked on doors, and found them closed.
“And I asked for the opportunity, I was told no – which is one of those moments, Tamron, when you have to remember to wear your own jersey.
“You have to remember to continue to be your own champion in other respects and sometimes the vision that you have for yourself, or those that surprise you from other people, don’t align with what happens, and that happened there.”
Now, it looks to be between Mayim and Ken as host, and fans are unsure of who they want.
It had been leaning toward the latter, but the actress’ new style and his most recent scandal might have it back to a 50-50 split.
Earlier this month, Ken liked an offensive tweet about Justin and Hailey Bieber and fans were quick to bash him.
The host liking the offensive tweet comes after he apologized for past “insensitive” jokes.
As for Mayim, she was recently praised for her “fabulous” new makeover on the show.
The Big Bang Theory alum returned to host a couple of weeks ago with a dramatic new look that had many fans talking.
After usually seeing Mayim in outfits featuring mainly darker colors, like navy and green, fans were excited to see her trying out some more fun and funky ensembles.
Still, Jeopardy lovers don’t think Ken’s controversial Twitter action affected his chances of becoming host and think he might’ve shared a clue that he’ll be chosen as the permanent host soon.
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One fan on Reddit pointed out that the 47-year-old recently updated his Twitter to feature a brand new photo – one of “him at the host’s lectern.”
Other users on the forum were quick to speculate that this might mean the game show is getting reading to announce him as the new official face.
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