“Because they want somebody younger, somebody funnier,' the 'Jeopardy!' host said.
Trebek, now 80, admitted he doesn’t have a say in who would take his place if he ever did walk away from “Jeopardy!” But he has a preference:Ron Galella via Getty ImagesTrebek joked that his replacement should be White, 98, “because they want somebody younger, somebody funnier, ... she checks all those boxes.”
White and Trebek have been friends a “long, long time,” he said. He also publicly backed her for the job in“It’s probably going to be a woman, somebody younger, somebody bright, somebody personable, somebody with a great sense of humor,” he said, nominating White to be his successor., Trebek at the time also mentioned “more serious candidates” , such as CNN’s Laura Coates, LA Kings announcer Alex Faust and TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz.
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