Alex Trebek's Dream Jeopardy Contestant Used To Be Kevin Spacey...But He Changed It To The Pope Amid The Sexual Assault Allegations

Daily Mail - Trebek says his dream contestant on his game show was once disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, who has been accused of sexual assault by at least 16 men and was fired from House of Cards following the allegations.

‘I used to say Kevin Spacey. He’s bright, and there would be so many funny moments because of all his great impressions. But now you can’t say that,’ he said.

He says his answered his changed to ‘the Pope’, adding ‘I was raised Catholic’.

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Trebek what are you…what are you doing? It was bad enough that he started the interview by saying

‘When the #MeToo movement started, I had discussions with the staff during production meetings. I said, “My gosh, this has got to be a scary time for men,” Trebek said.

But to then follow it up by saying his DREAM CONTESTANT was Kevin Spacey? Like…just pick anyone else. Anyone else at all. Say Pat Sajak. Say Tupac Shakur. Say Bugs Bunny. But ok, fine he said Kevin Spacey was before the sexual assault allegations. So who did he change it to?

THE POPE.

I’ll take “Incorrect Answers for 200 please”. Freakin’ Trebek. I’m not tryna get too into it, but there is some pretty strong irony there replacing Kevin Spacey with The Pope. And yes, I did watch Spotlight last night for the 4th or 5th time. Just an incredible movie. It really makes you want to get out there and change the world as we know it. It also shows you how important print journalism is. Those reporters did so much digging and interviewing and ended up changing the world for the better. It’s inspiring stuff. I ended up staying up for an hour and reading more about their reporting and the individual journalists. And then I decided you know what I’m gonna do tomorrow, I’m gonna blog about smut and try to change the world in a different way. Not that I couldn’t uncover a scandal that goes up to the Vatican, just wouldn’t want to step on their toes.