‘Nervous’ Macaulay Culkin plays ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ – reacts to being clue 42 times

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Kevin!Macaulay Culkin was a contestant on “Celebrity Jeopardy!” Wednesday after being a clue on the game show countless times through the years. “You have been part of a ‘Jeopardy!’ clue, like, 42 times over your career,” host Ken Jennings told the “Home Alone” actor. “That’s a very impressive number.” Culkin, 43, took the news in stride, saying: “Oh, wow!

Look mom, I’m famous! I’m a factoid! Trivial.” According to Jennings, 49, he had no idea if Culkin would be on the “[Jeopardy!] board today.”“That would make it so much easier.

For real,” Culkin teased. “I would be so much less nervous.”Culkin went on to note that he was playing to win money for the San Diego Zoo and Wildlife Alliance. “I’m sure a lot of people are familiar with it, but it’s a place that’s near and dear to my and my family’s heart,” Culkin told Jennings. “They work on conservation and the relationship between wildlife and people trying to make it better.”Culkin faced off against “Saturday Night Live” alum Rachel Dratch and WWE star Becky Lynch during the episode — and revealed he’s been a fan of the game show since he was a kid. “It was like religion in my family,” the reclusive actor said. “Every night at 7 p.m.

eastern it was ‘Jeopardy!’, ‘Jeopardy!’, ‘Jeopardy!’. Even when we were little kids. So hi mom, again!” The “Party Monster” star also revealed that his fiancee, former Disney Channel star Brenda Song, made him practice all the time “whether I was in the mood or not.”“Oh yeah, my lady had a whole bunch of flashcards,” Culkin quipped. “She just kept asking me questions.