Trebek’s ‘Jeopardy!’ host pick Laura Coates on snub: ‘I was told no’

nypost.com:

Speaking Monday on “Tamron Hall,” Coates, who had social media rally behind her cause last summer, said she “asked for the opportunity when it came time, when they were looking for people to possibly fill in.”Eager to be considered among the likes of current Season 38 hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, along with other fan favorites like LeVar Burton and Aaron Rodgers, Coates said she “certainly raised [her] hand and knocked on doors and found them closed.”“And I asked for the opportunity.

I was told ‘no.’”The Post has reached out to Coates and representatives for the show for comment.The show’s initial decision of awarding the gig to executive producer Mike Richards horrendously backfired after alleged sexist comments from the short-time host were revealed last summer.

But Coates called the last few months a time “to remember to wear your own jersey.”Immediately after the Richards scandal broke, Coates took the high road by posting one of her “favorite” Trebek quotes in late August: “Don’t tell me what you believe in.

I’ll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.”One of my favorite #AlexTrebek quotes. #WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/HNxFa1PUfv“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 — other people — don’t align with what happens and that happened there,” she told Hall.Coates instead focused on what seems to matter most: the high regard Trebek has had for the “lifelong fan” who would watch the show multiple times a night on occasion.“There is an attorney, Laura Coates.