During Monday night’s episode of Jeopardy, a contestant wrote something wonderfully touching as his answer in Final Jeopardy that seemed to choke Alex Trebek up.
Which made the rest of America cry while #WeLoveYouAlex trended on Twitter.
Watch.
Alex Trebek getting choked up during Final Jeopardy today messed me all the way up. #Jeopardy #WeLoveYouAlex pic.twitter.com/QJVP4hJpGV
— sabreena (@aneerbas) November 12, 2019
Love this.
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Jeopardy means so much to my family. We started watching it fairly regularly last year with our 14-year-old daughter, who just so happens to love the show and answer far more questions than her father and me combined.
It has almost become a tradition for us to sit around the TV, eating popcorn, and trying to outdo each other on each category, my husband hoping for ‘Comics’ or ‘The Broncos’ while the kiddo crosses her fingers for ‘Greek Mythology’ and ‘Literature’.
Yeah, she’s the smartest person in the room.
I love this time with my family (even my son jumps in), so knowing that Alex is so sick and still fighting such a tough battle, and then seeing this from Dhruv Gaur just broke my heart.
In a good way.
Gaur then wrote a thread on Twitter about writing the answer and why he did it (which made me cry all over again):
Sorry for west coast spoilers, but I’m really glad I got the opportunity to say to Alex what everybody at the tournament was thinking … 1/n
— Dhruv Gaur (@dhruvg_) November 12, 2019
This was just exceptional.
…for context, Alex had just shared with us that he was reentering treatment for pancreatic cancer. We were all hurting for him so badly. 2/n
— Dhruv Gaur (@dhruvg_) November 12, 2019
We all were hurting for and praying for him.
When Final Jeopardy came up, I could’ve tried to puzzle it together, but really, just kept thinking about Alex, and thought he should know. 3/n
— Dhruv Gaur (@dhruvg_) November 12, 2019
Love this.
So much.
I’m just very grateful I got the opportunity to say what I know everyone was thinking. Sending all the love. #weloveyoualex
— Dhruv Gaur (@dhruvg_) November 12, 2019
Huzzah Dhruv.
#WeLoveYouAlex
True story.
Editor’s note: Some contestants are working together to help raise money to fight pancreatic cancer. Take a look:
The #Jeopardy Tournament of Champions competitors are organizing a charitable play along to help fight pancreatic cancer. See below for details, play along, spread the word, and let’s do what we can to help win this fight. pic.twitter.com/tP9CG49paP
— Steven Grade (@ask_Steven) November 5, 2019
