The late Alex Trebek had named the CNN anchor as a potential successor during an interview with TMZ in 2018.
Coates continued, telling Hall, “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.”
Still, Coates said she was honored that Trebek had even known her name, let alone considered her as someone who could potentially take the mantle over. “I actually was as shocked as anyone else was when he first said it,” she explained. “I was thrilled when he said my name and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, this person that I have watched my whole life, really, even knows my name — let alone thinks that I would be worthy enough to fill his shoes, which frankly can’t be filled.'”
Coates went on to say she had a chance to talk with Trebek, something she’d also previously tweeted about, before his
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