‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek wants Betty White as successor
in the midst of his health battle, he’s joked that in the event that he does step back, he wants pop culture favorite White, 98, to replace him.“I joke with the audience all the time and I say, ‘Betty White,’ because they want somebody younger, somebody funnier,” Trebek, who turns 80 Wednesday, told “Good Morning America.”White is a longtime pal, and over the years, the two have shared banter and fun flirtation. In 2018, White told The Post that she enjoys watching “Jeopardy!” because, “First, it’s such a good game and, second, I happen to have a huge crush on the host, Alex Trebek.”White has been in the biz even longer than her celeb infatuation — for a whopping 70 years.