It was a big day for
Good Morning America
anchor
Lara Spencer
!
During the Wednesday, May 7
episode of
Jeopardy! Masters
, the game show contestants were given a clue in the category that mentioned Spencer by name—and her mom couldn’t be more proud.
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Fans were prompted with the clue in the category “Un-Abbreviate Me,” where
Jeopardy!
host
Ken Jennings
read, “Wake up to Lara Spencer: GMA.”
One contestant was quick to land on the answer, buzzing in to respond, “What is Good Morning America?”
Spencer—along with her
GMA
co-hosts
Robin Roberts
,
Michael Strahan
and
George Stephanopoulos
—watched the snippet from the episode during Thursday morning’s broadcast, which was Spencer’s first time seeing her own name on the famous
Jeopardy!
board.
“I love it!” Spencer declared to her co-hosts, adding that “her mom is so happy” that Jennings pronounced her name “properly.”
“So did your phone blow up around 7:30 last night?” Stephanopoulos chimed in to ask, while Spencer replied, “I’ve never been cooler.”
“It’s really an honor. Thank you to
Jeopardy!
And thanks to that man who got it right!
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