A Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? hopeful moved host Jeremy Clarkson when she revealed her grandmother died of Covid before she could be her phone a friend.
Jenni was on Sunday’s instalment of the ITV programme (April 28) and told how when she applied to be a contestant, she was going to put her gran down to be one of her lifelines. However, her gran passed away after contracting the coronavirus before Jenni went on the programme.
The contestant told Jeremy that the last time she talked to her nan she told her she was going on the quiz show. “So, my final conversation with my grandmother was to tell her I had a phone call from the team to say that I was going through to the next round,” she said.
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“But sadly, she passed away quite suddenly of Covid and so it’s heartbreaking.” “But I made it into this chair… it’s an honour to do this in memory of her,” she added.
“Let’s hope you go a very long way in memory of her,” Jeremy said, begore asking Jenni was her nan’s name was. She replied that it was Judy, and the TV star said: “This is for you Judy. Here we go!”
Jenni went on to turn in an impressive appearance while she was in the chair, racing to the £32,000 mark with few problems. However, she ended up getting a question wrong before she had even used up all her lifelines.
The blonde didn’t seem to be too upset about it, saying that she had got what she wanted by getting onto the programme in the first place and meeting Jeremy. She also pointed out that she was going home with some prize money in her pocket and felt like “a winner” even though she hadn’t made it all the way to the coveted million pound jackpot.
Jenni also won over viewers with her bubbly performance, with one person posting on X: “Give that woman her own show, I loved her and she’s gorgeous lol.” Another viewer wrote: “She was a much more fun contestant than many!”
“If you’re going to go out early… go out in style…” said someone else. Another viewer called her “fabulous”.
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