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Shailene Woodley reveals Rodgers' intense preparation for 'Jeopardy!'

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Aaron Rodgers spent a lot of time in front of the television while preparing for his "Jeopardy!" guest-hosting gig in April.

Rodgers' fiancee, actress Shailene Woodley, revealed Monday on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" that he would spend hours binge-watching old "Jeopardy!" episodes and taking notes.

"I would go to work at 8 a.m., 6 a.m. and he would start his Netflix 'Jeopardy!' binge and then when I would get home at 8 or 9 p.m., he would still be watching 'Jeopardy!'" Woodley said. "And I would open the trash can and I would just see a bunch of empty to-go containers and milkshake cups that he had ordered on Uber Eats. And I was like, 'You've literally just Uber Eat-ed and watched 'Jeopardy!' all day long today.' He's like, 'Yeah, look at my notes' and he had stacks of notebooks of notes that he took and highlighted and went back through.

"It was actually really inspiring to watch his steadfast commitment to learning every single part of the 'Jeopardy!' game. And we did a lot of rehearsing back and forth where he would read some fake things that he had created and be like, 'Was my tone right? Was the connotation of this right? How's it all working?'"

Rodgers was one of several celebrity guest hosts to appear on "Jeopardy!" following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek in 2020. The Green Bay Packers quarterback made it known in April he would be interested in hosting the game show full-time while continuing his NFL career.

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