JEOPARDY! star Mayim Bialik has gone makeup-free in a rare at-home photo.
It comes while her co-host Ken Jennings films new episodes ahead of season 39.
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Taking to Instagram earlier this week, 46-year-old Mayim first updated her four million followers with a mirror selfie.
She posed bare-faced with her hair disheveled as she took a snap with one of her three cats.
The TV personality looked almost unrecognizable compared to her onscreen glam, wearing a black sweater and comfy pants.
Mayim posted the image to promote a brand of cat litter box, telling her followers: “I live for my cats but I could definitely live without having to clean their litter!”
Two days later, the presenter shared another make-up free selfie of herself in a blue hospital gown.
In the caption, she revealed that she had been for her yearly pap test and mammogram, and she encouraged her followers to do the same.
However, Mayim also confessed that she’d had some difficulty putting on the gown and that she had managed to break it while attempting to pull it over her head.
“Guess a PhD means nothing when faced with a paper hospital gown,” she joked.
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The updates from Mayim’s personal life come as she takes a break from filming the game show.
Season 38 of Jeopardy! wrapped up on July 31 and ABC is now airing reruns until Season 39 begins on September 12.
DAILY DOUBLE
When the beloved brainy quiz show returns, former champ Ken, 48, will be permanently splitting the hosting duties with Mayim.
Ken will host the episodes airing from September to January, before Mayim takes over the reins until the end of the season.
She’ll divide her time between filming the game show and her own Fox comedy, Call Me Kat.
TWO WILL DO
The major decision that both hosts would replace the late Alex Trebek was announced on the game show’s website last month.
The pair have been sharing the job since October 2021.
In an online statement, Jeopardy! Executive Producer Michael Davies wrote: “Mayim and Ken are both extraordinarily talented and simply lovely humans.
“They support the staff and each other. They love and respect this institution of a television program. In return, the staff and I are honored to work alongside them.”
Praising how both hosts have “stepped up” and are “at the beginning of their Jeopardy! hosting careers,” Michael boasted that the show has earned 27M weekly viewers this past year.
The EP added: “We’re the most-watched entertainment show on all of television. Yes, all of television.”
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