, and had plans for how they would spend the $200,000 prize on had they won. During an exclusive interview with , the runner-ups for the money. “I had a clear plan from the beginning.
I work with a lot of organizations for battered women and children and feeding children across America. So I wanted to do what I could with the majority of that money toward those programs,” Jason, 46, noted. “But that was kind of my whole thing was I wasn’t doing this for just myself.
” The Food Network chef wanted to use his potential earnings to help others, adding, “I was doing it for all those people out there that don’t get the chance that I have in my life to get where I’m at now. So I really wanted to bring that full circle back around to them.” Jill, 60, had a similar thought .
“It would’ve gone to the Bobby Zarin Memorial Fund. I do a charity event every summer — and Joe was there last year — and it would’ve gone right to cancer research,” she shared. “It would’ve been for that.
” alum for the fun of it. Getting to potentially make a difference by donating the prize money was an added bonus for Jill. “I did the game because I wanted to play all the games.
I said it from the beginning and I meant it. I didn’t do it for the money,” she explained. “And I think that helped me.
People knew I didn’t do it for the money, I just wanted to play the games. And in the end, I did get to play every single game and then it was my time to go home.” As for.
