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Alex Trebek says he once spent “almost an hour” with Trudeau — and was rudely interrupted by a buzzer under the Canadian prime minister’s shirt.

“I’m keenly aware of little nuances,” Trebek said, “and I noticed at one point, after about 45 minutes, that Justin did something like this (scratches under his shirt) and about 10 seconds later, there was a knock on the door and one of his assistants came in and said, ‘Mr. Prime Minister, you have a meeting.”

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His interviewer, Vulture writer David Marchese, was confused. So Trebek elaborated.

“He has a buzzer under his shirt that he can use to signal his assistants when it’s time to come and get him,” Trebek explained of Trudeau.

Jenna Amatulli, the HuffPost reporter, summed up a majority of people’s reactions to that factoid in one word: “WHAT.”

Hayes Davenport tweeted: “we have ruined alex trebek. he is haunted by buzzers. he believes everyone he meets has a buzzer they use to deceive him.”

On Twitter, Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s principal secretary, set the record straight.

“Not true, but not the worst idea I’ve ever heard,” Butts wrote. “Also, Alex Trebek is a national treasure.”