You think missing the price of the Showcase Showdown by going over a dollar is the worst thing that can happen to a contestant on The Price Is Right. Think again.
The worst thing that can happen to someone on the game show happened to Tara Armstrong. The Announcer called her name and no one jumped up screaming. They used the camera to pan the audience and she was nowhere to be seen. That is because she was in the bathroom. Therefore, she had to finish up what she was doing and run back in.
When she did, she high fived everyone as she ran towards the stage. I don’t know if I would have done that because we don’t know if she washed her hands after she was done on the toilet. Who knows what she was doing when they called her name? Maybe it is better they do not know.
BTW According to Today, it happened once before. Back in 1976, Patricia Bernard was called, but she was busy answering another call. That is when her husband and a page ran out to get her. Not a bad record, twice in 46 years! I am surprised it does not happen more often.
To see the first time it happened, then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=8XPmv13H-LM
