The pandemic has put production on Jeopardy! on hold — yet Alex Trebek says he’ll keep on facilitating insofar as he’s capable.
As his long-running test show turns to re-airing vintage episodes subsequent to depleting its gracefully of pre-coronavirus recordings, the dearest TV have has addressed the New York Times about his treatment for stage IV pancreatic cancer and how it will affect his future with Jeopardy!
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“Yesterday morning my wife came to me and said, ‘How are you feeling?’ And I said, ‘I feel like I want to die.’ It was that bad,” he said. “There comes a time where you have to make a decision as to whether you want to continue with such a low quality of life, or whether you want to just ease yourself into the next level. It doesn’t bother me in the least.”
“It’s a quality program, and I think I do a good job hosting it, and when I start slipping, I’ll stop hosting,” said Trebek.
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Having commended enduring one year since his conclusion in March — something just 18 percent of those with his finding do — the Canadian-American moderator is presently anticipating two new significant achievements: his 80th birthday celebration, on July 22, and the July 21 distribution of his journal, The Answer Is… : Reflections on My Life.
In fact, his partners on Jeopardy! have borne observer to his struggles with health, remembering a second for which his torment was so extreme Trebek cried from the floor of his changing area — at that point proceeded to tape five episodes.
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“Once I introduce him on that stage, he is Alex Trebek,” longtime Jeopardy! announcer Johnny Gilbert told the Times. “You can tell that that’s what he’s living for.”