'Thinking about retiring and retiring are two different things. … We'll see what happens.' Jeopardy host Alex Trebek opens up about retirement and gives an update on his health
host Alex Trebek took a victory lap Wednesday at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, a day after ABC'sDuring his 45 minutes before the press corps, the 79-year-old game show host was asked about retirement — "thinking about retiring and retiring are two different things," he said — as well as an update on his health after he received treatment following his March stage IV pancreatic cancer"Some days are better than others," Trebek said Wednesday.
Trebek, who famously tapes five shows in one day of the long-running trivia show, revealed that he noticed that he wasn't having one of his best weeks during production of thetaping. "I seemed a little slower in the ad-libbed portion," he said. "I can still deliver clues at a rapid pace but … some weeks are good and some weeks are bad." to host the syndicated favorite in August, after which he again had to return to chemotherapy when his "numbers went sky-high.
As for how his potential retirement could play out on screen, Trebek said already has a plan in mind — and that it would happen on "a whim." "I would tell Harry to give me 30 seconds at the end of the program to say goodbye because it's going to be the last show," he said. As for the impact he has had in his career, Trebek — ever the gentleman — downplayed it and instead credited the success of"I've been extremely lucky," he said.
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