Alex Trebek Photo: Robb Cohen/Invision/AP/Shutterstock We’ll take “Don’t Go Breaking Our Hearts” for $200, Alex. Ahead of the release of his new memoir The Answer Is … Reflections on My Life on July 21, the New York Times caught up with America’s quizmaster general Alex Trebek in quarantine to, well, do some reflecting on his life.
“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.”
Trebek has been open about his struggles with cancer since his stage-four diagnosis in March of 2019 and his relapse that September, talking frankly about the pain and depression he’s lived with as he fights it with rounds of chemotherapy, all while continuing to host Jeopardy!. In this interview with the Times, Trebek said that he “plans to keep making the show for as long as he can, but he worries that his performance is declining, that he’s slurring his words and messing up clues.
Elex_Michaelson 🙏💙🙏
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Caroline_Bloom NOOOOO!!!!
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Sad 😢
God bless
What does he have to lose by trying cannabis?
Nooooooooooo
_TheCivilRight 'vulture. com' 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Cancer is the absolute worst. 😔 This makes me so sad.
This makes me so sad. 😥
Class. Manly. Dignified. Role model.
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OMG :(
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I just watched a video yesterday saying he was feeling good and his treatments are paying off.
PinkGia7 Hsst. Sigh
Sure hope and pray that there can be lots of miracles and that alex can pull through all of this.He is a nice guy and a good legend.
Oh no.... I’m sending my prayers to him 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
Alex, sending strength and healing vibes
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Bless you Alex we are all praying for you!!🙏🙏🙏
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Dear Alex, Your beloved fans will continue to pray for you. Alex you have fought the battle so far. May God continue to keep you strong and make you an overcomer. Your fans absolutely love and adore you ❤️❤️❤️ AlexTrebek Jeopardy
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Pancreatic cancer is a cancer that is almost never diagnosed early, when it is it usually has advanced to stage 4 and very hard to beat. Pray for an early detection breakthrough for this terrible cancer.
Phew this year is trash
Um, so the video that he just did yesterday saying that his numbers are good and he's feeling great is erroneous?
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It truly amazes me how this year just continues to get worse.
Cancel 2020
Please, no
This isn't surprising. We already know he has late stage cancer; but people seem to think that celebrities have magical healing powers. As soon as he announced he had cancer, I knew things weren't gonna get better for him, no matter how much we wanted them to.
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I hate you 2020...I reeeally reeeally do!
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Plazzari10 ah fuck
No. We can’t handle this right now. Praying for Alex Trebek with all my heart.
This is so sad.. Chemo is bittersweet, it really fucks you up only to possibly make you better for X amount of time. However much time he has left, I hope he’s able to truly enjoy it. 💕
Jesus Christ, I’m done..
I knew something was off based on his video announcement
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safainsapphire Ooh
He should be given the same treatment RBG was given for her pancreatic cancer. She is the only person I have heard of that has beaten it.
Try some cannabis oil 🙏🏾
Prayers up for Mr. Trebek. 🙏🏿
Praying for you Alex
I always thought 1968 was the worst year I ever lived through. But 2020 just may end up taking the prize. 😳
2020 man
NO NOT UNC
Terrible.
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Hoping Mr. Trebek and his family get through this as peacefully as possible. His legacy is cemented!
2020 💔
How much more pain must this year bring us
I thought this year couldn't get any worse. 😔
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NOOOOOOOO
Not my dawg!
I am praying for him. God bless him and his family.❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
Twynkxoxo I hate this so much.
amaoker famousandyhall Kristen56Rose 😩
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This just sucks to hear.
We are praying for him.
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SOOOOO TERRIBLE.
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