The long-running tenure of Alex Trebek’s time as the host of Jeopardy! might be coming to an end as he continues his battle with pancreatic cancer. Trebek recently opened up about his experiences combatting the disease during a revealing interview with CTV, explaining that he had to go back for more chemotherapy at the end of the summer. He still insists that he plans to do the show as long as he’s able to, adding that he feels pressure to continue on the show as he undergoes another round of chemotherapy.

 

“There are weaknesses I feel in my body but I can always suck it up when it comes to tape the show,” he said.

 

He added that he will continue hosting Jeopardy!”as long as my skills do not diminish,” but that the chemo has caused open sores to develop in his mouth that makes enunciating certain words more difficult.

 

“I’m sure there are observant members of the television audience that notice also, but they’re forgiving,” Trebek explained. “But there will come a point when they (fans and producers) will no longer be able to say, ‘It’s okay.”

 

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