‘A scary time for men’: Alex Trebek talks #MeToo, politics and the kind of ‘Jeopardy!’ player that bothers him

BruceCampbell123 · 2018-11-14T00:10:15+00:00

Countdown until Alex issues a public apologies in which he's gravely sorry for any pain his comments may have caused and that he's educated himself on learning about the abuse that victims of sexual assault endure. He'll also add how he's committed to growing as a person and hopes that we can forgive him and he will promise to do better in the future.

BruceCampbell123 · 2018-11-14T00:23:37+00:00

Paywalled. Please in the future, try to find non-paywalled or registration required website to post.

Is this the article by chance?

Wolosocu · 2018-11-14T16:15:59+00:00

Well, his retirement plans have just been accelerated.

RunawayGrain · 2018-11-14T18:43:53+00:00

I'll take RedPills for 1000, Alex:

I said, “But there are guys out there — young guys are stupid in their teens.” There’s nothing stupider than a teenage boy. They’re operating on testosterone.

This conversation has taken a turn.
You took a turn.

When did you start to fit in?
When I had someone older guiding me.

What about dealing with off-camera crap? I’m thinking of a flare-up I read about a few years back when the mother of a contestant on Jeopardy! Kids complained that you’d been rude to her daughter after she lost. And the producers asked you to reshoot or apologize, and you told them that you were frustrated because you’d always defended the show against its attackers and now you expected the show to defend you. I didn’t realize that Jeopardy! gets attacked. For what?
I’ve been criticized for treating women more harshly than men. I’ve also been criticized for treating women better than men. In fact, I remember looking in a stack of letters once and finding two: One said, “Boy, you fawn over women [contestants] and try to help them out.” And the other was, “Boy, you’re mean to women.”

You saw it with Johnny Carson. He was bright enough to cover almost any potentially offensive moment with his wit. That’s one of the things, unfortunately, that we lack in politics today. There isn’t enough humor.

People used to ask me, “Who would your dream Jeopardy! contestant be?” I used to say Kevin Spacey. He’s bright, and there would be so many funny moments because of all his great impressions. But now you can’t say that.

Title	‘A scary time for men’: Alex Trebek talks #MeToo, politics and the kind of ‘Jeopardy!’ player that bothers him
Author	BruceCampbell123
Upvotes	30
Comments	6
Date	November 14, 2018 12:05 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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