Who Is Betty White?
That is “Danger!” Host Alex Trebek’s answer to the question he received more and more during his battle with pancreatic cancer.
The 79-year-old man, who turns 80 on Wednesday, said the same thing during an interview with “Good Morning America,” and told the show that because the public wanted his successor to be younger, he was going on the opposite direction and naming the 98-year-old pop culture icon to host the beloved quiz contest.
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“I joke around with the public all the time and say ‘Betty White’ because they want someone younger, someone more fun,” Trebek said.
An avid “Jeopardy!” Watcher, White explained to the New York Post in 2018 why he likes the show. “First, it’s such a good game, and second, I’m in love with host Alex Trebek,” she admitted.
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During his meeting with the variety news program, Trebek also spoke about the upcoming changes to the series of competition questionnaires, when production resumes, that adhere to social distancing guidelines.
“We have redesigned our set to separate the contestants and me a little more from them,” he shared. “So we are taking all kinds of precautions. Our testing procedure is now done online. “
The show will also film five episodes a day, twice a week, but that could change.
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“We’ll do three and take a short break, and then we’ll do the last two. And we’ll see how that goes, and if it’s too much for me, we can always cut back a little, maybe do four a day,” he said.
On January, at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, Fox News asked the 79-year-old man what he wanted his legacy to be and said he simply wanted to be remembered as “a good guy” and that he “was the best type of contest presenter that always seemed to be supporting the contestants. “
‘Danger!’ Presenter Alex Trebek said he wants Betty White, 98, to succeed him as presenter of the pageant contest.
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Eager to return to work despite “Danger!” Even without seeing a return date, Trebek described the show as “the best kind of reality show” in his “GMA” interview.
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“And people see it, and if they come up with one or two correct answers in that half hour, they feel pretty good about themselves,” he said. “And that’s great”.
