Daytime Emmys: Alex Trebek reveals he was concerned about winning an award

The Hollywood Reporter

The Jeopardy! host was named best game show host on Sunday at the Daytime Emmy Awards. "I was concerned that sympathy might play a big role," said Trebek, who was diagnosed in March with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. "I'm not a fan of sympathy votes, because I believe you should be judged on the merits of your work." He continued: "However, I started thinking back to last year. I had just had major surgery to remove two life-threatening blood clots on my brain. I think that would have earned me a certain amount of sympathy, but I didn't win. So maybe I've been worrying about the wrong thing, and I'll do what Sally Field did when she won at a different venue many, many years ago, and [accept] this as a sign you like guys like me and value my work. I'll tell you, if that's the case, I can live with that. Thank you."

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