Don’t Fuck With Alex Trebek

When you heard Sony had its system hacked you must have been expecting better shit than this. Angelina Jolie sending full mastectomy nudes to the Head of Development. John Travolta admitting he sticks his penis in his wife and likes it. Something shocking. We got fucking Alex Trebek threatening to quit Jeopardy because he feels unsupported in his TV relationship. The trouble started when Trebek metaphorically bitch slapped some teen contestant in his trademark passive aggressive way by not allowing her to compete in Final Jeopardy. I don’t know the exact rules but he was actually in the right. Then the chick’s mom flipped out and started threatening to post Twitter photos of the kid’s tears in response. The network told Trebek to re-tape the segment. Then Trebek was like fuck it and fired off an email:

“If you all think I should retape the opening, I will. But I want to say that for 30 years I’ve defended our show against attacks inside and out. But it doesn’t seem to operate both ways. When I’m vilified, corporate (and certainly legal) always seems to say ‘don’t say anything and it’ll blow over,’ and I’m not feeling support from the producers, and that disappoints the shit out of me.”

It’s a pretty serious job being a walking punchline. Sometimes the annoying people win by virtue of how annoying they are. If it really bothers you just picture their daily routine. It’s not worth it. Its tough finding shit to be pissed about and then getting booked on The View. Here’s to another eighty years, Big T.

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