'Jeopardy!' host Ken Jennings remembers thinking 'I don't want to be here' during first show
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The worst moment Ken Jennings has experienced as host of "Jeopardy!" involved former host Alex Trebek. Trebek helmed the beloved game show from 1984 until his death in 2020.
He was more concerned about the grief and mourning he and the show's staff were experiencing over the loss of Trebek. "They’re like me, they want the other guy, and I was missing him too. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to be here. I would give anything to not be here right now.'" Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to janelle.ash@fox.com.
"Everybody there was very emotional, and I had to be the one talking through it, even though I probably knew him least of all 100 people on set, crew and the staff. It was very scary. You’re aware that the audience does not want you there. They’re like me, they want the other guy, and I was missing him too. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to be here. I would give anything to not be here right now,’" Jennings told the outlet.