Temporary Danger! Host Ken Jennings says he is still adapting to handing over the leads, rather than answering them, after Alex Trebek’s death.
“It’s really unnerving,” said Jennings Seattle Refined, publication in his hometown, in an interview published Thursday. “I’m just like everyone else, I wish it was still Alex out there. But the main thing I noticed is the incredible work he did, he always made it look so easy and graceful. “
Trebek, who has hosted the game show since 1984, died of pancreatic cancer in November. Jennings, who won 74 consecutive games as a competitor in 2004 and was crowned the game’s “Best of All Time” at an event organized by Trebek last year, has been in charge since 11 January. In his appearances, he is open about the loss of the old TV set, of whom he became close.
“It has been very difficult to miss him and also to miss him Danger! with him, ”said Jennings. “I think that’s what we’re regretting, the fact that he would be part of our lives, that we could have Alex hosting Danger! every night. I kind of wanted to open the show that way and just say, ‘Look, you can’t replace a big one like Alex Trebek. We want Danger! Continue. It won’t be the same, but it will still be Danger!. “
The program announced that a series of presenters, including journalists Katie Couric and Bill Whitaker, actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, will appear in the coming weeks.
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