Fan Support
Of course, speaking with so many fans had its advantages. Trebek told ABC News in January 2020 how much his cancer experience meant to individuals. “Because of that, and something else that is going on here,” he explained, “people all over America and abroad have decided they want to tell me now, while I’m still alive, about the impact that I’ve been having on their existence.”
Fan Support
Public Strength
However, dealing with other people’s terrible experiences had taken its toll on the host. “I don’t know if I’m strong enough or intelligent enough to help alleviate some of that despair,” Trebek said on Good Morning America in October 2019. Even if he felt it was too much to expect Trebek to be strong for others and himself, he continued to show amazing strength in public.
Public Strength
