However, the moment when the longtime host has to step away may come sooner rather than later.
I talk to the producers about this all the time now.
I say, Look, Im slurring my words.
My tongue doesnt work as much, as well as it used to.
The chemo has caused sores inside my mouth.
It makes it difficult for me to speak and enunciate properly,' he says.
They say, Well, we dont notice.
I notice those things.
And Im sure there are observant members of the television audience who notice also.
But there will come a point where they will no longer be able to say, Its okay.'
Im 79 years old.
Im not gonna delude myself, he continues.
If it happens, it happens.
And why should I be afraid of it?
Trebek returned to workon the currently-airing 36th season ofJeopardy!in late August, announcing he had finished chemotherapy.
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