Sony Hack: Alex Trebek Threatened To Leave…Jeopardy!

The stories keep on coming, from a hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment emails.

The latest one to come? None other than our beloved host of Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek. In a series of emails, Trebek voices his unhappiness with an incident that tooke place on the show.

The incident happened during "Kid's Week" on day three, which took place Dec.1-5, and apparently what happened was, a female contestant ended her run in the red, which forced her out of competing in final Jeopardy! with the other two contestants.

The girl ended her game $1,400 in the hole, and Trebek said: "We have bad news for you, because you're in the negative situation, it means you won't be around for Final Jeopardy, but you'll automatically pick up $1000 for a third place finish."

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According to leak email, Trebek handle the situation according to show protocol, Trebek did not make enough of an effort to make the contestant feel better. Trebek was asked to re-tape the last moment because the girl "visual upset" as she ran backstage.

According to a producer who said "Alex's intentions were good", but we had to re-tape the segment because of an upset mother". The mother wrote a letter to Sony Producers:

"If he had taken the time, he would have known, like you do, that my daughter is not a sore loser, and does not become emotional solely over losing a game," she wrote. "She was upset about not being able to completely play the game to the end… I don't think I'll ever forgive him for that."

Trebek was not happy with her words, or the producers reaction. Here's what Alex Trebek had to say:

"If you all think I should retape the opening, I will," wrote Trebek, who has been hosting Jeopardy! since 1984. "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 s—t out of me."

"If I'm making mistakes and saying things you don’t like, maybe it's time for me to move on," he added. "It's not a threat, but I want to let you know how I'm feeling."