Alex Trebek on Sunday won his sixth Emmy for hostingJeopardy!
his first major win since receivinghis stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
The longtime emcee admitted that he worried about how the sympathy vote could have impacted his win.
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Ever since the nominations came out I have worried about this moment.
Let me explain, he says.
You were worried about winning?
Yeah, I was concerned that sympathy might play a big role in the voting this year.
Im not a big fan of sympathy votes.
We should be judged on the merits of our work.
You think that would elicit a certain amount of sympathy.
But I didnt win, so maybe Ive been worrying about the wrong thing.
I tell you if thats the case, I can live with that.
He counts himself an extremely lucky individual in the face of his current condition.
