"Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is embroiled in a “perceived insensitivity” scandal after he ignored a hysterical child contestant, and then threatened to quit the show!
The incident was one of the revelations made public after hack attacks on Sony Pictures who are under investigation by the FBI by a group called Guardians of Peace.
According to leaked emails, Alex gave a crying child the cold shoulder after the girl ran offstage during a taping of “Jeopardy! Kids.”
The girl reportedly became upset after learning her negative winnings prevented her from participating in the “Final Jeopardy!” round.
“She was upset about not being able to completely play the game to the end. I don’t think I’ll ever forgive (Alex) for that,” the girl’s mom wrote a Sony producer.