It’s not like Trebek was independently verifying the game’s every answer. At a time when the idea of objective facts has been so catastrophically eroded, if you can’t trust the host of Jeopardy!, whom can you trust? From another angle, though, the outrage made perfect sense. That didn’t necessarily disqualify him from a two-week gig reading pre-written questions and making small talk. As viewers fumed on social media, Variety called Oz’s engagement a “black eye” on the show and some 600 former contestants signed an open letter arguing that he “stands in opposition to everything that Jeopardy! stands for.” Indeed, everyone from other physicians to elected officials to GLAAD has blasted Oz, over the years, for pushing weight-loss scams, giving a platform to anti-vaxxers, normalizing gay “conversion” therapy and, most recently, endorsing shoddy COVID remedies. Oz Show, who was the most recent celebrity to step into the late Alex Trebek’s dress shoes. Mehmet Oz, the Oprah-approved, Ivy League-educated surgeon, author and host of The Dr. On March 22, midway through a series of guest-hosted shows, Jeopardy! fans revolted.
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