Respect My Gangsta: Alex Trebek

He may be a 71 year old Canadian, but that doesn't mean Alex Trebek is anyone's bitch.

From The Huffington Post:

Trebek was visiting San Francisco to host the National Geographic World Championship at Google headquarters when the robbery occurred, which we imagine boosted the competition's ratings by about 6,000 percent.

At approximately 2:30am, 56-year-old Lucinda Moyers broke into Trebek’s hotel room and stole cash and a bracelet his mother had given him, stashing it near the ice machine. The 71-year-old star then pursued her on foot, snapping his Achilles tendon in the process, according to ABC7. (Surely while shouting, “don’t mess with Trebek!")

Eight hours later, Trebek described the scene to the audience at the National Geographic show. According to Patch's live blog from the event, Trebek explained that he incurred his injury “at 2:30am, while chasing a burglar down the hallway of my San Francisco hotel until my Achilles tendon ruptured and then I fell on carpet, bruising the other leg in the process. Surgery is on Friday.”

That's right—not only did the famous TV personality chase down the thief and assist in her arrest, he did it with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

First Bob Barker, now Trebek. Do NOT fuck with old game show hosts.