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Judy Sheindlin is opening up about her newest chapter.
In aninterview withThe Hollywood Reporterpublished Thursday, Sheindlin, 78, said that she’s “not tired” at all — and doesn’t see a reason to slow down.
“I’m not tired. I don’t play golf or tennis. I have no desire to learn how to play mahjong, chess or checkers. I know what I like to do,” she said. “Why, at my stage in life, would I try to find something else when I already know what I like?”
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“And this isn’t a 9-to-5 job,” she toldTHR. “I’ve still got the time to see the children I love, the grandchildren who are growing up very fast and the cute mate who I still get a kick out of.”
The judge — who soldJudge Judy’s 5,200-episode library, as well as rights to future episodes of the syndicated programto CBS for an estimated $100 million back in 2017— revealed in the interview that while her salary at CBS took some negotiating, her long career preempted her arrival at Amazon.
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SheindlinrevealedthatJudge Judywould end during an appearance onTheEllen DeGeneresShowin March 2020.
“I’ve had a 25-year long marriage with CBS and it’s been successful. Next year will be our 25th season, silver anniversary. And CBS, I think, sort of felt they wanted to optimally utilize the repeats of my program because now they have 25 years of reruns,” Sheindlin told DeGeneres, 63. “So what they decided to do was sell a couple of years worth of reruns.”
Herpartnership with Amazonwas announced about seven months later in October.
“I’m over the moon to be in business with Amazon Studios and continuing this incredible journey with them on a new platform is so exciting,” Sheindlin toldDeadlineat the time.
“I used to yell at my husband, Jerry, for all the packages he had ordered from Amazon every day. I have enough mouthwash in the cabinets to keep the entire planet’s breath fresh until the next millennium. The doorbell never stops ringing. The dogs don’t even bark at the delivery people anymore. After I signed this deal, I apologized to Jerry. Who would have thought that Sheindlins and Amazon would be mishpachah?”
The final episodes ofJudge Judywill air this year.
source: people.com
