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Wheel of Fortune received’t be the identical present after Pat Sajak exits subsequent yr — presumably in additional methods than one.
In response to a report from Puck printed on Thursday, June 22, higher-ups at Sony have thought-about “eliminating” Vanna White‘s function after her longtime colleague, 76, retires from the sport present in 2024. White, 66, has been Sajak’s cohost on Wheel of Fortune since 1982.
The outlet famous that White’s departure may occur if Sajak is changed by somebody who’s already a family identify. White is reportedly within the means of negotiating her return after the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, which might be Sajak’s final.
Vanna White ABC/Christopher Willard
Earlier this month, Sajak introduced that he’ll step down from the sequence in 2024 after greater than 40 years because the host. “Effectively, the time has come,” he mentioned in a press release on June 12. “I’ve determined that our forty first season, which begins in September, might be my final. It’s been an exquisite experience, and I’ll have extra to say within the coming months. Many due to you all.”
Whereas some Wheel of Fortune viewers solely know White as Sajak’s letter-spinning (and later letter-tapping) accomplice, she has additionally hosted the present previously, filling in for Sajak in 2019 whereas he recovered from emergency surgical procedure for a blocked gut.
“I’ve by no means even considered that in 37 years, and to be requested virtually on the spot, ‘How do you’re feeling about internet hosting the present?’ Like, what?!” White informed The New York Instances when requested how she felt about entering into the function. “I used to be very nervous.”
Vanna White and Pat Sajak ABC/Christopher Willard
In the identical interview, White mentioned she would like to see extra ladies internet hosting recreation exhibits. “All people’s entitled to host the present: feminine, male, everybody,” she defined. “It might be enjoyable to see extra ladies up there doing that. If that’s what they need to do.”
Since Sajak introduced his retirement, loads of celebrities have thrown their hats into the ring for an opportunity to host the long-running puzzle recreation, which debuted in 1975. Earlier this month, Andy Cohen solely informed Us Weekly that internet hosting Wheel of Fortune can be his “dream job.”
“Not solely is a recreation present the factor that I haven’t finished but, however that’s the premiere recreation present,” the Bravo host, 55, added. “It’s actually enjoyable.”
Cohen faces stiff competitors, although, with Whoopi Goldberg saying she needs the gig and reviews circulating the Ryan Seacrest is likely one of the high contenders.
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“I would like that job,” Goldberg, 67, mentioned throughout the June 13 episode of The View. “I believe it could be a lot of enjoyable.”
