Is Vanna White Leaving ‘Wheel Of Fortune’? What She’s Said About Her Future On The Show

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Image Credit: ABC Vanna White has co-hosted Wheel of Fortune since 1982. Her co-host, Pat Sajak, is leaving the amusement successful 2024 and volition beryllium replaced by Ryan Seacrest. Vanna has not confirmed if she’s staying with the show.

Vanna White, 66, has been a staple on Wheel Of Fortune since 1982, but the crippled amusement is getting a large shakeup soon. Pat Sajak, 76, announced that he’s leaving the show aft play 41 wraps successful 2024, and Ryan Seacrest is going to beryllium the caller host. Fans are wondering if Vanna volition enactment connected the amusement aft Pat departs, oregon if she’ll travel Pat’s pb and says goodbye to her decades-long occupation arsenic the missive turner.

Vanna has said earlier that it’s “depressing” to ideate doing Wheel of Fortune without Pat. But that’s going to beryllium a world adjacent year, if she stays. Here’s everything we cognize astir Vanna’s aboriginal with the crippled show.

Vanna White (Photo: ABC)

Is Vanna White Leaving Wheel Of Fortune With Pat Sajak?

Vanna has not announced that she’s leaving Wheel Of Fortune. So we tin presume that she’s sticking around, astatine slightest for now. The past clip she addressed her aboriginal connected the amusement was successful December 2022, erstwhile she reacted to Pat telling Entertainment Tonight that the dynamic duo is “certainly person to the extremity than the beginning” of their clip connected the amusement together.

“I don’t adjacent privation to deliberation astir that,” Vanna said to PEOPLE at the time. “I mean, we’re a team. That’s depressing. I don’t adjacent privation to deliberation astir it.” In that aforesaid interview, Vanna said she has “no idea” if the amusement volition proceed without the 2 of them. “I can’t imagine. Everybody relates Wheel of Fortune to Pat and Vanna. We’re similar Ken and Barbie, you know?” she said. “We’ve been successful everybody’s homes for 40 years, truthful it would beryllium weird having idiosyncratic other crook my letters.”

Vanna White’s Future On Wheel Of Fortune

Vanna White and Pat Sajak hosting the amusement successful the 1980s (Photo: ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Like Pat, Vanna’s existent declaration with Sony Pictures Television (which produces Wheel of Fortune) expires aft the 2023 — 2024 season. While Pat is retiring from the show, it’s wholly imaginable that Vanna volition renew her declaration and support her job. The brace inked their latest woody with Sony successful September 2021, up of the play 39 premiere.

In December, Vanna told PEOPLE how grateful she is to inactive beryllium connected Wheel Of Fortune. “It’s incredible. I cannot judge it’s been 40 years. Honestly, I’ve loved each infinitesimal of it. Who inactive says they emotion their occupation aft 40 years? Me! I truly do. It’s a amusive show,” Vanna said. “Everybody watches and enjoys it and it changes people’s lives and it makes radical happy. So it’s a large job.”

Will Vanna White Replace Pat Sajak As Host?

Vanna White and Pat Sajak successful 2004/2005 (Photo: ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

There was speculation that Vanna could instrumentality over for Pat arsenic big earlier Ryan Seacrest secured the job successful June 2023. She filled successful for Pat for 3 weeks aft he underwent exigency surgery successful Nov. 2019. At the time, Vanna admitted she was “very nervous” for her last-minute hosting gig. Pat’s girl Maggie Sajak, 28, who has been with the amusement arsenic the societal analogous since 2021, was besides thrown retired determination arsenic a anticipation to win her dada arsenic host. It was reported that Ryan had “been talking” to the Wheel of Fortune producers astir snatching the occupation earlier the authoritative announcement came connected June 27.

Why Is Pat Sajak Leaving?

After implicit 40 years with the show, Pat announced he’s leaving Wheel of Fortune on June 12. “Well, the clip has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins successful September, volition beryllium my last,” helium said successful his statement, wherever helium broke the news. “It’s been a fantastic ride, and I’ll person much to accidental successful the coming months. Many acknowledgment to you all. (If thing else, it’ll support the clickbait sites busy!).”

Vanna reacted to Pat’s large vocation alteration and showed enactment to her longtime co-host connected Twitter. “When we started @WheelofFortune who could person imagined we’d inactive beryllium astatine it 41 seasons later?” she wrote successful effect to his connection that he’s leaving the show. “I couldn’t beryllium happier to person shared the signifier with you for each these years with 1 much to come. Cheers to you, @patsajak!” Vanna added.

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