Pat Sajak’s 2 Kids: Meet ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Star’s Children Maggie & Patrick

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Image Credit: Patrick Lewis/Starpix/Shutterstock Pat Sajak has hosted Wheel of Fortune since 1981. He joined his 2nd wife, Lesly Brown, successful 1986. Pat and Lesly are parents to 2 children: a lad named Patrick and a girl named Maggie. In June of 2023, the crippled amusement big announced helium was leaving the show.

“When I started hosting Wheel of Fortune (with Susan Stafford) connected this day 40 years ago, the apical 10 TV shows included Dallas, Three’s Company, The Jeffersons, and The Dukes of Hazzard,” Pat Sajak tweeted successful December 2021, marking his 40th day arsenic the long-running gameshow’s host, per Us Weekly. “Ronald Reagan was successful his 1st twelvemonth arsenic president. Number 1 song: Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical.'” In the 4 decades since taking implicit the Wheel from Chuck Woolery, Pat has besides experienced a important alteration of his own: helium became a begetter – twice!

The Sajaks successful 2003 (Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock)

Pat was archetypal joined to Sherrill Sajak from 1979 to 1986. After the 2 divorced, Pat spent a fewer years arsenic a azygous antheral earlier exchanging vows with Lesly Brown in 1989. The mates soon started a family, welcoming their son, Patrick Sajak, in 1990. Five years later, Lesly gave commencement to their 2nd child, girl Maggie Sajak. The kids person been a portion ofPat’sWheel lore, appearing connected the amusement successful 2000. Pat’s girl has adjacent worked alongside her begetter connected the amusement that made him a household name.

And since that time, Pat has besides announced he’d be stepping distant from the show that made him famous. On June 12, 2023 helium announced the alteration aft 41 seasons.  “Well, the clip has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins successful September, volition beryllium my last,” helium said successful a connection astir the determination to permission Wheel of Fortune, per The Hollywood Reporter. “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!)”

Where are his kids now, and what paths person they taken? Here’s what to cognize astir the crippled amusement legend’s kids.

Patrick Sajak

Dr. Patrick Sajak – you work that correctly – was calved successful 1990. He raised his lad right, arsenic helium truthful proudly declared connected a June 2021 occurrence of Wheel of Fortune. “So, you caput if I bash a small parental bragging here?” Pat asked his longtime cohost, Vanna White. “So you cognize my lad Patrick? You’ve known him each of his life. He’s made it done aesculapian school, and he’s present officially Dr. Sajak, and we are precise thrilled astir that.”

“The lone troubling portion is helium insists that I telephone him Dr. Sajak,” added Pat. “Listen, I couldn’t beryllium prouder, and I tried to get him into geriatrics, but helium refused, but that’s a idiosyncratic thing. Anyway, congratulations, son.”

His sister besides congratulated her member connected the accomplishment. “My large member officially became a doc today, and I americium the MOST proud,” she posted connected Instagram successful May 2021. She linked to Patrick’s account, which has been acceptable to private. Per WellSpan Health, Patrick serves arsenic a nonmigratory astatine York Hospital, which helium chose “because of the radical and the wide acquisition experiences the programme offers.” (h/t Nicki Swift).

Maggie Sajak

Whereas Dr. Sajak is private, Maggie Sajak has spent much clip successful the nationalist eye. In 2021, Maggie joined Wheel of Fortune as the show’s societal correspondence, helping Wheel establish itself successful the integer world. “I’m excited astir the accidental to bring an insider’s look astatine the amusement with caller behind-the-scenes features, interviews, videos, and insights. The Wheel of Fortune unit and unit person ever been similar an extended family, and I’m thrilled to beryllium moving with them,” she said astatine the time. Maggie has besides worked connected Good Morning America and connected a 2012 occurrence of On The Streets. In 2023, she besides made a high-profile quality connected HSN.

Pat stands adjacent to his daughter, Maggie (in pink) Shutterstock

Maggie is besides a state singer. She began to play euphony astatine property 12, learning the guitar and however to constitute songs. She dropped her debut single, “First Kiss,” successful 2011 erstwhile she was conscionable sixteen years old. In 2013, she dropped a euphony video for her opus “Wild Boy.”

That year, she shared that she had intentions of pursuing medicine on with music. “Neither 1 — medicine oregon state euphony — is my fall-back plan,” she told CMT. At the time, she was attending Princeton University. “I conscionable emotion them both, truthful I volition support doing some and spot wherever that takes me. I astir apt won’t spell consecutive to aesculapian school. I privation to beryllium capable to absorption connected my euphony for a while. I’ve ever wanted to beryllium a singer. But I besides ever dreamed of being a doctor, and Princeton was my imagination school. So I thought I’d laic the groundwork for med schoolhouse portion I’m successful college.”

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