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Ryan Seacrest will regenerate Pat Sajak as the big of Wheel of Fortune. Weeks aft Pat announced that he’d measurement down aft his 41st season, it was revealed that the American Idol host would measurement into his shoes successful a connection connected Tuesday, June 27. “I’m genuinely humbled to beryllium stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak. I tin say, on with the remainder of America, that it’s been a privilege and axenic joyousness to ticker Pat and Vanna connected our tv screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making america grin each nighttime and consciousness close astatine location with them,” helium began his statement.
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— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) June 27, 2023
Ryan continued and said that helium was looking guardant to getting a consciousness of however the Wheel host has made the crippled amusement truthful special. “Pat, I emotion the mode you’ve ever celebrated the contestants and made viewers astatine location consciousness astatine ease. I look guardant to learning everything I tin from you during this transition,” helium said.
He finished by saying that helium was looking guardant to joining a crippled show, 25 years aft getting his commencement hosting one. “Many radical astir apt don’t cognize this but 1 of my archetypal jobs was hosting a small crippled amusement called Click for Merv Griffin 25 years agone truthful this is genuinely a afloat ellipse infinitesimal for maine and I’m grateful to Sony for the opportunity,” helium said. “I can’t hold to proceed the contented of spinning the instrumentality and moving alongside the great Vanna White.“
Pat’s 41-year tally arsenic the big of Wheel of Fortune volition travel to an extremity astatine the extremity of the 2024 season. Pat, 76, announced that he’s leaving the beloved crippled show aft the 2023 – 2024 season. Pat has been the look of Wheel of Fortune with his right-hand pistillate Vanna White, 66, and he’s leaving down a singular legacy. “It’s been a fantastic ride,” Pat said successful his statement, wherever helium broke the news of his large vocation change, “and I’ll person much to accidental successful the coming months.”
Pat Sajak (Photo: Patrick Lewis/Starpix/Shutterstock)
Following Pat’s large announcement connected June 12, speculation began arsenic to who would regenerate him arsenic big of the show. With Ryan stepping up, determination were inactive galore radical that fans speculated connected taking connected Pat’s hosting duties. Find retired immoderate of the others that radical had theorized about.
Vanna White
Vanna White (Photo: NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Vanna is simply a earthy frontrunner to regenerate Pat. She’s been connected the amusement for implicit 40 years and even filled successful arsenic big 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, but said that her “biggest concern” was Pat’s health.
After Pat announced he’s leaving the show, Vanna showed her support for her pal. “When we started @WheelofFortune who could person imagined we’d inactive beryllium astatine it 41 seasons later?” she wrote connected Twitter. “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!”
Maggie Sajak
Maggie Sajak (Photo: SplashNews)
Pat’s daughter Maggie Sajak, 28, could precise good travel successful her begetter footsteps and snag the occupation arsenic big of Wheel of Fortune. After all, Maggie already works connected the amusement arsenic the societal correspondent, which she began successful 2021 up of the show’s 39th season. Maggie’s occupation is to stock exclusive videos and behind-the-scenes clips, arsenic good arsenic interrogation the hosts, staff, crew, and contestants for Wheel of Fortune’s social media accounts. She’s besides filled successful for Vanna before, including erstwhile Vanna participated successful the crippled arsenic a celebrity contestant successful May 2023.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (Photo: MJ Photos/Shutterstock)
Whoopi Goldberg, 67, declared that she’s funny successful hosting Wheel of Fortune on the June 13 occurrence of The View. “I privation that job! I deliberation it’d beryllium tons of fun,” Whoopi said. The EGOT victor and her co-hosts welcomed Jeopardy! co-host Ken Jennings connected the show, erstwhile the taxable of Pat’s status came up. Ken agreed that Whoopi would marque a cleanable acceptable for the show’s host. Whoopi antecedently served arsenic a shaper and the halfway quadrate connected the crippled show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004.
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest (Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
Ryan Seacrest, 48, has held many jobs successful his vocation — and Wheel of Fortune host mightiness beryllium adjacent connected his resume! Bloomberg‘s Lucas Shaw reported connected June 12, aft Pat’s announcement, that Ryan “has been talking” to producers astir becoming the caller host. “Some sources accidental he’s the frontrunner. Others accidental helium is conscionable 1 of galore interested,” Lucas claimed connected Twitter. Obviously, Ryan has plentifulness of hosting acquisition from American Idol, Live with Kelly and Ryan, and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
Andy Cohen
Andy called hosting the amusement a ‘dream job.’ (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)
Andy Cohen, 55, is simply a earthy performer and incredibly versatile. Whether he’s hosting Watch What Happens Live, his SiriusXM show Radio Andy, oregon enforcement producing the Real Housewives franchise, Andy has the quality to entertain audiences successful each sorts of ways. He admitted that getting to host Wheel would beryllium a “dream job” during an interrogation with Us Weekly on June 22, 2023. Andy said that since helium hasn’t gotten a accidental to dip his toes into the crippled amusement world, it would beryllium the cleanable accidental for him. “Not lone is simply a crippled amusement the happening that I haven’t done yet, but that is the premiere crippled show. It’s truly fun,” helium told the outlet. While Andy whitethorn not person gotten to enactment connected a crippled amusement conscionable yet, helium has had plentifulness of acquisition hosting antithetic events, similar joining CNN for New Year’s Eve sum oregon the rebooted dating show Love Connection.
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