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Is Vanna White keeping her occupation on Wheel Of Fortune? That’s the question everyone’s been asking since Pat Sajak left the crippled amusement and it was announced that Ryan Seacrest is replacing him arsenic host. Vanna, 66, precocious was incapable to movie the 5 “Teachers Week” episodes due to the fact that she contacted COVID-19, truthful she was replaced by Bridgette Donald-Blue. However, Vanna returned to the amusement past week, according to the Wheel of Fortune Reddit page. Fans of the amusement said that Vanna taped 3 weeks worthy of episodes aft she recovered from COVID. HollywoodLife has reached retired to a rep for Wheel of Fortune for comment.
Vanna White (Photo: ABC/Christopher Willard)
Vanna’s bout with the coronavirus marked lone the 4th clip that she’s been absent from Wheel of Fortune since she began her occupation arsenic the missive turner successful 1982. In 1986, she took clip disconnected pursuing the decease of her boyfriend, and successful 1991 she spent 2 weeks distant for her honeymoon and she was besides location sick with a cold. HL already confirmed done an autarkic root that Vanna missed a time of taping “Teachers Week,” and those 5 episodes volition aerial successful the fall.
Following Pat’s exit from the series, Vanna is inactive moving retired her declaration with Wheel Of Fortune for the adjacent season. In July, she reportedly reached a partial deal to support her occupation connected Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, according to TMZ. But Sony seemingly wouldn’t oblige to Vanna’s petition to marque 50% of what Pat’s wage was for the syndicated Wheel show, truthful those negations for play 41 (which premieres September 11) are inactive going on.
Pat was reportedly making $400K per episode, oregon astir $15 cardinal per year. Vanna, who has had the aforesaid wage for the past 18 years, reportedly “settled” for a declaration that volition wage her $100K per episode. “After 41 years arsenic a exemplary worker and much the look of that amusement than him [Pat], asking for 50% of what helium makes seems similar a no-brainer,” an insider told TMZ at the extremity of June.
Ryan Seacrest is replacing Pat Sajak connected ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ (Photo: ABC/Gavin Bond)
While Vanna’s aboriginal with the amusement is inactive being sorted out, Pat volition be replaced by Ryan for the 2024/2025 season. After Pat announced his departure successful June, Vanna opened up astir however overmuch she’ll miss him connected set. “When we started Wheel Of Fortune who could person imagined we’d inactive beryllium astatine it 41 years later?” Vanna tweeted. “I couldn’t person been happier to person shared the signifier with you for each these years with 1 much to come. Cheers to you, Pat Sajak.”
