Pat Sajak, the longtime host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, introduced Monday that subsequent season might be his final.
“Well, the time has come,” Sajak shared on social media. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)”
Sajak joined the syndicated present in 1981. Additionally, he hosted a daytime model of the collection all through the ’80s. He’s received three Daytime Emmy Awards, in addition to a Lifetime Achievement honor, for his work. In Wheel of Fortune‘s thirty sixth season, in 2018, he succeeded the Price Is Right‘s Bob Barker because the longest-running host of a recreation present.
Suzanne Prete, the manager vice chairman of recreation exhibits for Sony Pictures Television, provided an announcement: “As the host of Wheel of Fortune, Pat has entertained millions of viewers across America for 40 amazing years. We are incredibly grateful and proud to have had Pat as our host for all these years and we look forward to celebrating his outstanding career throughout the upcoming season. Pat has agreed to continue as a consultant on the show for three years following his last year hosting, so we’re thrilled to have him remaining close to the Wheel of Fortune family.”
Now 76, Sajak has defined previously few years that he would not be spinning the wheel eternally, though, as Deadline reported in September 2021, each he and White prolonged their contracts with the present by way of 2024.
He informed Yahoo Entertainment in November 2017 that he was “getting closer to the end.”
“I’d like to leave while the show is still popular. That would be nice — to let someone else take over on a show that’s still working well,” Sajak stated. “I’d also like to leave before people tune in and go, ‘My God, what the hell happened to him?'”
The present responded to his announcement.
“Thank you to the best host in the biz. Wheel of Fortune would not be what it is today without you, Pat. Looking forward to Season 41 being better than ever!”
Sajak’s substitute has not been introduced. His co-host Vanna White has crammed in him for him previously, whereas his daughter and the present’s present social correspondent, Maggie Sajak, turned the letters.
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