Pat Sajak, the longtime host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, introduced Monday that subsequent season can be his final.
“Nicely, the time has come,” Sajak shared on social media. “I’ve determined that our forty first season, which begins in September, can be my final. It has been a beautiful experience, and I will have extra to say within the coming months. Many because of you all. (If nothing else, it’s going to preserve the clickbait websites busy!)”
Sajak joined the syndicated present in 1981. Moreover, he hosted a daytime model of the collection all through the ’80s. He is 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 Worth Is Proper‘s Bob Barker because the longest-running host of a sport present.
Suzanne Prete, the manager vice chairman of sport reveals for Sony Footage Tv, supplied a press release: “Because the host of Wheel of Fortune, Pat has entertained hundreds of thousands of viewers throughout America for 40 wonderful years. We’re extremely grateful and proud to have had Pat as our host for all these years and we sit up for celebrating his excellent profession all through the upcoming season. Pat has agreed to proceed as a marketing consultant on the present for 3 years following his final yr internet hosting, so we’re thrilled to have him remaining near the Wheel of Fortune household.”
Now 76, Sajak has defined up to now few years that he would not be spinning the wheel ceaselessly, though, as Deadline reported in September 2021, each he and White prolonged their contracts with the present by means of 2024.
He instructed Yahoo Leisure in November 2017 that he was “getting nearer to the top.”
“I would like to depart whereas the present continues to be in style. That may be good — to let another person take over on a present that is nonetheless working nicely,” Sajak stated. “I would additionally like to depart earlier than folks tune in and go, ‘My God, what the hell occurred to him?'”
The present responded to his announcement.
“Thanks to one of the best host within the biz. Wheel of Fortune wouldn’t be what it’s at present with out you, Pat. Wanting ahead to Season 41 being higher than ever!”
Sajak’s alternative has not been introduced. His co-host Vanna White has crammed in him for him up to now, whereas his daughter and the present’s present social correspondent, Maggie Sajak, turned the letters.
