Given how long Sajak and White have worked together, many viewers have wondered over the years whether or not the pair was ever romantically involved. It’s a question that White finally answered. Here’s a brief history of the hosts’ time on the show and their unique relationship.
Joining ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Pat Sajak joined Wheel of Fortune in December of 1981. A year later, Vanna White was also made part of the cast. She made it to the final round of casting over more than 200 other women who hoped to become the future letter flipper. Ultimately, White won out over Summer Bartholomew and Vicki McCarty, the other top choices for the role of hostess.
After testing each of the women on real episodes of the show, the producer decided that White was the one who activated the letters best of all the candidates. She quickly became very popular among viewers, particularly young adults. Many of her fans were interested in her dazzling show wardrobe. The phenomenon, known as “Vannamania,” swept through the United States, earning the new star numerous additional jobs outside of Wheel of Fortune.
Nearly 40 years together
For the next 40 years, White and Sajak would work intimately together as host and hostess of Wheel of Fortune. While they generally stuck to the same roles throughout this time, there were a few instances where they would swap, most notably in November 1996 when Sajak had laryngitis.
Despite their many years together, in 2020 Sajak admitted that he initially didn’t want White to be cast as the hostess. He said, “Not that she wasn’t lovely and wonderful and personable and all that. But she was the most nervous, by far, of any of them.”
White obviously proved him wrong and has done a wonderful job. It helped that the pair seems to have such incredible chemistry together. It’s this very chemistry which has caused many fans to question just what kind of relationship White and Sajak had outside of filming.
Friends or more?
It is well known that White and Sajak get along well – extremely well, in fact. According to White herself, they rarely disagree on anything except whether ketchup should be put on a hot dog. Yet despite their closeness, White has emphasized that they really are just best friends and there is nothing romantic going on between them. The closest the two have come to being involved was when they played a prank on their audience.
“Years and years ago, we did an April Fool’s joke,” White recalled. “I don’t know that we said we were married, but we said something about being together, and we received toasters…” Sajak added later that it took years for people to stop sending the “married couple” Crockpots.
So although the renowned Wheel of Fortune stars have been together, in a work sense, for longer than most couples, they are not, and have never been, in a romantic relationship.
Nearly 20 years without a raise?
Soon after Sajak announced his retirement, fans were stunned to learn that Vanna White has not gotten a pay raise in 18 years. This surprising revelation comes from Puck reporter Matthew Belloni, who says that White, 66, has hired an aggressive lawyer to negotiate a raise as her current deal concludes at the end of the 2023-24 season.
Puck’s report states that White currently earns $3 million annually, while Sajak earns five times more than that. While some argue that Sajak is the host while White is a co-host responsible only for revealing letters on the board, Puck asserts that White engages in significantly more publicity for the show than Sajak. Sony, the show’s production company, declined to comment on Puck’s findings.
Whoopi Goldberg from The View expressed interest in taking over Sajak’s role, and several other notable names, including Ryan Seacrest and Sajak’s daughter Maggie, were mentioned as potential candidates.
Seacrest was named the new host of ‘Wheel’
The New York Times and other media outlets reported on June 27 that Ryan Seacrest will take over as the host of Wheel of Fortune. The news comes just two weeks after Sajak’s announcement. Seacrest, 48, is a talk show veteran himself, having hosted and produced many other programs including American Idol and Live with Kelly and Ryan.
“I’m truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak,” Seacrest said in a statement. “I can say, along with the rest of America, that it’s been a privilege and pure joy to watch Pat and Vanna on our television screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making us smile every night and feel right at home with them.”
Seacrest will also act as a consulting producer on the show.
Meghan Markle, unknown details of her life. Ten years ago, she married her first life partner in Jamaica.
Her first marriage lasted for two years and the two dated for seven years before tying the knot.
When it’s Meghan Markle, we know it would be spicy news. She married the prince of the UK and we can say they live a happy life as a couple away from England. Meghan had a real roller-coaster life starting as an actress and ending up as the prince’s wife.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to step away from the royal family and they have been in dispute for two years. It looks like things are beginning to cool off.
Their story started in 2016 when Harry was in love and a couple of months later, he took her to meet the Queen. Since she began to date Harry, swapped her career to adapt to royal life and no more than 12 months later they announced their engagement. They got married in May 2018.
Before the title of duces of Sussex, she was married to Trevor Engelson. He started the world of film working as a production assistant until he became a producer. They got married at the Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios in Jamaica, a great ceremony for almost three days.
After all this, they both started working in different sets, and Trevor never visited her at her work. She had to move to Canada because of the Suit show. Meghan now started a new life without him by herself.
Her life changed over the years she moved to Toronto because now she hung out with other celebrities which distanced her from Trevor. Their relationship was unclear.
Recurses say that she broke his heart and her relationship with Harry has hit him hard. one of her closest friends said that once she got the celebrity status she was embarrassed by her husband.
She never spoke about her divorce in public, Trevor too. Now she is married to Prince Harry and lives out of the royal family. They live in the US with their son Archie and daughter Lilibeth, after stepping back in March last year from royal duties.
Some people think the duke didn’t deserve the wreath because he no longer represents the British Armed Forces and couldn’t have it both ways.
They left their royal duties and pursued a civil careers. In fact, a royal expert claimed that they could have done that without leaving the royal family because the Queen gave them many options for the future.
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