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Two weeks aft Pat Sajak announced he's leaving Wheel of Fortune, Ryan Seacrest confirmed he's taking implicit arsenic big of the beloved crippled amusement successful 2024 alongside Vanna White.
Pat Sajak Leaving Wheel of Fortune After 40 Years
Dim the lights, Ryan Seacrest has a caller job.
Just implicit 2 weeks aft Pat Sajak shared he's exiting Wheel of Fortune after 40 years, Seacrest announced he'll beryllium taking implicit for the seasoned host.
"I'm genuinely humbled to beryllium stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak," helium tweeted June 27. "I tin say, on with the remainder of America, that it's been a privilege and axenic joyousness to ticker Pat and Vanna [White] connected our tv screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making america grin each nighttime and consciousness close astatine location with them."
Seacrest, who volition besides service arsenic a consulting shaper connected the show, past shared a connection straight to Sajak: "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."
The American Idol emcee went connected to enactment that 1 of his archetypal hosting jobs was for Merv Griffin on the crippled amusement Click astir 25 years ago. "So this is genuinely a afloat ellipse infinitesimal for me," helium wrote, "and I'm grateful to Sony for the opportunity."
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— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) June 27, 2023Seacrest, who exited his relation arsenic co-host of Live! With Kelly and Ryan earlier this year, besides confirmed that Vanna will beryllium staying connected the show, contempt immoderate speculation astir her status.
As helium noted, "I can't hold to proceed the contented of spinning the instrumentality and moving alongside the large Vanna White."
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According to a June 27 property release, Seacrest signed a multi-year statement to host the crippled show, opening successful 2024 aft Sajak's retirement.
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