Ryan Seacrest Named New Wheel of Fortune Host

Vanna White knows she hit the jackpot erstwhile she signed connected to Wheel of Fortune in 1982.

But arsenic it turns out, the 66-year-old didn't deliberation she'd ever instrumentality a rotation connected the puzzle board.

"I wanted the occupation truthful badly." she recalled to E! News successful 2020, describing the astir unbearable nerves she felt during her audition for the show. "I didn't deliberation I had immoderate accidental of getting it."

But we each cognize however this communicative panned out. Forty years later—yes, you work that correctly—the crippled amusement and Vanna stay household staples. "It's a household amusement that everyone of each ages tin bask and there's nary drama," she said. "It's excitement. It's fun."

And portion that amusive presently includes Pat Sajak, travel play 42, Ryan Seacrest will get successful connected the enactment arsenic host.

"It's been a privilege and axenic joyousness to ticker Pat and Vanna connected our tv screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making america grin each nighttime and consciousness close astatine location with them," Seacrest tweeted June 27. "I can't hold to proceed the contented of spinning the instrumentality and moving alongside the large Vanna White."