On the planet of tv, few reveals have stood the check of time like ‘Wheel of Fortune.’
Monday evening marks a brand new period for one in all America’s most beloved sport reveals. For the primary time in over 40 years, the present could have a brand new host.
Ryan Seacrest steps as much as the wheel, joined by the long-lasting Vanna White.
Seacrest isn’t any stranger to high-profile gigs. From ‘American Idol’ to his each day radio present and New Yr’s Eve specials, he is turn out to be a well-recognized face and voice to tens of millions.
Leisure reporter Joelle Garguilo caught up with the duo simply hours earlier than their massive ‘Wheel of Fortune’ debut.
“That is one thing that I’ve dreamed of doing for a very long time,” Seacrest mentioned. “It is ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ Everyone knows and love this present. So, to step up there and stand the place Pat stood for thus a few years is an amazing honor.”
Seacrest not too long ago acquired a “Better of luck” textual content from Pat Sajak, the long-running host of the present who stepped down in 2024.
“I keep in mind the times of rising up watching the present,” Seacrest mentioned. “While you hear ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ you already know it is time to run into the lounge and sit down and overlook about what’s taking place on the planet and simply get pleasure from and have enjoyable.”
“And I’ve a narrative to inform you that I have not advised. Nobody is aware of this,” White mentioned. “Many, a few years in the past, earlier than I even moved to Los Angeles. I wrote in to be a contestant on ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ And I mentioned, ‘I reside in Atlanta.’ They mentioned, ‘Properly, whenever you come to L.A., you possibly can audition.’ I did not know I used to be going to audition to be the hostess of the present.”
White revealed that she and Seacrest have identified one another for 20 years.
“We have had a relationship for a very long time,” she mentioned. “It is simply we get to see one another far more typically now, and we get to know a little bit bit extra about one another on daily basis, too.”
Catch Ryan and Vanna on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Monday at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
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