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Wheel of Fortune tile-turner Vanna White poked some fun at her co-host, Pat Sajak.

Pat has been hosting Wheel of Fortune alongside his co-host, Vanna, for over four decades, but Vanna says she is the harder worker.

Several years ago, Vanna filled Pat’s shoes when the longtime game show host underwent emergency surgery for a painful bowel blockage.

During her three-week fill-in, Vanna went outside of her comfort zone and impressed Wheel of Fortune viewers as she temporarily took over the hosting gig.

Shortly after Vanna took over Pat’s position, she did an interview with Esquire and joked about working harder than her…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The popular game show ‘Wheel of Fortune’ has been under a lot of speculation following longtime host Pat Sajak‘s retirement news and after the show’s producer announced ‘American Idol’ host Ryan Seacrest as his successor. While Vanna White has been in association with the show for more than 40 years now, she has been stressing out the bosses at ABC for her compensation increment demands.

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It all started back in June after the game show announced Ryan Seacrest will take over for Pat Sajak at the end of next season in June 2024. The show’s team took to social media and posted a glammed-up photo of the host captioning it, “It’s official! Starting in 2024, Ryan Seacrest will take the stage as the new host of Wheel of Fortune. We’re so…

Pat Sajak’s Wheel of Fortune hosting duties are coming to an end soon, but apparently, the TV personality’s notice was sudden and has stirred up quite the commotion.

After 40 seasons as the host of Wheel of Fortune, Pat will be stepping down next year following the conclusion of Season 41.

It wasn’t long after Pat’s June 12 announcement that Wheel of Fortune executives named his replacement, Ryan Seacrest.

According to a Wheel of Fortune insider, Pat “gave almost zero notice” before announcing his retirement.

The source told The Sun that Pat’s sudden announcement caused chaos among Wheel of Fortune execs and threatened to put…

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Ryan Seacrest

In what’s potentially the biggest game show news of 2023, Pat Sajak is retiring from hosting “Wheel of Fortune” and “American Idol” frontman Ryan Seacrest is replacing him.

And although an official start date has yet to be announced, the “Wheel of Fortune” Instagram page announced on June 27 that Seacrest would begin spinning the wheel in 2024. When Sajak initially announced his resignation via Twitter on June 12, he confirmed that he was sticking around for his 41st season.

“Well, the time has come,” Sajak tweeted. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a…

Vanna White isn’t impressed with how Wheel of Fortune is shaping up post-Pat Sajak.

Last month we reported that Ryan Seacrest is officially set to take over hosting duties on the fan-favorite television show after Sajak rounds out his decades-spanning role with his 41st and final season. At the time, Ryan announced that Vanna would be staying on as co-host, but soon after, The Pluck reported that the 66-year-old hadn’t received a raise in 18 years, and made only a fifth of Sajak’s reported $15 MILLION salary!

Related: Pat Predicted Ryan Would Replace Him As Host A Decade Ago! Watch!

To fight for a more equal pay, Vanna hired an “aggressive new lawyer” to help negotiate a new deal, but insiders say Sony isn’t willing to give what she wants right now — just half of…