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Host Pat Sajak hints he is retiring quickly from ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Host Pat Sajak hints he is retiring quickly from ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Sajak, 75, did not point out whether or not he has concrete plans to retire quickly.

LOS ANGELES — Pat Sajak, the 40-year host of “Wheel of Fortune,” hinted not too long ago that his time on the present might quickly come to an finish. 

“Years go by quick. We’re getting close to the tip. It has been an extended [time]. We’re not gonna do that for one more 40 years. The top is close to,” Sajak mentioned in an interview with Leisure Tonight revealed Thursday. “… It is an honor to have been in individuals’s dwelling rooms for that lengthy. Folks have been on the market welcoming us. We’re joyful and proud.”

Sajak, 75, did not point out whether or not he has concrete plans to retire quickly. Because the internet hosting legend has made related feedback in previous interviews, it is unclear precisely how “close to” the tip could also be. As a part of latest contract renewals, he and co-host Vanna White are set to stick with the present by means of not less than the 2023-2024 season. 

Sajak did, nonetheless, comment on the present’s future — it has aired since its premiere in 1975. 

“In most tv exhibits by this time, you’ll have mentioned, ‘That’s most likely sufficient,’ however this present is not going to die,” he joked, including “It seems I could go earlier than the present.” 

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“Wheel” is the longest-running syndicated recreation present within the U.S. and has impressed a number of spinoffs. A kind of is “Movie star Wheel of Fortune,” the third season of which premieres Sept. 25. 

White advised Leisure Tonight that she’s most excited for rapper Snoop Dogg’s look on the celeb spinoff. Sajak, nonetheless, continues to be hoping another person will finally signal on as a contestant: Meryl Streep. It is also a want he is shared in previous interviews. 

“That is all I would like, however she will not come on as a result of she discovered you’ll be able to’t win an Oscar for this,” he joked.

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