Legendary “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak can be spinning the notorious wheel one final time subsequent 12 months, as he introduced that he’s retiring following the present’s forty first season.
In a Tweet, Sajak introduced that the brand new season (which begins in September) can be his final, noting that he would have “extra to say within the coming months.”
Nicely, the time has come. I’ve determined that our forty first season, which begins in September, can be my final. It has been a beautiful journey, and I will have extra to say within the coming months. Many because of you all. (If nothing else, it’s going to hold the clickbait websites busy!)
— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) June 12, 2023
The 76-year-old first debuted as host in 1981, joined by longtime cohost Vanna White following season one in 1982.
White penned a heartfelt Tweet in assist of her longtime copilot shortly after he introduced the information, noting that she “could not be happier” to have had the 40-plus 12 months run the duo skilled collectively.
Once we began @WheelofFortune who might have imagined we would nonetheless be at it 41 seasons later? I could not be happier to have shared the stage with you for all these years with yet one more to come back. Cheers to you, @patsajak! https://t.co/yYmo3G0Dtb
— Vanna White (@TheVannaWhite) June 13, 2023
Lots of of followers poured in with assist for Sajak, sharing fond reminiscences of the present that is been round for 4 many years.
Pat, the present won’t be the identical with out you. Glad we get yet one more season! Thanks for all the good reminiscences and leisure and I hope which means extra time to your nice Twitter content material.
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) June 13, 2023
Gonna watch each episode of the forty first as we have now each season. My spouse & I’ll undoubtedly miss our each day dose of your witty humor. We cherish the reminiscences we have now of you in our front room. Hope to see you make some cameos!
— Coach Gus (@kaplanges) June 13, 2023
Thanks for the reminiscences, Pat. Issues come and go, however you have been all the time there on my TV at 6:30pm. A well-known face to the “latch key” era, and past. You’ll be missed. Take pleasure in your retirement ❤️
— Margeaux Bichone (@MargeauxBichone) June 12, 2023
Noooooo! That is me selfishly screaming so that you can keep! After all you deserve an incredible retirement. Thanks for being a nationwide treasure, sir! ❤️
— Womanhood Embraced (@SodaPop19000) June 13, 2023
Sajak broached the topic of retirement in an interview final September with Leisure Tonight, hinting that his run would quickly 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,” he informed the outlet. “It is an honor to have been in folks’s dwelling rooms for that lengthy. Individuals have been on the market welcoming us. We’re completely happy and proud.”
Sajak didn’t share whether or not or not producers had quick plans to search out his alternative, however CBS Media Ventures introduced in January that it had renewed this system by not less than 2028.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Pat Sajak’s internet value was an estimated $75 million.
