Ryan Seacrest revealed what 'Wheel of Fortune' icons Pat Sajak and Vanna White told him on the first day he took over as host of the iconic game show.
Seacrest said the longtime stars told him what the "best part" of hosting the show is as he prepared to replace Sajak.Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault .
The 49-year-old's preparation led to the moment he stepped on the show's brand new set, where he said Sajak, 77, and White, 67, greeted him with a sweet, grounding message on his first day as host."Pat and Vanna both said to me when I first got here, the best part is you're going to meet three new people every night," Seacrest recalled during the interview, while seated next to White.
"Like me, she takes the show very seriously, but not herself. I shudder to think what these 40-plus years might have been like had they brought someone in all full of themselves, playing the prima donna role," Sajak said. "Vanna is as sweet and unassuming as she seems. We've seen a lot of changes in each other's lives over the years but we've always been there for each other.
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