Vanna White will reportedly be missing from some upcoming episodes of Wheel of Fortune — but her ongoing contract negotiations aren't to blame.
“Well, the time has come,” Sajak said in a June statement. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all.”, having joined in 1982. She filled in for Sajak as the host in 2019 while he was recovering from emergency surgery due to a blocked intestine.
“I was probably the most nervous — and excited at the same time — to be able to fill in for Pat while he was away,” Whitein December 2019 after Sajak returned. “I have never even thought of hosting the show. Never crossed my mind. But obviously, I stepped in, took one for the team to fill in for him because I’m very familiar with the show after all these years. And our executive producer thought I was the perfect person to do that in his absence. So it was good. It was different. It was fun.
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