Legendary “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak might 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) might be his final, noting that he would have “extra to say within the coming months.”
Properly, the time has come. I’ve determined that our forty first season, which begins in September, might be my final. It has been an exquisite journey, and I will have extra to say within the coming months. Many because of you all. (If nothing else, it will 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 help 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.
After we began @WheelofFortune who might have imagined we might 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 another to come back. Cheers to you, @patsajak! https://t.co/yYmo3G0Dtb
— Vanna White (@TheVannaWhite) June 13, 2023
Tons of of followers poured in with help 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 another season! Thanks for all the good reminiscences and leisure and I hope meaning extra time in your nice Twitter content material.
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) June 13, 2023
Gonna watch each episode of the forty first as we now have each season. My spouse & I’ll undoubtedly miss our each day dose of your witty humor. We cherish the reminiscences we now have of you in our lounge. Hope to see you make some cameos!
— Coach Gus (@kaplanges) June 13, 2023
Thanks for the reminiscences, Pat. Issues come and go, however you had been all the time there on my TV at 6:30pm. A well-recognized face to the “latch key” technology, and past. You can be missed. Take pleasure in your retirement ❤️
— Margeaux Bichone (@MargeauxBichone) June 12, 2023
Noooooo! That is me selfishly screaming so that you can keep! In fact you deserve a tremendous 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 a protracted [time]. We’re not gonna do that for one more 40 years. The tip is close to,” he advised the outlet. “It is an honor to have been in individuals’s residing rooms for that lengthy. Folks had been on the market welcoming us. We’re blissful and proud.”
Sajak didn’t share whether or not or not producers had fast plans to seek out his alternative, however CBS Media Ventures introduced in January that it had renewed this system via at the least 2028.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Pat Sajak’s web value was an estimated $75 million.