“Wheel of Fortune” may be family-friendly, but Pat Sajak has sparked much controversy over the years on and off the show. In 2016, he tweeted, “I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends. Good night,” per CBS. He later said he was “joking” but some of his jokes have been pretty off-color to downright rude. Sajak once made fun of a contestant’s speech impediment on the show and told another player that his story about his toe being cut off was “the most pointless story ever told.” Perhaps his decades-long years on “Wheel of Fortune” has made Sajak tired and a bit grumpy.
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With Ryan Seacrest’s vast hosting and interviewing skills, we think he’ll have the grace and finesse to handle being the new host of “Wheel of Fortune.” He just celebrated his 19th anniversary hosting “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” and he clearly loves what he does. While on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” he revealed that he was asked to be one of the judges on “American Idol” but auditioned to be the host instead. “See, the problem is, I’m like on auto-host all the time, so I don’t know if I’d be able to sit behind the desk and just give feedback,” he shared. Meanwhile, Sajak just works four days out of the month, according to Outkick. Hey, if you don’t use it, you lose it and Seacrest is definitely using his skills.
