“I can’t imagine being up there with someone else,” he gushed to the audience at the time. Sajak, for his part, opened up about his dynamic with White during a 2017 talk at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. I mean, we could finish each other’s sentences if we wanted to. “We’ve been together for, like, 38 years and he’s like my brother,” the Vanna’s Choice cofounder told ET in 2021. Cheers to you, A-Team alum and White have formed a close bond over their nearly 40 years sharing the screen.

“I couldn’t be happier to have shared the stage with you for all these years with one more to come. “When we started who could have imagined we’d still be at it 41 seasons later?” The Vanna Speaks author wrote via Twitter, quoting Sajak’s original announcement tweet. Her first major career breakthrough occurred back on her home turf with the success of Īfter Sajak shared the news of his departure on Monday, his longtime cohost, White, 66, took to social media to support her friend’s decision to exit the beloved TV series. The multitalented star grew up in New York City before moving across the country to California in the 1970s. Number 1 song: Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical.’”Ī true icon! Whoopi Goldberg went from humble beginnings to making history - and she doesn’t show any signs of stopping. “Ronald Reagan was in his 1st year as president. “When I started hosting Wheel (with Susan Stafford) on this date 40 years ago, the top 10 TV shows included Dallas, Three’s Company, The Jeffersons and The Dukes of Hazzard,” he tweeted of his over four decades with the show in December 2021. Sajak took the job over just six years later in 1981 and has helmed the popular daytime program ever since. Wheel of Fortune premiered in 1975 with Chuck Woolery as host.

“In most television shows by this time, you would have said, ‘That’s probably enough,’ but this show will not die,” he quipped. The Chicago native also joked that he “may go before the show” gets canceled.

We’re happy and proud,” he told the outlet at the time.

“It’s an honor to have been in people’s living rooms for that long.” People were out there welcoming us. Prior to making his official announcement, Sajak hinted at his inevitable exit during a September 2022 interview with Entertainment Tonight.

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