After hosting Wheel of Fortune for nearly 40 years, Pat Sajak's daughter has stepped in to co-host alongside Vanna White during his absence amid health scare.
After hosting Wheel of Fortune for nearly 40 years, Pat Sajak's daughter has stepped in to co-host alongside Vanna White during his absence amid health scare.
Vanna White stepped in to temporarily replace Pat as the show's main host, but fans were left wondering who would be replacing her usual position as co-host.
The good news is, he's "feeling great".
He explained that he's been testing the waters again and things seem to be going well so far.
"I’ve been back in the studio spinning the wheel and nothing has popped."
“It was that quick and that intense,” he described.
He explained the pain as feeling "horrific" and "excruciating".
“They try to give you various drugs for the pain. And none of it was working."
"Then they gave me something, I couldn’t even tell you the name of it, but suddenly, I wasn’t thinking about the pain."
“In the background, I could hear my wife and daughter talking. It sounded like they were a mile off, but they were right next to me."
“Hearing their voices, I thought, ‘Boy, their lives are gonna change now.’ And I felt badly for them."
“I’m as good or bad as new, and that’s great. I still have my wits about me. They didn’t remove that, so I’ll be selling vowels for a long time,” he said.
“As I get older, I now appreciate what this show means,” he said. “I’ve gotta do this until — you know — I’m doddering. I think I still do it at a high level. But you know, I can’t do it another 40 years, I know that, because I’d be 110, and that would be a record.”
In the meantime, his daughter, Maggie, has been filling in with Vanna White.
"He is doing well. From the perspective of his daughter, it was a scary experience, I’m not going to lie,” Maggie said.
Maggie also made sure to remind fans of her true debut on Wheel of Fortune in 1996, when she was just a toddler.
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