It’s time once again for celebrities to spin the wheel and solve the puzzle. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune returns to ABC Sunday night, with Snoop Dogg, Amanda Seales and Mark Duplass competing on behalf of their chosen charities.
Host Pat Sajak tells ABC Audio that celebrities aren’t usually the best players, which actually means a little more work for him.
“You know, celebrities are not necessarily loyal Wheel of Fortune viewers. Presumably, they’ve seen the show. We hope that they have. But, you know…on our regular show they’re a little more, you know, they’ve studied for a long time. They wanted to be on maybe for decades. They’ve tried out a number of times,” he explains. “So we have to kind of take [celebrities] by the hand a little bit and show them through the game.”
That’s not taking anything away from the celebs, according to Sajak, who notes, “even if you’re familiar with it, to be thrown in the studio and suddenly have to go with all the rules and everything can be challenging.”
Sajak, who’s hosted the show since 1981, says that in his experience, there’s one group of celebrities that, in his experience, seem to have an edge over the others.
“Probably athletes seem to have the advantage over other celebrities, since they tend to be a little more competitive,” he says. “I mean, because of that winning attitude sort of ingrained in them. But, you know, it’s always a surprise.”
Vanna White, who’s co-hosted the show with Sajak for the past 40 years, thinks the secret to their long partnership is that they only spend 34 days a year together.
“We hardly see each other,” adds Sajak, joking, “If all marriages were like this, the divorce rate would be absolutely gone.”
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’ and ‘Team America’ making 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray debuts
April 22, 2024
Paramount Home EntertainmentIn celebration of both hit movies' respective 25th and 20th…
Rihanna’s “Diamonds” is now Diamond-certified
April 22, 2024
Neil Mockford/WireImageRihanna’s “Diamonds” is living up to its name. Roc Nation announced Monday…
Jimmy Kimmel thanks hospitals, raises money for son Billy’s birthday
April 22, 2024
ABC/Jeff LipskyJimmy Kimmel's son Billy turned 7 on Sunday, and the talk show host is thanking the…
BTS teams with UNICEF for new #OnMyMind initiative
April 22, 2024
Photo Courtesy of UNICEFIn 2017, BTS and UNICEF started working together on the Love Myself charity…
New for Earth Day on Disney+: Priyanka Chopra Jonas narrates Disneynature’s ‘Tiger’
April 22, 2024
Disney+Disneynature’s Tiger pounces onto Disney+ on Earth Day, April 22.Narrated by Priyanka Chopra…
Subjects of some of Taylor Swift’s many ‘TTPD’ shout-outs react
April 22, 2024
Beth GarrabrantTaylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, name-checks quite a few…
Madonna sued by fans for starting DC show late, allegedly lip-synching
April 22, 2024
Live NationMadonna's already been sued by fans over the fact that she started her Brooklyn, New…
Marvel at Ryan Reynolds’ “Ginematic universe” with ‘Deadpool’/Aviation tie-in
April 22, 2024
Marvel Studios - Aviation American GinWith the new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer currently blowing…