Pat Sajak says hosting 'Wheel of Fortune' has been 'awfully gratifying' ahead of final episode

Before his last occurrence this week, Pat Sajak sat down with a acquainted face, his daughter, Maggie Sajak, successful an interrogation covering his 41 seasons and much than 8,000 episodes arsenic the antheral down "Wheel of Fortune."

Sajak's girl joined the "Wheel of Fortune" squad arsenic the show's societal analogous successful 2021.

In an exclusive clip of the interrogation shared with "Good Morning America," Pat Sajak said helium was astatine bid with the decision of his tally connected the show, and that helium is "enjoying" the last week. He announced successful June 2023 that the show's 41st play would beryllium his last.

"This was announced a agelong clip ago, astir a twelvemonth ago. So I've had clip to benignant of get utilized to it. And it's been a small spot wistful and each that, but I'm enjoying it and taking it each successful and reflecting connected the large run," Pat Sajak told his daughter.

Alongside his famed tv partner, Vanna White, Sajak has spent implicit 4 decades quizzing instrumentality spinners connected fill-in-the-blank phrases.

Weeks aft Sajak announced that helium was stepping down from his position, it was announced that Ryan Seacrest would regenerate him arsenic host.

Sajak said helium was grateful for the occurrence the amusement has seen done the years.

"Somewhere on the line, we became much than a fashionable show. We became portion of the fashionable culture. And much importantly, we became portion of people's lives. And, that's been awfully gratifying," helium said.

Pat Sajak said though helium could astir apt proceed his relation arsenic big of the popular civilization mainstay, determination were different things helium wanted to absorption on.

"I've ever said to you, you've heard maine accidental this dozens of times. I'd alternatively permission a mates years excessively aboriginal than a mates of years excessively late," Pat Sajak said. "It's been a large 40 years, and I'm looking guardant to whatever's ahead."

Pat Sajak joked with his girl astatine the imaginable of spending his caller escaped clip playing with aboriginal grandchildren. "I'm perfectly blessed if it conscionable means that I'll proceed with my crossword puzzles and play with grandchildren. Hint hint hint. No pressure."

Sajak's last occurrence hosting "Wheel of Fortune" volition aerial connected Friday, June 7, connected ABC. The occurrence volition coincide with the "Wheel of Fortune" play 41 finale.

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