Pat Sajak expresses gratitude to ‘Wheel of Fortune’ viewers in touching pre-recorded farewell message
Pat Sajak‘s run on “Wheel of Fortune” ends tonight — and before his last episode even airs, he’s already bidding the audience farewell, getting ahead of the looming moment.
A pre-taped goodbye from Pat was released Friday — well ahead of ‘Wheel’ airing later this evening — and it looks like we already got a sense of what he’s going to say on TV … his remarks are incredibly heartfelt as he reflects on his time on the game show.
Watch … PS says he feels privileged to have been invited into people’s homes for more than 40 years — something he says he feels came with a particular responsibility.
Pat explains he always believed politics and social issues had no place on ‘Wheel’ … ’cause he felt he needed to give folks a place to enjoy some good old family fun — and that’s exactly what he delivered.
He adds the show started as just a game … but then, over time, grew to so much more — and, he says it’s an honor to play a small part in some big moments in people’s lives.
Of course, “Wheel of Fortune” has already seen a teary goodbye from Vanna White who says Pat made her who she is. Vanna’s sticking around for future seasons of the show — taking up the job alongside Ryan Seacrest.
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FWIW … Pat’s already loading up his post-‘Wheel’ schedule — revealing he’s going to do a community theater play in Hawaii titled “Prescription: Murder,” kicking off next summer, and he’s hoping for grandkids.
Like we said … this is a bit anticlimactic, presumably this exact message will air later Friday — but we’re sure there’ll be other tributes they make to him on the last gig. Stay tuned!