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Reportedly worried about being fired after Sajak retires



Good God, she's in her mid 60s and looks older than that by 10 years at least. She should just retire with Pat and call it a career. If she's bored, I'm sure they can give her some part time work as an associate producer.

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I'm pretty sure they won't fire her. She's hinted that she will probably go when Sajak does so it will be non-issue.

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Depends when she said/hinted that. If she said that in the past, she might have indeed planned leaving when he did, but the reality of Sajak's announcement of actually retiring last week might have hit her.

“The next year is going to be quite the ride and Vanna wants to be a part of it all even after he leaves, and she hopes they don’t force her out,” a source close to White alleged to the Daily Mail on Tuesday.

But the source also claimed that White has no interest in leaving the show, which she joined in 1982 — a year after Sajak did, in 1981 — and even has aspirations to become Sajak 2.0.

“Vanna doesn’t want to leave ‘Wheel of Fortune’ even after Pat’s announcement of retirement, and she would highly consider taking over his role as host on the show,” the insider claimed.


Admittedly, these "sources" can be unreliable.

https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/vanna-white-fears-she-will-be-fired-from-wheel-of-fortune-report/

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I hadn't seen that. Thank you.

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You think she looks like she's in her mid-70s? 🤦‍♂️

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I thought she was over 70 yes. I was surprised to see she was born the same year as I.

https://nexttribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/vanna-white-900x500.jpg

Martha Stewart is over 80 and looks better than Vanna.

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There's no way in hell she looks like she's in her mid-70s.

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At this point does she really need the money?

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No, she is apparently worth 85 million. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that she (and Sajak) had part ownership of the show given how long they were on it.

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Years ago they tried to make Vanna a movie star and put her in a movie and she was terrible in it. She needs to be thankful that she had the job she had for so long and got paid what she did.

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I wish her well. Maybe she can do guest appearances, even cameos and walk ons on other shows,
i.e. police shows, or Law And Order S.V.U.

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There’s really no need for her anymore. Hire a younger hot woman for a lot less money or just get rid of that role.

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It's a legacy thing I guess. When the show started, she literally rotated the physical letter holders, but once they went to electronic displays, she wasn't needed.

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That’s fine while Sajak was there. But once he leaves, she should too.

I’d rather see a young hot woman spinning letters. Preferably in a bikini.

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In 2024, I seriously doubt you'll be seeing some chick in a Bikini and instead, it'll be a Transgender turning the letters

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Why would she care?? She's been on this show for like EVER and I'm sure she's financially well set after the decades of being on this show

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Exactly. I guess sometimes it's tough to say goodbye.

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