As Wheel of Fortune’s new host Ryan Seacrest prepares ahead of season 42, Pat Sajak’s daughter, Maggie Sajak, has ensured that her dad is up to speed with everything going on on set. Ryan has shown nothing but excitement and curiosity towards his new role, excitedly sharing behind-the-scenes snippets on his Instagram.
Apparently, the circumstances surrounding Ryan’s appointment are not so strange to him, having maintained a successful hosting career for about three decades. Despite this, he is allegedly under pressure to deliver a good job like Pat would have.
Maggie Sajak is keeping her father up to date on all things ‘Wheel of Fortune’
An insider claims that Maggie and Pat have a similar sense of humor, hence watching Ryan face a mostly unimpressed audience might be some comic relief to bond over. The source added that Pat is unhappy about how he was treated and kicked off the show, which is why he refuses to lend his successor a helping hand.
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The tipster revealed that Pat feels a sense of satisfaction from watching Ryan struggle to take over, and would often act busy or give a vague response whenever he asks for help. The 49-year-old is not having it any better with his co-anchor Vanna White, who claimed to lack chemistry with him on set.
Ryan feels insecure
An insider added that Ryan is desperate to be on good terms with the Wheel of Fortune team, including Vanna, who received affectionate gestures from him growing up. Hopefully, he is able to get past the initial stage of vying for the audience’s heart and eventually win it all together.
Pat, on the other hand, is having fun with his retirement and gearing up to reunite with Joe Moore ahead of their performance at the Hawaii Theatre Center. His daughter, Maggie, is in her second year as the show’s social media correspondent while allegedly eyeing the position of letter turner for when Vanna exits.