Tuesday night’s (December 28) episode of the long-running ABC game show marked host Pat Sajak‘s 40th anniversary on the show, however, the episode didn’t acknowledge the big day in any way.
The pair have hosted the long-running game show for nearly four decades and in a new interview with ET, they revealed how much longer they were planning to appear on the series.
If you missed the news, this was one of the big changes for the 39th season of the show in which the contestant in control of the Wheel would now be spinning to determine the value of each consonant during the speed up round.
In a new online interview with daughter, Maggie Sajak, Pat is revealing why this change is a good thing.
Pat Sajak bragged a bit on his only son, Patrick Sajak, during an episode of Wheel of Fortune earlier this week.
During the end credits of the game show, the 74-year-old longtime host chatted with Vanna White about Patrick‘s recent accomplishment – he’s now a doctor!
“Do you mind if I do a little parental bragging here?” Pat said. “So you know my son, Patrick, you’ve known him all his life. Well he’s made it through medical school, and he is now officially Dr. Sajak, and we’re all thrilled.”
He went on, joking that since Patrick graduated, he’s insisting “that I call him Dr. Sajak.”
“Lesly and I couldn’t be prouder,” Pat added of him and his wife.
Pat and Lesly are also parents to Maggie, who co-hosted with Vanna while her dad underwent surgery at the end of last year.
If you didn’t see, a subtle mistake was made on Wheel of Fortune. See what it was here!