‘Lovers to feuders’: Pat Sajak and Vanna White on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ romance rumors, retirement and more

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considered retiring from the show after Sajak announced that he was stepping away as host last year. But White ultimately decided that she’s staying on the show beyond Sajak’s final episode that airs Friday, June 7.“I feel happy for him,” White said after the news of Sajak’s departure from the game show. “I can’t imagine doing the show without him after 41 years,” the iconic letter-turner added.For the past 40 years, Sajak and White have had plenty to say about each other.

They’ve mostly insisted that their relationship has always been platonic, though they have leaned into the romance rumors from time to time.From their early years as co-hosts to now, here are Sajak and White’s best quotes about their relationship.One of Sajak’s earliest quotes about White is from his interview on “Late Night with David Letterman” in 1986, four years after White and Sajak became co-hosts. “Vanna turns letters,” he said. “And there aren’t many universities where you can actually go and learn that, so she had to start from scratch.”Sajak continued: “That’s what she does, but she’s proud of it and does a good job, and much to her credit.