Pat Sajak warns 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant 'this is my show' in 'stern' off-screen moment

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A recent "Wheel of Fortune" contestant recalled that longtime host Pat Sajak gave him a "stern" warning off screen during a recent episode of the hit game show.

Michael Colen, the winner of the Nov. 3 episode, delighted the audience with his comedic antics and over-the-top reactions during his appearance on the ABC series.

However, Colen told Fox News Digital Sajak, 77, had a word with him during a commercial break. "He came up to me and just told me, 'Hey, Michael, you know, this is my show, right?" Colen recalled. "And I politely said, 'Yes, sir, it is your show for 41 years," he added. "So, it was funny, of course." "But it was stern," Colen added. "There was a stern drop of sternness to it." At the beginning of the episode, Colen introduced himself as a middle school math teacher from Sacremento, California, and a "secret rap star." From the start, Colen put his showmanship on full display by dabbing after solving a puzzle. "You would do a backflip," Sajak remarked, to which Colen replied, "I would if I wasn't so old." After choosing a vowel that had earlier been chosen by another contestant, Colen hunched over and exclaimed, "Oh Lord!

I'm one of those guys." While giving the wheel a spin, Colen declared, "All right wheel, let's have a relationship!" As the wheel began coming close to the bankrupt wedge, Colen cried out, "Slow down.