Vanna White might quit ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ ‘doesn’t jibe’ with Ryan Seacrest: report

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Daily Mail that White — who has been the game show’s letter-turner since 1982 — is having a hard time without Sajak, who retired as host after 41 seasons earlier this month.White’s contract is up in 2026, but the insider claimed that “there is a part of her that wants to walk away sooner.”“It is just so difficult to do this without Pat,” the source said.They also claimed that White, 67, isn’t seeing eye-to-eye with new host Ryan Seacrest.‘She just doesn’t jibe with Ryan like she did with Pat, and no one really ever expected her to,” the insider said. “There is just no way that she possibly could.”Seacrest, 49, will officially replace Sajak, 77, when “Wheel of Fortune” returns for Season 42 in September.

White, meanwhile, extended her contract to stay on the show until the 2025-2026 season after a salary dispute. According to TMZ, White got a “substantial pay increase” with her deal.“Vanna feels that she has put her time in,” the Daily Mail source said. “She devoted her entire life to this show and she had an incredible run while making a fortune.”They continued: “She knows that the show needs to go in a different direction and appeal to a younger demographic.

She wants the show to continue. This will require a younger female host, someone who can be to Ryan what she was to Pat.” The Post has reached out to reps for White and Seacrest for comment.White was by Sajak’s side when he filmed his final episode on “Wheel of Fortune” that aired on June 7.

He was emotional when he said goodbye to the show’s audience, the crew, and White herself, who he called his “professional other half.”“We’ve seen a lot of changes in each other’s lives over the years but we’ve always been there for each other,” Sajak said.