‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak replaced by Jared Leto in puzzling move
nypost.comMonday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune” where he shocked viewers by pretending to host.He glided onto the colorful neon-lit stage with famed letter-turner Vanna White while OG host Pat Sajak was nowhere to be found.“Here are the stars of our show, Jared Leto and Vanna White,” the MC announced as the duo walked in, linking arms.“Have a great show and see you soon,” Leto said before taking his place by the puzzle board.The saying is Sajak’s routine phrase that he tells White, 67, at the beginning of every episode of the ABC game show.The “Suicide Squad” star continued without hesitation: “All right everybody, grab those devices, it’s time to give away some money.
A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.”Then in an instant, the trivia show zipped back to Sajak, 77, hosting like normal.Fans were confused by the act, taking to social media to express their befuddlement. “[I] was wondering what happened?!
Lol,” someone tweeted. “It was extremely weird that they never said anything about it, even at the end of the show,” another added. “My wife thought I had a stroke.
I was like ‘you see who’s hosting? It’s Jared Leto.’ Then it wasn’t,” a third wrote.Leto’s quick appearance was never mentioned again.Last year, the “Dallas Buyer’s Club” actor and his brother Shannon Leto, 54, both popped over to “Wheel.”They appeared as contestants and attempted to solve a puzzle in the “Show Biz” category.
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