Whoopi Goldberg Wants to Replace Pat Sajak on ‘Wheel of Fortune’: ‘I Want That Job’

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She’s ready for it! Whoopi Goldberg revealed she’d be up for taking over Wheel of Fortune after Pat Sajak steps down as host next year.   “I want that job,” the Sister Act star, 67, said during the Tuesday, June 13, episode of The View. “I think it would be lots of fun.”   Cohost Joy Behar, for her part, supported Goldberg’s sentiment — and even joked that she could have her own role in the game show’s next chapter. “You know what? Sara [Haines] and I could be Vanna White.

We’ll take turns walking back and forth!” Goldberg’s declaration came just one day after Sajak, 76, revealed that his tenure at Wheel of Fortune is coming to an end.   “Well, the time has come,” the Daytime Emmy winner told Bloomberg News in a  Monday, June 12, statement. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last.

It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all.” In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies Prior to making his official announcement, Sajak hinted at his inevitable exit during a September 2022 interview with Entertainment Tonight. “It’s an honor to have been in people’s living rooms for that long.” People were out there welcoming us.

We’re happy and proud,” he told the outlet at the time. The Chicago native also joked that he “may go before the show” gets canceled. “In most television shows by this time, you would have said, ‘That’s probably enough,’ but this show will not die,” he quipped.