Sassy Sajak strikes once more.
“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak, 77, who has turn into infamous for his blunt comebacks, lobbied yet one more verbal bomb at a contestant this week after she criticized one of many present’s puzzles.
Through the bonus spherical, participant Jill tried to guess the phrase on the letter board with the class, “What Are You Doing?”
The “Wheel of Fortune” letter board puzzle learn, “_ _ _ C _ N _ _ _ R _ _ _ N _ _ N,” after Jill selected the letters “C, M, H, A,” which added on to the supplied letters of “RSTLNE.”
Jill tried to resolve the puzzle by saying, “Blocking our… rating… hmm… Working our… ahh no!”
As soon as the buzzer rang, the reply to the puzzle was revealed as “Voicing our opinion.”
After failing to offer the appropriate reply – and dropping an opportunity to win $40,000 – Jill complained, “What sort of puzzle is that?”
Sajak quipped, “It’s a puzzle you didn’t remedy.”
Maybe poking enjoyable at his personal notorious angle, Sajak then mentioned, “It’s getting testy right here on Christmas.
On the finish of the episode, Sajak tried to make gentle of the matter and jokingly gave a recap of what occurred.
“You had a puzzle that you just assume it is best to have solved, and also you didn’t,” he mentioned to Jill. “After which she blamed me throughout [the] business [break].”
Jill, who was standing subsequent to him, then laughed on the legendary host’s remarks.
Sajak, who has hosted the present since 1981 and introduced his retirement after 41 years in June, has been criticized by viewers for being “impolite” to contestants.
Prior to now, viewers on-line have slammed him as being “cold-blooded,” and “an a-hole.”
“Wheel of Fortune” followers have additionally mentioned that he’s “belittling and insulting” contestants.
In Might 2023, he snapped at a contestant for frequently answering puzzles incorrectly, asking the girl “Why are you bothering?”
Earlier that very same month, Sajak instructed a fan-favorite contestant “don’t ever do it once more,” after the 22-year-old grabbed the envelope within the recreation present’s bonus spherical.
After the present season ends, Sajak will cross the torch to Ryan Seacrest, who will take over as host.