How many vowels would it take to sum up how Ryan Seacrest feels about hosting Wheel of Fortune? You'd have to buy quite a few. The television host, 49, opened up about taking the reins from Pat Sajak and joining Vanna White on Good Morning America on September 3, 2024, and he's finding it almost surreal.
"It's out of body for me, you know, to have watched Vanna, and watched this show and Pat, and what they've built with audiences across this country," Seacrest told Ginger Zee in a joint interview alongside White, 67. "It's Wheel of Fortune, how can you not be happy?" Seacrest told Zee, continuing that he gets excited about the show "every time."
From radio hosting to American Idol to New Year's Rockin' Eve, Seacrest has been a fixture in American media for decades now, and he says it hasn't lost its sparkle. "I enjoy being the person who can introduce an audience to a singer, or who can play a new song on the radio," he said in the interview. "That part never gets old." The best part of the show? Getting to create winners every time. "You're gonna meet three new people every night, and they walk away with cash. I mean, that's what this show is about."
Far from wanting to put his own spin on the series, Seacrest says the biggest lesson he learned in taking over Live! or New Year's was not to mess with a winning formula. "This show works," he added. "All I need to do is keep it moving. All we need to do is have fun every night. And I think if that's what happens, this show continues for a long time."
White expressed her enthusiasm for Seacrest's arrival to Wheel, and her confidence that the new version will be as beloved as the original. After all, the format is practically irresistible. "You know, if you're walking by the TV and it's half-solved, you're gonna stop and say, 'All right, I gotta get this puzzle. Then I can do what I need to do.' You're just addicted."
The new season of Wheel of Fortune begins September 9, 2024.
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