Pat Sajak Defends Wheel of Fortune Contestants Who Failed To Solve Puzzle
Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak defends the contestants who failed to solve a word puzzle in a recent episode. Hailed as one of the longest-running game shows of all time, Wheel of Fortune debuted in 1975, placing the word puzzle competition alongside equally historic game shows like Jeopardy! andThe Price is Right. Hosted by Sajak and Vanna White, Wheel of Fortune has aired over 7,000 episodes.
Created by Merv Griffith, Wheel of Fortune has featured numerous contestant mistakes, historic moments, and incorrect answers during its run. These include Sajak accidentally solving a puzzle on air, three people winning $100,000 jackpots on consecutive nights, and White stepping in to host Wheel of Fortune amid Sajack’s unexpected absence. Recently, a Wheel of Fortune puzzle set social media into a frenzy after three contestants took ten attempts to solve a puzzle that was only missing four letters. Now, Sajak speaks out on the Wheel of Fortune moment that has gone viral.
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Now, Sajak has taken to Twitter to vehemently defend the three Wheel of Fortune contestants. Speaking on social media’s reaction to the failed attempt to solve the puzzle that read, "Another feather _n yo_r _a_p," Sajak posted, "It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry." Sajak went on to address those Twitter users who made fun of the contestants and wrote, "But mocking them online and calling them names? These are good people in a bad situation under a kind of stress that you can’t begin to appreciate from
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