

As a woman who has lived all her life with one (and my parents put me in speech classes when I was first going to school as a youngster), I find it appalling that you do that kind of crap.Īs someone your age, who grew up with hearing impaired cousins, I was taught that we NEVER made fun of their speech pattern. Hopefully you learned by your mistake and stop making fun of those with a lisp. “To this day I wouldn’t even think of doing what you did so don’t get on your ‘exemplary’ high horse about it. “As someone your age, who grew up with hearing impaired cousins, I was taught that we NEVER made fun of their speech pattern,” another viewer tweeted. “As a woman who has lived all her life with one (and my parents put me in speech classes when I was first going to school as a youngster), I find it appalling that you do that kind of crap.” “Hopefully you learned by your mistake and stop making fun of those with a lisp,” one viewer said in response to the host’s Feb. “That’s a scary thought.Also Read: Pat Sajak Warned Vanna White to Avoid Social Media While Filling In as 'Wheel of Fortune' Host (Video) “I can’t imagine anybody else on my puzzle board,” White remarked with a laugh. White clearly isn’t planning on leaving anytime soon. I’m sure they will pick someone just fine, but I’ve never given that a moment’s thought.”īoth Sajak and White are under contract until 2022. I don’t own it. I’m just a working stiff here. “It’s not my show, I don’t run it, I’m not producing it. And instead of replying to him with, I see, Sajak said, I thee.

The player, Chris Brimble, introduced himself as a tech salesman, revealing his noticeable lisp. “I have no interest in that,” Sajak commented on possible successors. Some Wheel of Fortune fans are calling for longtime host Pat Sajak ’s resignation after he seemingly mocked a contestant ’s speech impediment during Monday’s episode. “I’d like to leave before people tune in and see me and go, ‘Ooh, what the hell happened to him?’ … When I do leave, it won’t be because I’m sick of it or burned out by it I’ll leave because it’s time to go.”Īs for potential replacements, the game show host preferred to leave that decision to the network execs. “I’d like to leave while the show’s still popular, and I’d like to leave before people ask me to leave,” he told USA Today. Though fans have recently speculated if Sajak may need to retire, he remained vague on when he suspects he’ll end his run. In May 2019, Sajak and co-host Vanna White celebrated Wheel of Fortune’s 7000th show. “It’s just - I don’t remember your mother giving us trouble like you did.” Pat Sajak will retire from ‘Wheel of Fortune’ when ‘it’s time to go’ “I’m sorry I yelled at you,” the Wheel of Fortune star told McBain. Though Sajak claimed to have meant the comment in jest, he apologized to McBain, whose mother had previously been a contestant on the show. “You won! Don’t argue, Darin! … You got the puzzle. In a November 2020 episode, Sajak admonished contestant Darin McBain when he questioned the outcome of the puzzle he won. “Never interrupt a plug!”Īgain, viewers expressed their disdain for Sajak’s reprimand, with some stating he may be growing weary of his post at the wheel after over 35 years. “Never, never interrupt,” he sternly told Senet. In December 2020, he scolded contestant Sheryl Senet for getting a bit ahead of herself and cutting him off when he was plugging a sponsor. The Wheel of Fortune host previously caused a Twitter stir over the past few months after displaying a bit of crankiness. Not the first time ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak comes under scrutiny Though he didn’t make it to the bonus round, the Wheel of Fortune contestant walked away with $12,250 in winnings. Many fans of the game show took to Twitter, taking Sajak to task for making an insensitive joke.īrimble was apparently unfazed. 22 episode of Wheel of Fortune, Sajak seemed to mock contestant Chris Brimble’s lisp.Īfter Brimble discussed his occupation, Sajak said, “I thee,” rather than “I see,” according to Yahoo! Entertainment. Sajak is known for his dry humor, which lately viewers are finding a bit over the top. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ star Pat Sajak made an inappropriate joke Sajak has been making the headlines over the past few months for several reasons – the most recent being due to an incident he would most likely prefer to forget.

As host of Wheel of Fortune since 1983, Pat Sajak is synonymous with the long-running game show.
