Vanna White May Throw out Months of Negotiations After Working With Ryan Seacrest, Sources Claim

Many longtime fans of Wheel of Fortune were truly saddened to see the original host Pat Sajak announce his retirement from the show after over 40 years, including Vanna White. Now, with the new host, Ryan Seacrest, coming to take over in Sept for a new reason; insiders are claiming that White is having apprehensions about doing the show without Sajak.

A source recently told the DailyMail that despite months-long salary negotiations, White may be willing to throw it all away and leave early.

“There is a part of her that wants to walk away sooner. It is just so difficult to do this without Pat,” the source said. “Vanna feels that she has put her time in. She devoted her entire life to this show and she had an incredible run while making a fortune.”

Another insider added that despite her contract ending in 2026, she isn’t allegedly vibing well with Seacrest. “She just doesn’t jibe with Ryan like she did with Pat, and no one really ever expected her to. There is just no way that she possibly could,” they said.

The original source also told the outlet that all of this, coupled with the fact that the show is trying to get a younger audience, it’s all allegedly giving her second thoughts. “She knows that the show needs to go in a different direction and appeal to a younger demographic. She wants the show to continue. This will require a younger female host, someone who can be to Ryan what she was to Pat,” they said.

For those that don’t know, throughout 2023, White was fighting for a substantial raise. At first, many claimed she was just trying to get a comparable raise after twenty years on the same contract, but later findings indicate that she’s allegedly trying to get even more than Sajak’s salary amid negotiations.

Later, she did end up with a raise of some kind after many negotiations, leading her contract to be expanded to 2026.

However, insiders previously claimed to DailyMail that execs actually want this to be her last contract before they find a replacement. “They want her next contract though to be her last contract so there is a little more maneuverability to change things up in a few years when they look for her replacement,” the insider alleged. “It is a matter of who is going to budge first, but they both aren’t blinking yet. Vanna wants to go out on her terms and retire when she is ready with a nice paycheck to end it all.”

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