WHEEL of Fortune host Pat Sajak has mocked a player for celebrating over the bonus puzzle on Thursday’s episode.
The 75-year-old made an odd comment about Jacob’s victory dance.
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The Los Angeles, California-based contestant who earlier revealed he enjoyed watching car chases on TV drove his way to the special bonus round.
He selected “Places” of the three categories and seemed quite confident with just seven blank letters in the two-word puzzle.
So confident, in fact, that Jacob spun into a cheerful victory dance before the 10-second clock began.
Pat said: “He’s grinning!” but didn’t pump the breaks as the player shook his arms.
The host sarcastically added: “Either a ferret has fallen into his pants, or he’s figured out the puzzle.”
Nervous laughter could be heard in the studio audience and Jacob stopped dancing.
He quickly solved it as “Pumpkin Patches” when the timer started.
After opening the glitzy bonus card that added $40K, giving the contestant $57K total, the player felt good enough to dance again – Pat added a “Woah!”.
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“That’s quite a night!” the host then more positively concluded as Jacob corrected: “It’s been 20 minutes” and Pat moved on to the credits.
WHEELY WEIRD
The longtime Wheel of Fortune host has seemed disillusioned with his job on-screen lately, and the show beyond the pale, almost four decades since its first spin.
During another episode of the show, Vanna White, 65, awkwardly smiled as she stood by a puzzle that read: “Warm, Wet and Wild.”
“Ew,” one fan tweeted sharing the unfortunate image.
Last month a puzzle presented by the show appeared to have racist roots, as it was tied to a rhyme from the slavery era and could have used research in avoiding.
During yet another game last month, Pat also lost his patience as a contestant struggled to think of a letter and got short with her.
PUZZLING COMMENTS
The interview portions of the nightly show often see Pat unable to help himself from going off-the-cuff.
He prompts the guests with three cue-card-based questions whereas on Jeopardy! it’s pared back to one story per player.
Last week an Anaheim, California father-of-one named Shon told Pat he has a 10,000-issue comic collection.
“What do you do with them, where are they?” Pat pressed.
Shon fondly explained: “I just put them in a room, organize them, smell them sometimes.
“Old comic books have a certain smell that you just have to appreciate.”
Pat laughed but seemed to lack said appreciation, instead responding: “I do that with my sock collection.”
PAINFUL INTERVIEWS
Pat also recently shamed a player named Katie for “making up claims that weren’t true” when she confessed that she used to tell people she was related to Pat’s co-host Vanna.
Katie White was proud to have pretended to be related to Vanna because her surname is White.
Pat strangely reprimanded: “Did you ever make claims that weren’t true?”
Katie happily revealed: “I told pretty much everyone I met when I was a kid that I was related to Vanna.”
Vanna laughed and waved at Katie from the puzzle board, joking: “Hey, sis!”
However, Pat was not so enthused and kept the wheel spinning: “And were you?”
“No, we’re not related,” the contestant confirmed.
“Alright,” Pat said, adding: “I called you out on national television.”
“Thank you,” Katie replied, looking visibly uncomfortable.
“You’re welcome,” Pat shot back.
The week before, Pat appeared to make another contestant uncomfortable after asking her during the same segment if she was married and then telling her: “You’re a fine woman.”
Contestant Tanya also said she was a fan of hot wings on question three and Pat asked: “You like ’em spicy?”
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