{"id":1958699,"date":"2023-06-27T20:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanna-white-lawyers-up-after-seacrest-named-new-wheel-host-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T00:49:16","slug":"vanna-white-lawyers-up-after-seacrest-named-new-wheel-host-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanna-white-lawyers-up-after-seacrest-named-new-wheel-host-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanna White hires lawyers over Seacrest as new &#8216;Wheel&#8217; host: Report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvanna-white-lawyers-up-after-seacrest-named-new-wheel-host-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Exciting News: Ryan Seacrest Chosen as New Host of &#8220;Wheel of Fortune&#8221;<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Wheel of Fortune&#8221; has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-host-chosen-to-succeed-pat-sajak-on-wheel-of-fortune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chosen a new host<\/a> \u2013 &#8220;American Idol&#8221; alum Ryan Seacrest, according to a Tuesday statement from Sony \u2013 but outgoing host Pat Sajak&#8217;s longtime letter-turner Vanna White, 66, may or may not be ready to join him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Will Vanna White Continue?<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/vanna-white-would-like-a-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Puck News, White, 66, hired an attorney last week amid claims that she had not had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">pay raise<\/a> in nearly two decades. The report claimed that White, who has been turning the iconic letters since 1982, has been stalled at $3 million per year for the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanna-white-lawyers-up-after-seacrest-named-new-wheel-host-report\/\" title=\"Vanna White hires lawyers over Seacrest as new 'Wheel' host: Report.\">18 years \u2013 occasionally receiving bonuses<\/a> rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-to-know-how-a-left-leaning-group-allegedly-channeled-private-funds-to-election-agencies\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand To Know How A Left-Leaning Group Allegedly Channeled Private Funds To Election Agencies\">pay raises<\/a>. Sajak, in contrast, pulled in $15 million annually for hosting the show \u2013 according to a Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/natalierobehmed\/2016\/10\/06\/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-show-hosts-dr-phil-leads-with-88-million\/?sh=74425167343b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> published in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White hired attorney Bryan Freedman, known for his aggressive representation of television personalities against their respective networks. Freedman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/25\/business\/media\/carlson-lemon-lawyer-freedman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made headlines<\/a> recently when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-impeachment-defense-attorneys-home-vandalized\/\" title=\"President Trump impeachment defense attorney\u2019s home vandalized\">reportedly hired<\/a> to represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlson-and-don-lemon-hire-the-same-attorney-after-both-were-fired-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ousted cable news hosts<\/a> Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon against Fox News and CNN, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>White&#8217;s contract is up at the end of the 2023-2024 season, and Freedman is expected to &#8220;hit the pay discrepancy issue hard &#8230; as well as possible gender discrimination with respect to White&#8217;s salary&#8221; if Sony Pictures wants to keep her on the show.<\/p>\n<p>White has not yet commented on Seacrest&#8217;s announcement, but the the former &#8220;Live with Kelly and Ryan&#8221; host made it clear that he was looking forward to the new gig.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak. I can say, along with the rest of America, that it&#8217;s been a privilege and pure joy to watch Pat and Vanna on our television screens for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-host-chosen-to-succeed-pat-sajak-on-wheel-of-fortune\/\" title=\"New host selected for 'Wheel of Fortune' after Pat Sajak.\">unprecedented 40 years<\/a>, making us smile every night and feel right at home with them,&#8221; Seacrest said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pat, I love the way you&#8217;ve always celebrated the contestants and made viewers at home feel at ease. I look forward to learning everything I can from you during this transition,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to continue the tradition of spinning the wheel and working alongside the great Vanna White.&#8221;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony announced that Ryan Seacrest, an &#8220;American Idol&#8221; alum, will be the new host of &#8220;Wheel of Fortune.&#8221; However, it remains uncertain if Vanna White, the longtime letter-turner, will join him. According to Puck News, White, 66, recently hired an attorney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1958700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}