{"id":2262188,"date":"2024-06-07T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:43:37","slug":"pat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak&#8217;s Final Speech on Last &#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fpat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode%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=2262188&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--><p>Pat Sajak, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-tv-can-serve-a-purpose-but-last-week-it-failed\/\" title=\"Reality TV Can Serve A Purpose, But Last Week, It Failed\">beloved host<\/a>\u2064 of &#8220;Wheel\u2064 of Fortune,&#8221; shared his\u2063 heartfelt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-cant-afford-to-be-willfully-ignorant-anymore-americans-need-to-demand-real-forensic-audits-of-swing-state-ballots\/\" title=\"\u201cWe Can\u2019t Afford to Be Willfully Ignorant Anymore\u201d Americans Need to Demand Real Forensic Audits of Swing State Ballots\">closing remarks<\/a> for the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-harrison-ive-been-working-with-a-race-educator-since-leaving-the-bachelor\/\" title=\"Chris Harrison: I\u2019ve Been Working With A \u2018Race Educator\u2019 Since Leaving \u2018The Bachelor\u2019\">final episode<\/a> he hosted after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeopardy-contestant-admits-where-pat-sajak-might-remember-him-from\/\" title=\"'Jeopardy' contestant reveals possible connection with Pat Sajak\">remarkable tenure<\/a> since 1981. Expressing gratitude, \u200dSajak emphasized \u2062the show&#8217;s role as a safe \u2063and entertaining space for\u2062 families,\u2063 friends, and viewers worldwide. His departure marks a \u200bsignificant moment \u2062in television history, leaving a lasting impact on generations of fans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Longtime \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wheel-of-fortune\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wheel of Fortune<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d host <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pat-sajak\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pat Sajak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  previewed his closing remarks for the final episode he hosted of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-tyrants-twitter-yanks-verification-from-jeopardy-champ-matt-amodio\/\" title=\"Petty Tyrants: Twitter Yanks Verification from 'Jeopardy!' Champ Matt Amodio\">popular game show<\/a>. The episode will air on Friday, June 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, the time has come to say goodbye,\u201d the 77-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">host<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  began.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cI have a few thanks and acknowledgments before I go, and I want to start with all watching out there. It\u2019s been an incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes night after night, year after year, decade after decade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sajak began hosting the show back in 1981.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI always felt that the privilege came with the responsibility to keep this daily half-hour a safe place for family fun,\u201d he continued. \u201cNo social issues. No politics. Nothing embarrassing, I hope. Just a game. But gradually it became more than that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added, \u201cA place where kids learned their letters, where people from other countries honed their English skills, where families came together along with friends and neighbors, and entire generations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat an honor to play even a small part in all of that,\u201d Sajak concluded. \u201cThank you for allowing me into your lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">Pat Sajak is signing off. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/30ldJIWuYh\">https:\/\/t.co\/30ldJIWuYh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4A5sn7XQN\">pic.twitter.com\/X4A5sn7XQN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1799069821876961736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sajak first announced his retirement in June 2023 by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/patsajak\/status\/1668392746787418114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sharing the news<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on his X account. \u201cWell, the time has come. I\u2019ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It\u2019s been a wonderful ride, and I\u2019ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it\u2019ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Longtime colleague Vanna White got emotional while discussing Sajak\u2019s departure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe tomorrow is our last show together,\u201d White <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MusicJim2\/status\/1798864313114894380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to put into words what these last 41 years have meant to me. But I\u2019m going to try. Eight thousand episodes went by like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou made me feel so comfortable, so confident,\u201d she added. \u201cYou made me who I am. You really did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ryan Seacrest has been named as Sajak\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ryan-seacrest-on-taking-mantle-from-pat-sajak-on-wheel-of-fortune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">successor<\/a> to host \u201cWheel of Fortune.\u201d White will continue on the show at least through the 2025-26 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak previewed his farewell speech for the last &#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; episode he hosted. The emotional episode, set to air on June 7, marks the end of an era. Sajak, at 77, expressed gratitude and offered farewell remarks to fans and the show&#8217;s supporters before bidding adieu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2262189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Pat-Sajak-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Pat-Sajak-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262188","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\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}