Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White has revealed she doesn’t cook dinner for her household. However as luck would have it, she has her personal skilled chef at residence…her son, Nikko Santo Pietro!
White and her son appeared on The Drew Barrymore Present on Thursday (March 20), the place Nikko ready a fire-roasted salsa for all of them to get pleasure from. When Drew Barrymore requested the legendary letter-turner if she additionally cooks, she replied, “No… why ought to I?”
Talking about her son’s cooking abilities, White added, “Severely, every part he cooks is so good. Every little thing! Rooster to fish to salsa.”
White famous that Nikko realized from his dad, her ex-husband, George Santo Pietro, who owned the well-known restaurant Santopietro’s in Los Angeles, which was a star sizzling spot again within the Nineteen Eighties.
“Your dad owned a restaurant that I used to frequent,” Barrymore instructed Pietro. “That was like THE place. All people beloved it… they’d clamor to get in.”
“It was a sizzling spot in LA on the time, for certain,” Nikko replied.
White and George have been married from 1990 till 2002 and share two kids, a son, Nikko, and a daughter, Giovanna “Gigi” Santo Pietro, a tattoo artist who just lately gave White her first inking.
“He’s been within the kitchen his complete life,” White stated of her son. “His dad was an incredible cook dinner, so he realized from his dad, and he’s had it for 30 years now.”
In December, White shocked her followers by sharing an Instagram video with Nikko, the place they celebrated Fabulous Meals Week by whipping up Uncle Roy’s Rooster. White’s followers jumped into the feedback, however Nikko was the main focus of their consideration relatively than the meals.
“Is son on the menu too 👀 errr I imply nice video!!” quipped one commenter.
“Vanna, your son is so good-looking! I really like the connection you’ve collectively,” stated one other.
“Wow, he’s stunning,” one other added.
One other joked, “What’s his @?? Asking for a pal.”
“Vanna, you and your son are actually stunning..!!!” stated one consumer.
One fan quipped, “I didn’t even end the video and I simply knew the feedback have been going to be folks commenting about her attractive son.”
Whereas serving to her son put together the salsa, White instructed Barrymore she’s worn “over 8,000 robes” throughout her 42 years on Wheel. Nevertheless, when she’s at residence, she prefers to lounge in her “PJs,” noting, “As a result of we dress as much as work. That’s the very last thing we wanna do after we’re at residence.”
As for whether or not she will get to maintain the robes from Wheel of Fortune, White stated she doesn’t “however they do let me borrow them for [events]. The Emmys or no matter… Every single day a special costume for all of those years. 42 years.”
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