Feels like Vanna White and Ryan Seacrest grew to become quick buddies when he took over Wheel of Fortune internet hosting duties from Pat Sajak a yr in the past. And buddies don’t let buddies undergo make-up fails.
In an interview with Folks, White says she and her new costar have a behind-the-scenes custom earlier than every taping, and it entails her glam look.
“Earlier than we exit, I flip to him and say, ‘Do I’ve lipstick on my tooth?’” White mentioned. And Seacrest “in fact” tells her the reality, she added.
White advised the journal she’s impressed with Seacrest’s work emceeing the long-running syndicated sport present and its newer ABC spinoff, Celeb Wheel of Fortune.
“I’ve identified Ryan for over 20 years, however I’ve by no means labored with him till final yr,” she mentioned. “He has nice power, and he desires to do a terrific job. I imply, when he first began, he goes, ‘Look, I can by no means change Pat Sajak. I’m simply going to go in and do the very best job I can.’ And that’s what he’s executed. … The transition was flawless.”
Particularly, White highlighted how Seacrest reveals off extra of his character than he has an opportunity to on American Idol, the opposite hit TV present he hosts.
Particularly with such a succesful new costar, White mentioned there’s “not a greater job” than hers. She mentioned that she shares the Wheel of Fortune stage with “one large glad household” and that Sony Image Studios has develop into her “house away from house.”
And even after greater than 4 a long time flipping letters on the puzzle board, White isn’t pondering of retirement, as she advised Forbes in July.
“I believed I might step away with Pat. My thought was, how am I going to proceed working with a brand new individual?” she admitted. “It’s a scary thought to convey anyone new in. After which I believed to myself, Am I able to retire? And the reply was, in my coronary heart, no. I nonetheless love what I do.”
White added, “Folks inform me on a regular basis, ‘I grew up watching you. My mother and father grew up watching you.’ It’s simply an superior factor.”
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