Pat Sajak warns 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant 'this is my show' in 'stern' off-screen moment
12.11.2023 - 01:51
/ foxnews.com
A recent "Wheel of Fortune" contestant recalled that longtime host Pat Sajak gave him a "stern" warning off screen during a recent episode of the hit game show. Michael Colen, the winner of the Nov. 3 episode, delighted the audience with his comedic antics and over-the-top reactions during his appearance on the ABC series.
However, Colen told Fox News Digital Sajak, 77, had a word with him during a commercial break. "He came up to me and just told me, 'Hey, Michael, you know, this is my show, right?" Colen recalled. "And I politely said, 'Yes, sir, it is your show for 41 years," he added.
"So, it was funny, of course." "But it was stern," Colen added. "There was a stern drop of sternness to it." At the beginning of the episode, Colen introduced himself as a middle school math teacher from Sacremento, California, and a "secret rap star." From the start, Colen put his showmanship on full display by dabbing after solving a puzzle. "You would do a backflip," Sajak remarked, to which Colen replied, "I would if I wasn't so old." After choosing a vowel that had earlier been chosen by another contestant, Colen hunched over and exclaimed, "Oh Lord! I'm one of those guys." While giving the wheel a spin, Colen declared, "All right wheel, let's have a relationship!" As the wheel began coming close to the bankrupt wedge, Colen cried out, "Slow down.
Slow down!" "Are you yelling at our wheel?" Sajak asked. After Colen solved the puzzle with "Let's not dilly-dally," Sajak walked over and stood by his side. "He may rap by night, but he can still say dilly-dally," Sajak noted.