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NextImg:‘Wheel of Fortune’ Host Pat Sajak Reveals Morbid Prank He Plays on His Wife Every Year: “She Absolutely Hates It”

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Vanna White shut Pat Sajak down after he revealed that he plays a morbid prank on his wife every year.

The Wheel of Fortune co-host laughed as he told the audience at the end of the show that every year, he fakes his death when his wife Lesly Brown blows out her birthday candles.

“I do this … this thing I do every one of Lesly’s birthdays and she absolutely hates it,” Sajak said, per The New York Post. “We put a cake in front of her, she closes her eyes, she makes a wish, and when she blows out the candle, I clutch my heart and fall to the ground.”

He added, “She never finds that amusing, I don’t understand.”

Sajak then turned to White and asked, “Don’t you find that funny?”

According to the grimace on her face, White did not appear like she enjoyed the prank as much as Sajak did. “No,” she replied flatly.

Sajak and Brown, who is a photographer, have been married since 1989. They share two kids, Patrick Sajak and Maggie Sajak.

Maggie works as a social media correspondent for the game show and previously filled in for White in 2020 when her father was undergoing surgery. White, in turn, filled in for Sajak as host.

White will be stepping into a new role soon for a special episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune in May. She will be competing as a contestant for the very first time, facing off against Jeopardy! hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik.

The three game show hosts will be competing for $1 million for various charities of their choosing.

This will be the first time White is “calling letters instead of revealing them,” as ABC said.

Wheel of Fortune airs on weeknights at 7:30/6:30c. Find local listings on the Wheel of Fortune website.