Pat Sajak, 75, the longtime host of America\u2019s Game or Wheel of Fortune, has come under attack from the \u201cwoke\u201d mob after he asked Vanna White, 65, a personal question. The question occurred during the Wednesday night episode and earned Sajak a bunch of groans from the Wheel of Fortune studio audience. However, people watching at home took his sexualized question the wrong way and proceeded to bash Sajak for harassing Vanna White while the pair were hosting the show.<\/p>\n
The bizarre question came after contestant Ashley Fabian, a professional opera singer, won $67,410 in cash and prizes during her appearance on the show. Because the winner had been an opera singer, Sajak figured he would speak about opera with his co-host while the credits ran and the show wrapped up.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you an opera buff at all?\u201d Sajak asked White.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. I\u2019m not a buff, but I like opera,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you ever watched opera in the buff? I\u2019m just curious,\u201d Sajak followed up.<\/p>\n
The studio audience reacted with a few laughs and a whole lot of groans.<\/p>\n
White, who is always professional, maintained her smile while shutting Sajak down. She firmly told him \u201cno\u201d and used a tone that made it very clear to Sajak that he should not pursue the line of questioning anymore at all.
\nSocial media erupted in a conversation about Sajak\u2019s borderline harassing question on the TV show.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I just witnessed a #metoo moment on Wheel of Fortune?\u201d wrote one Twitter user.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and I looked at each other, and we were like, what did we just hear?\u201d another contributed to the site.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Pat Sajak just ask Vanna White if she watches the opera naked?\u201d asked a third.<\/p>\n
\u201cDude is trying to keep the thrill alive for this job any way he can. I\u2019m amazed he hasn\u2019t resorted to torturing contestants during the show,\u201d said one more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel sorry for Vanna for having to stand there and smile through Pat\u2019s \u2018metoo\u2019 comments. He thinks he\u2019s funny, but he is totally inappropriate. Children watch this show and see this. He needs to go ASAP,\u201d tweeted one former fan.
\n\u201cWheel of Fortune, someone please replace this man. Pat Sajak is absolutely inappropriate in asking Vanna White if she\u2019s watched opera naked? Are you serious? Gross,\u201d wrote an outraged fan.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Have you ever watched opera in the buff?\u2019 Pat Sajak (said) to Vanna White. When did this game show turn into Wheel of Fortune After Dark?\u201d another critic wrote in.<\/p>\n
One person felt that Sajak\u2019s joke was hardly unique and that as a generation, Boomers are inappropriate.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoomers are the target audience for this program. They think the behavior is funny & completely acceptable. Wheel is out of touch with the younger audiences & their views,\u201d one woman asserted.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot very appropriate and cringe? Yes\u2026. Cancelable? No,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n