Host of Fortune host Pat Sajak jumped to the defense of his show after three “dumb” players were ruthlessly mocked for eight turns and 10 attempts to solve an easy puzzle in Tuesday night’s episode.
Sajak, 75, did on Twitter on Wednesday to share a long topic in which he called on the audience to “have a little heart”.
“It always hurts me when nice people come to our show to play a game and make some money and maybe make a lifelong dream come true, and then they are ridiculed online when they make a mistake or something goes wrong.” said Sajak.
“The Feather in the Hat puzzle last night was an example of this. Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening, “said the leading veteran, claiming that the athletes” fluttered “due to the pressure to be on television.
The three contestants – Laura Machado, Christopher Coleman and Thomas Lipscomb – tried to solve the puzzle “Another pen _n yo_r _a_”
While the correct answer was simply “Another feather in your hat,” they made several attempts to get there – and were ridiculed by those who watched at home.
But Sajak called for kindness.
“Of course, when that’s decided, you want to crawl into a hole,” he continued. “I was praised online for” sticking together “and not making fun of players. The truth is, all I want to do is help them get through this and convince them that these things happen even to very smart people. ”
“These are good people in a bad situation, under stress that you can’t begin to appreciate from the comfort of your couch,” he wrote. “Good-natured laughter is one thing. Hell, they laughed at themselves. But, hey, relax them a little. Unless you’re there, you have no idea how different it is in the studio. ”
Sajak said he often tried to “save the wounds” from shame both in front of the camera and off it.
“It was a strangely funny puzzle and it’s good to laugh at the situation. But have a little heart, “he concluded. “After all, you can be there one day. And no one wants to be on trend on Twitter. ”
In the episode, Machado had three assumptions of victory while Sajak and the legendary tuning letters Vanna White watched. However, Machado’s insanely wrong answers include “Another feather in your hat,” “Another feather in your lap,” and “Another feather in your card.”
Meanwhile, my colleague Coleman did not guess any of the correct letters and came across “Bankrupt” when he turned the most scandalous wheel on television.
Lipscomb spun Bankrupt and Lose a turn for its first two hot seats. But on his third attempt, he recognized “C” and decided the phrase correctly.
Of course, Twitter has its thoughts – with fans and viewers pouring their anger out of the game into the digital abyss.
“Hey, if you want to scream in front of the TV in agony and you want to throw something on your screen, round 2 of tonight’s” Wheel of Destiny “is * perfect * for you”, an indignant viewer invasion on Twitter.
“Frozen” actor Josh Gad also gave his two cents, tweeting“God help us all.”
“I would like to decide… SECOND PEN IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT YOUR CAP. Thank you, Wheel, for not editing 6 of these 8 lost turns in a row, as you usually do. turn on.
One even offer that the game “had to end this episode of the Wheel of Fortune without a winner.”
“Tonight the Wheel of Fortune. I can not. This round was brutal, “said another addedalong with a meme of Jesus talking on the phone and ordering them to “begin the rapture.”
“The dumbest two minutes in the history of Wheel of Fortune”, a fan simply put.
“A woman from the Wheel of Destiny made this puzzle three times. I shout on TV as if I’m watching a football game, “someone said jokinglys another saying they were “in complete disbelief” about the course of events.