The lucky winner is … Vanna White.
The co-host of “Wheel of Fortune” revealed the surprisingly low number of days she films the hit game show each year during a recent radio interview with “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.”
“We film about 34 days a year,” White shared. “That’s it.”
The 68-year-old model spilled the truth about the short production schedule on Wednesday, after radio co-host Nate Marino mentioned that he only recently learned that the show didn’t air live every night.
However, White’s schedule requires her to film “six shows a day.”
The cultural icon, who has co-hosted the show for 42 years, still has to change outfits and shoes multiple times daily between tapings.
“Come on. You could feel bad for me,” she quipped.
“I do not feel sorry for you one bit,” Duran joked. “That sounds like a great job.”
The radio personalities were seemingly stunned that White spends most of her time away from the set, which is based at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif.
“So weird. You have 331 days off a year?” Marino asked.
“Yes, I guess so,” White said.
“And no one deserves it more than you,” Duran said. “You’re just the best.”
White’s filming schedule may be small — but her bank account is still stacked.
The television personality earned around $3 million yearly to reveal letters on the puzzle board until she renegotiated her contract in 2023, TMZ first reported.
During negotiations, White scored a “substantial pay increase” when she signed on to co-host the show for at least two more years.
Her longtime co-host, Pat Sajak, reportedly earned $15 million per season before he announced his retirement in June 2023.
White, who has held her position on the show since 1982, allegedly asked for at least half of what Sajak made during the recent contract negotiations.
The game show co-host has had her fair share of stepping away from the letter board and onto center stage.
In late 2019, she hosted the show solo for the first time since its inception because Sajak underwent emergency surgery.
During this time, she hosted three weeks’ worth of shows but was never tapped for the gig when Sajak left.
Instead, “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest was named Sajak’s successor and he became the co-host with White.
“He’s doing a great job,” White said. “And he said, ‘Look, no one can ever replace Pat Sajak. I’m just here to fill in.’”
White shockingly never repeated a dress in over 8,000 shows until 2020, when production allegedly made a mistake.
The television personality also appeared in a series of shows such as “Fresh Off the Boat,” “The King of Queens,” and “Full House.”
With Post wires
