Retirement has Pat Sajak spinning into a new round of life.
The longtime Wheel of Fortune host, 79, was seen enjoying some quality time with his daughter, Maggie Sajak, in a new TikTok video she shared nearly two years after he left behind his beloved TV gig.
“POV: You’re out to dinner with your parents,” she captioned the clip, hopping on the popular social media trend, while showing her with dad Pat and mom Lesly Brown at a sushi restaurant.
“How much do I owe you?” she lip-synched to audio, while Pat mouthed the words, “It’s OK, it’s on the house.”
“Really?” Maggie, 31, cheekily questioned before showing the inside of her purse, which only contained makeup. She quipped in her caption, “I’ll trade you 2 lipliners and a piece of gum.”
When she’s not sharing new content online, Maggie has been booked and busy serving as Wheel of Fortune’s social correspondent since 2021. She also appeared on the show as a “special letter toucher” in 2020 and subbed for cohost Vanna White when the latter became a contestant in 2023. Ryan Seacrest took over for Pat, while White, 69, remains a cohost.
Looking ahead, Pat will be tapping back into his acting roots while starring in a revival of the 1962 play Prescription: Murder at the Hawaii Theatre in Honolulu between July 31 and August 10. (He’s previously had guest roles on The King of Queens, Rugrats and Days of Our Lives — just to name a few.)
Pat will portray “brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Roy Flemming, who’s carried out an ingenious plan to murder his wife, and established a perfect alibi,” according to a synopsis shared by the venue.
After four decades of serving as host on the famed game show, Pat announced his retirement in June 2023.
“It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months,” he shared via X at the time, expressing his gratitude to the viewers who tuned in. “Many thanks to you all.”
Pat added, “It’s been an incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes night after night, year after year, decade after decade. And I’ve always felt that the privilege came with a responsibility to keep this daily half hour a safe place for family fun. No social issues, no politics, nothing embarrassing, I hope. Just a game.”
Pat, who became a regular fixture on the show ever since its debut in 1983, said goodbye to his role in his final episode, which aired on June 7, 2024.
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