{"id":532489,"date":"2022-12-30T00:49:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/grooming-maggie-to-take-over\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T00:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:49:47","slug":"grooming-maggie-to-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grooming-maggie-to-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Grooming Maggie to take over&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ea23400556\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ea23400556\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grooming-maggie-to-take-over\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Grooming_Maggie_to_take_over%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Grooming Maggie to take over&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;Grooming Maggie to take over'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>What a <em>pat<\/em> on the back.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Sajak sort-of complimented his daughter, Maggie, on her <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=578610390757357\">recent holiday trivia hosting stint<\/a> while wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing up Tuesday\u2019s episode of \u201cWheel of Fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were actually a good host!\u201d Sajak, 76, told Maggie, 27, who joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> show as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> correspondent in the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The perplexing \u201cpraise\u201d follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of eyebrow-raising on-air goofs by Sajak, who appeared shocked by a contestant\u2019s leak joke and a competitor\u2019s unusual goat hobby.<\/p>\n<p>And it has fans wondering if Maggie is poised to take the reins from her father or letter-turner Vanna White.<\/p>\n<p>Both have signed on to host the long-running show through the 2023 to 2024 season. A show representative did not immediately return a Post request for comment Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-comp.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maggie Sajak recently hosted a holiday trivia segment, sparking speculation from &quot;Wheel of Fortune&quot; fans she will host the show when her father, Pat Sajak, eventually departs.\" class=\"wp-image-25175060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Maggie Sajak recently hosted a holiday trivia segment, sparking speculation from \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d fans she will host the show when her father, Pat Sajak, eventually departs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC; Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vanna White, Maggie Sajak and Pat Sajak on set \" class=\"wp-image-25175053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pat Sajak\u2019s daughter, Maggie (center), joined Sajak and Vanna White on \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d as a social correspondent last year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe whole Maggie Sajak thing annoys me to no end. I cringe whenever they show her and her made-up \u2018social correspondent\u2019 job,\u201d one commenter groused earlier this month <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WheelOfFortune\/comments\/zduh7t\/they_are_so_grooming_maggie_sajak_to_take_over\/\">in a Reddit thread<\/a> titled, \u201cThey are so grooming Maggie Sajak to take over for Vanna. Nepotism at its best!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYup! Thought they could just slip her in. It would be great if someone else had the chance to prove themselves,\u201d another argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope they just let that position go forever. It\u2019s so pointless in 2022. She\u2019ll take over for Pat, and that\u2019s just the way the world goes. Rich people set up their young to have it made. You\u2019ll see it to your dying days,\u201d a third grumbled.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion comes amid a reckoning in Hollywood about nepotism babies, or \u201cnepo babies\u201d. A thorough New York Magazine cover story this month detailed how numerous celebrities \u2014 including Dakota Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Zo\u00eb Kravitz \u2014 have it made at least partly because their parents are famous.<\/p>\n<p>Some stars have defended themselves or shrugged off the criticism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maggie Sajak and Pat Sajak on set\" class=\"wp-image-25175056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fans wonder whether Maggie Sajak will take over for her father, who joined the show as host in 1981.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Chicago to a pair of factory workers, father Sajak joined \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d as host in 1981. He added consulting producer to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures Television has not revealed an eventual succession plan.<\/p>\n<p>The studio received significant backlash for its handling of hosting responsibilities following the 2020 death of Alex Trebek.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/7008628\/wheel-of-fortune-pat-sajak-reaction-daughter-maggie\/#\">\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Pat Sajak sort-of complimented his daughter, Maggie, on her recent holiday trivia hosting stint while wrapping up Tuesday\u2019s episode of \u201cWheel of Fortune.\u201d \u201cYou were actually a good host!\u201d Sajak, 76, told Maggie, 27, who joined the game show as a social correspondent in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":532490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/maggie-sajak-comp.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[45569,137779,75448,109854,79307,77588,79308],"class_list":["post-532489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-wheel-of-fortune","tag-12-29-22","tag-game-shows","tag-nepotism","tag-pat-sajak","tag-sony-pictures","tag-vanna-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}