Vanna Whitesays she considered leavingWheel of Fortunewith her costarPat Sajakafter heannounced his retirementearlier this year.
“Of course it’s a thought.
It’s like, ‘Well, wait, if you’re leaving, what am I going to do?
Vanna White and Pat Sajak.Ricky Middlesworth/ABC via Getty Images
How can I stay without you?'”
White said in the latest issue ofPEOPLE.
“It was a very hard decision for me to make, because it definitely crossed my mind.
Still, she has high hopes.
“I think it’s going to be good.
He’s such a nice guy and he loves what he does.
He said, ‘Look, I am not replacing Pat.
I’m not going in to have a go at fill Pat’s shoes.
No one can ever replace him.’
White also teased that the series is making sure Sajak goes out in style.
I’m so looking forward to that.
It’s going to be very sad.”
“I mean, I know everything about him,” she said.
“He knows everything about me.
I can tell when he’s walking up the stairs.
Our dressing rooms are on the second floor.
Forty-one years together, you know each other so well.
It definitely is bittersweet, but he’s decided to retire and I have to accept that.”
