© 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.'It's more nerve wracking thinking about going on air after I was done than when I was filming,' said UA senior Steven PalmerĪfter competing on the popular game show 'Wheel of Fortune,' University of Arizona senior Steven Palmer walked away with $11,283 in cash and prizes, including a trip for two to Hawaii. “I believe he wanted me to succeed and have a good show, so he was giving me a little direction,” he told The Post. “So, I had to find out where the line was compared, and Pat just drew it for me.”Ĭolen later told The Post that he believed Sajak wanted him to “tone it down a bit” but ultimately “ended up enjoying himself.” I was screaming, ‘Get me on this show, man,’ for like 30 years,” the rapper, who goes by the name of First Degree The D.E., added. And … I’ve been putting out music for 30 years, so I have to say I’m an acquired taste.”Ĭolen noted that it took Sajak “a quick minute to get used to” him during the episode. “It was two alphas going at it,” Colen added. “There was a stern drop of sternness to it.” “And I politely said, ‘Yes, sir, it is your show for 41 years.'”

“He came up to me and just told me, ‘Hey, Michael, you know, this is my show, right?'” Colen, 48, recently recalled to Fox News.

The category is: Don’t mess with Pat Sajak.Īn irate Sajak reportedly confronted contestant Michael Colen earlier this month during the show’s commercial break - after the “Wheel of Fortune” host began to feel upstaged. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ finally acknowledges Pat Sajak’s retirement - with wild contestant poem ‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings calls ‘Wheel of Fortune’s’ Pat Sajak ‘more fun’ than Alex Trebek NFL Network star confesses ‘love’ for Vanna White: ‘My wife is here’ ‘Wheel of Fortune’s’ Vanna White: I know when Pat Sajak’s in a ‘bad mood’

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