Vanna White spun the wheel during the “Final Spin.” It only rotated half way.
“The wheel is heavy!” she exclaimed.
Seconds later, White was filled with confusion. Which of the contestant’s arrows selected the prize? What was happening?
“Oh, no, I’m looking at the wrong arrow!”
And then, with a smile, she said jokingly, “How do you do this show?”
And that pretty sums up the only flub from White during her first run as host for “Wheel of Fortune,” which ran earlier this week. White replaced typical host Pat Sajak, who needed emergency surgery for a block intestine, as the Deseret News reported.
White said prior to the episode’s airing that she was “very nervous” about filling in for Sajak.
“Normally I just stand there and I turn my letters, and I’m just happy as can be not having to worry about anything else,” she told The New York Times. “But here I am controlling the game, so logistically it was much harder.”
Social media watched with anticipation to see what happened to her. Reviews were mostly mixed, according to Yahoo! Entertainment.