Ranking Wheel of Fortune hosts Pat Sajak and Ryan Seacrest is one puzzle Vanna White isn’t going to solve.
The Wheel letter-turner told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview that comparing Sajak, her previous costar, and Seacrest, the game show’s current emcee, is like “comparing apples to oranges.”
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