Kristen Joy Hoadley

She almost never talks.

I mean, at least in the older episodes, she almost never talks in the show.

She spins the letters.

That's what she does.

That's her job.

but she could arguably be probably... I actually say she might be just as much a part of the success, if not more part of the success.

Because there was a time in the 90s, like late 80s, 90s, when I was a kid, when it was...

All Vanna White, all the time.

It's all anybody could talk about was Vanna White, Vanna White, Vanna White.

She's obviously a stunningly beautiful woman.

And she has stayed with it, stuck with it for 40 years.

So when Pat announced his retirement last year, I'm just kidding.

I'm just kidding you up to speed.

When Pat announced his retirement last year,

The company who produces the Wheel of Fortune asked Vanna to stay on while they transitioned into the new host.

So there's something familiar there.

And Vanna said, I will stay on if you pay me more than Pat Sajak has made in the last couple of years.

Good.

And they said no.

And then they went back and forth and back and forth and back and forth.