Longtime sport present fixture Vanna White has negotiated a elevate for her function on Superstar Wheel of Fortune, a brand new report has revealed – however her pay for the common present stays up within the air.
At present in talks to remain on the present amid Pat Sajak’s fast-approaching exit on the finish of the season, the Wheel of Fortune vixen reportedly reached the deal via her lawyer, whose earlier shoppers embody Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly.
That stated, the settlement reportedly solely pertains to Superstar Wheel of Fortune – a 13-episode spinoff began final yr performed by 27 celebrities.
In keeping with TMZ – the primary to report on the settlement – the deal is price $100,000 per episode, properly in need of the projected $400,000 76-year-old Sajak is alleged to have taken residence through the present’s inaugural season.
Whereas a win for White – who reportedly has not obtained a elevate in 18 years – talks stay stalled as to her cost for the precise present, which she helped placed on the map again in 1982. At present, she takes residence $3million – a fifth of what Sajak makes.
Longtime sport present fixture Vanna White has negotiated a elevate for her function on Superstar Wheel of Fortune after accomplice Pat Sajak’s retirement announcement, a brand new report has revealed – nevertheless, her pay for the common present stays up within the air
At present in talks to remain on the present amid Pat Sajak’s fast-approaching exit on the finish of the season, the Wheel of Fortune vixen reportedly reached the deal via her lawyer, and is now set to rake in $100,000 an episode for the second season of the sport present spinoff
As DailyMail.com already reported, White is asking for 50 % of the longtime host’s $15million wage – and certain had been asking for half of his weekly $400,000 Superstar Wheel of Fortune paycheck as properly.
Following heated talks between showrunners and White’s lawyer Bryan Friedman, she reportedly settled on the aforementioned $100,000 per episode – which supply stated was a ‘significant bump’ from her earlier contract.
Regardless of that being resolved, pay talks regarding White’s long-held function on the true sport present are nonetheless up within the air, sources instructed TMZ.
Sajak, in the meantime, is ready to depart the tip of the upcoming season, together with his already tapped successor, Ryan Seacrest, set to make a cool $28million per yr.
White – who stepped up as alternative presenter for the primary time after many years of board responsibility in 2019 – now feels slighted because of this, insiders instructed DailyMail.com earlier within the month, and is in search of elevated compensation.
Having enlisted Freedman to take action, she has nonetheless but to make any headway, sources stated – with negotiations now halted due to the writers’ strike.
Sajak, in the meantime, introduced he was retiring after almost a half-century on the present in June – as events nonetheless stay removed from agreeing on something significant, insiders have instructed DailyMail.com.
Talking to TMZ Thursday, others conversant in the matter revealed that the present’s studio, Sony, additionally shot down the thought to have a 3rd get together consider the significance of Sajak and White’s roles on the present, in order that they could give you a ‘honest determine.’
As for why, sources instructed the outlet the studio believes Sajak had been getting paid an excessive amount of by the tip of his 48-year profession – making the $15million marker meaningless to the continued talks, TMZ reported.
White was 25 years previous when she started because the co-host reverse Sajak, now 76 – who introduced his retirement in June
Sajak, in the meantime, is ready to depart the tip of the upcoming season, together with his already tapped successor, Ryan Seacrest, set to make a cool $28million per yr
White – who stepped up as alternative presenter for the primary time after many years of board responsibility in 2019 – now feels slighted because of this, insiders instructed DailyMail.com earlier within the month
Seacrest, 48, will keep on the ABC present till the Spring. He might be changed by Ripa’s actor husband, Mark Consuelos
In the meantime, days after Sajak took to Twitter on June 12 to disclose his present choice to retire on the finish of the present’s upcoming season, showrunners have been keen to shell out $28million to safe Seacreast as a fast alternative.
The previous American Idol fixture – who left his put up as host of Reside with Kelly and Ryan alongside Kelly Ripa in April – introduced he can be taking a spin as Wheel host in a tweet, saying he was ‘humbled’ by the studio’s provide.
White, in the meantime, was markedly much less impressed by the maneuver, with an insider telling DailyMail.com Seacrest was chosen because the present’s successor earlier than they provided her an opportunity to tackle the function.
She now believes bosses suppose she is ‘replaceable’ and have a ‘lack of respect for her’, insiders instructed DailyMail.com solely some two weeks in the past, including how White was ‘disenchanted’ they decided about Seacrest, 48, so rapidly.
On Thursday, sources near star warned that issues are going to ‘get ugly’ if Sony doesn’t ‘get extra severe’ about conserving her on.
In the meantime, her lawyer Freedman, who specialised in resolving conflicts between skills and the networks that make use of them, remains to be preventing for elevated compensation for White.
His previous shoppers embody Carlson – who was fired from Fox Information in April – fellow ex Fox presenter Kelly, Gabrielle Union, Chris Harrison, and extra.
As for “Jeopardy!”, the present at the moment within the midst of its thirty ninth season, and is scheduled to wrap up on the finish of the month on July 28, 2023.
A date for the upcoming season has but to be set.