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America Age > Blog > Entertainment > Pat Sajak defends stumped ‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestants whose epic struggle goes viral: ‘Have a little heart’
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Pat Sajak defends stumped ‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestants whose epic struggle goes viral: ‘Have a little heart’

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"Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak is defending contestants. (Photo: Instagram)

“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is defending contestants. (Photo: Instagram)

Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak often offers empathy for contestants whose time on the show doesn’t go the way they had hoped. Such a situation occurred Tuesday when players struggled to come up the phrase “Another feather in your cap” — and were then skewered on social media.

“It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and then they are subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry,” Sajak, who has hosted the game show since 1983, wrote in the first of a string of tweets on Wednesday morning. “Last night’s ‘Feather in your cap’ puzzle was a case in point. Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening.”

With the letters revealing “Another feather _n yo_r _a_,” the three contestants took eight turns — some of them were bad spins — to come up with the correct answer: “Another feather in your cap.”

Viewers were perplexed and frustrated that the trio couldn’t solve it sooner.

It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

Last night’s “Feather in your cap” puzzle was a case in point. Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

Sajak noted that one of the incorrect guesses, “feather in your hat,” is “how a lot of people say it.” He asked people to imagine themselves racking their brain, knowing that they’re on national television.

The first attempted solve was “Feather in your hat” which, by the way, is how a lot of people say it. So all three players thought it was a good solve, and were stunned when I said it was wrong.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

Now imagine you’re on national TV, and you’re suddenly thrown a curve and you begin getting worried about looking stupid, and if the feather isn’t in your hat, where the heck can it be? You start flailing away looking for alternatives rather than synonyms for “hat.”

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

“Good-natured laughter is one thing,” Sajak continued. “Heck, they laughed at themselves. But, hey, cut them some slack. Unless you’re there, you have no idea how different it is in the studio.”

Good-natured laughter is one thing. Heck, they laughed at themselves. But, hey, cut them some slack. Unless you’re there, you have no idea how different it is in the studio.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

And, of course, when it’s solved, you want to crawl in a hole. I’ve been praised online for “keeping it together” and not making fun of the players. Truth is, all I want to do is help to get them through it and convince them that those things happen even to very bright people.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

He said people should not be mocked for it.

“These are good people in a bad situation under a kind of stress that you can’t begin to appreciate from the comfort of your couch.”

He acknowledged that he sometimes teases players over their performance, but said he feels for them.

“So, yeah, it was an oddly entertaining puzzle and it’s OK to laugh at the situation. But have a little heart.”

But mocking them online and calling them names? These are good people in a bad situation under a kind of stress that you can’t begin to appreciate from the comfort of your couch.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

I have fun with players and I tease them occasionally, but when things go wrong, I feel for them, and I try to salve the wounds on camera and off. So, yeah, it was an oddly entertaining puzzle and it’s okay to laugh at the situation. But have a little heart.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

After all, you may be there one day. And no one wants to be trending on Twitter.

— Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) March 2, 2022

After all, he said, some of the people ridiculing the contestants could be standing around the wheel themselves on day.

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