“Not that she wasn’t lovely and wonderful and personable and all that. “Vanna knows this,” Sajak told CBS News in 2020. Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White and Pat Sajak. The lawyer was said to be apparently “hitting the pay discrepancy issue hard with Sony, as well as possible gender discrimination with respect to White’s salary.”
Industry website Puck recently claimed that White had hired attorney Bryan Freedman to negotiate on her behalf. In 2016, Forbes reported that Sajak earned $15 million a year for his nightly appearances, while White has made $3 million a year for the past 18 years without any pay increases. With her existing deal set to expire at the end of next season, White, 66, was looking for a pay bump to keep tapping letters on the program. “I can say, ‘How does this work? Where do we go now? What’s next? Okay, got it,’” he joked. Seacrest said that White’s longtime presence on the show will mean he can lean on her when he has questions. See a clip of the interview now and watch more on Sunday, Sept. #SundayTODAY host previewed his upcoming #SundaySitdown with Ryan Seacrest, who says he's thrilled to have White back after learning she signed the extension.
