Pat Sajak to retire from ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after 41st season.

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Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Well good for y’all I’m happy and thrilled for ya. And it’s been awhile since I watched it tbh, but i, like many people, can read that lately he’s been a colossal douche to contestants, maybe not all the time, but that’s beside the point. The host doesn’t need to act like an a$$hole towards contestants

Take it easy on the guy. Pat just teases; it's all part of his humor; some times he pokes fun at Vanna and himself too, like when he mentions one of his thousands of "high school nicknames". Lots of game show hosts have done this over the years. Bob Barker got sarcastic a lot with The Price Is Right audiences and contestants over the years, especially when they did something obscure or against protocol during gameplay. Alex Trebek was known for "talking down" to Jeopardy contestants some times, but none of it was serious, it was all just for joke. Ray Combs, Steve Harvey, Richard Dawson, and other Family Feud hosts sometimes grimaced, gestured, or showed facial criticism for "dumb" answers contestants gave or "dumb" things they said about their fellow family members or family history.

Game shows are fun; they show real people playing friendly competitive games, sharing interesting things about themselves, and just being themselves rather than acting as characters in a story. Game shows bring out the best in people and are the best form of reality television.