Ryan Crest has finally made his debut as the new host of Wheel of Fortune but news.com can reveal while the night went smoothly for the American Idol host he made one shocking mistake he did not mention his predecessor Pat sjck by name announcer Jim thoron opened the episode on Monday night saying and now together for the first time here are the stars of our show Ryan Crest and Vanna White after walking on stage together SEC turned to White 67 and said so happy to be here white responded so happy to have you as white headed to the letter board CEST spoke briefly before introducing the night's players he said I am your host Ryan Secrest I still can't believe my luck of being here with you tonight to continue this Legacy of this incredible show with all of you and of course my good friend Vanna White seest continued thank you for the very warm welcome hosting wheel of Fortune is a dream job I've been a fan of this show since I was a kid watching it in Atlanta with my family and I know how special it is that will has been in your living rooms for the past 40 years C did not mention sjac in his monologue although he did admit he has big shoes to fill he continued and I'm just so grateful to be invited in I also know I've got some very big shoes to fill so let's play Wheel of Fortune big shoes indeed say Jack 77 who will still be seen this fall hosting ABC's Prime Time version of celebrity Wheel of Fortune signed off as host of the flagship program in June after hosting the show for over 40 years fans took to social media to share their thoughts about sec's failure to mention sjac by name one fan wrote that's all he could say he is big shoes to fill couldn't mention Pat's name and thank him for all the years making will what it is that's a slap in the face another person argued fans should have known exactly who CEST was referring to to when he said he had big shoes to fill they said everyone knew whose big shoes he was referring I thought it was Tastefully done without overdoing it no doubt in my mind Ryan ran that thought past those closest whether he did it on purpose or it was an innocent mistake Secrest 49 has previously made it clear how he feels about the legendary host in a statement released soon after the announcement was made he would be taking over as the new host CEST said at the time I'm truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat sjck Pat I love the way you've always celebrated the contestants and made viewers at home feel at ease I look forward to learning everything I can from you during this transition