Welcome to our Channel Wheel of Fortune fans cast blame on Ryan secrist after contestants loss while many Wheel of Fortune fans were devastated when longtime host Pat sa Jack retired this summer others remained optimistic that his replacement Ryan secist would be a success however his first week at the Helm of the gang show has been met with criticism with some viewers saying he might have cost one contestant her chance to win $1 million on the Tuesday September 10 episode of wheel player Erica Bole from Taylor Michigan picked up the $1 million wedge in the first round of the game which could have been traded in during the bonus round for the opportunity to win big unfortunately as TV Insider reported Bole lost the wedge in the next round and some viewers think it's because secis didn't explain the rules thoroughly enough to her after Bole landed on a $110,000 mystery wedge she chose a t which appeared twice in the puzzle so Erica those two T's are worth $2,000 you could keep those or you could risk them by seeing what's on the other side it could be a bankrupt or it could be $10,000 secis said neglecting to mention that if the mystery wedge did reveal a bankrupt she would have to give back the $1 million wedge and that's exactly what happened sorry about that said secrist as he took the wedges there are no guarantees in the game but fans on social media felt secret didn't handle the situation well Pat would have explained that if she took the risk she would have lost the million dooll wedge wrote one ex-user Pat would always remind the contestants if they look under the $10,000 they could lose their $1 million wedge Ryan needs to do this too agreed a second commenter secrist is doing okay but he's yelling a lot he didn't help the poor woman reminding her she had a million on a mystery wedge the Rhythm is a tat off hopefully these will improve posted someone else not everybody felt like secrist was to blame however contestants are briefed with complete rules before taping begins and since we all know how it works they're edited out in post to make room for more gameplay another person pointed out