Vanna White Could Be Leaving SAFE. >> WE'LL JUST ONE MONTH AFTER BELOVED HOST PAT SAJAK RETIRED FROM WHEEL OF FORTUNE. ANOTHER ICON MAY BE LEAVING TOO CO-HOST VANNA WHITE IS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS APPARENTLY ABOUT CONTINUING THE SHOW WITHOUT HER LONG-TERM PARTNER IN CRIME DESPITE SEVERAL SALARY NEGOTIATIONS AND A 2026 CONTRACT. SOURCES SAY THAT VAN A WHITE JUST DOESN'T JIVE THING WITH THE SHOW'S NEW HOST RYAN SEACREST CREATING RUMORS OF HER DEPARTURE. VANNA WHITE IS ONE OF THE LONGEST-SERVING HOSTED ANY GAME SHOW IN TELEVISION HISTORY HOSTING MORE THAN 8,000 EPISODES OF WHEEL OF FORTUNE. JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE WHEELS POTENTIAL FUTURE WITHOUT THAN A WHITE IS POP CULTURE JOURNALIST COREY ANDREW COREY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RUMORS. WE SAID IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHE'S NOT DRIVING WITH RYAN SEACREST. HOW MUCH DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AND HOW MUCH IS IT JUST THAT HE'S NOT PAT SAY JACK. >> FIRST OF ALL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, BROOKE. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF A FEW THINGS. ONE IS THAT DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW, MOST OF IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, LETS ITS. THAT'S THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT LIKE ALL OF US GO TO AND DYNAMICS CHANGE AND THERE'S A SHIFT SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO ADJUST TO SO THAN IN THAT REGARD. SHE MAY BE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THAT. THAT REPORT THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE WITH SEACREST THAT SHE HAD WITH, SAY, JACK, AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THE JOB IS FUN AND APPEALING TO HE PROBABLY SHE'S MAKING A LOT OF GOOD MONEY, THOUGH. SO I'M JUST SAYING OF THEIR HIRING JOB TO I THINK HE'S UP TO LIKE 10 MILLION DOLLARS AT THIS Why Did Vanna Stay POINT. A YEAR AND HER SALARY SO SHE'S OKAY. BUT SHE MAY ASKED TO RIGHT. AND IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE READY TO SIGN BUT YOU KNOW, BANA HAS BEEN VOCAL, THOUGH, ABOUT SECOND GUESSING HER DECISION TO STAY ON THE SHOW AFTER JACK LEFT. SO WHY DO YOU THINK SHE CHOSE TO STAY. >> INSTEAD OF JUST GO AHEAD AND RETIRE WITH HIM. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING, I THINK THAT SHE HAS ALSO STRUGGLED WITH IN THE SHOW IN GENERAL. SHE HAD FOUGHT OFTEN WITH THE PRODUCERS TO TRY TO SHOW THEM THAT SHE WAS AS RELEVANT AS HE WAS THE HOST. SHE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, SHE DID HAVE A CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION. SHE GOT MORE MONEY. I THINK SHE WENT FROM MAKING 3 MILLION TO 10 MILLION NOW. SO THERE COULD BE THAT STRUGGLE. YOU KNOW, MONEY IS GOOD. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY YOU KNOW, TO SHOW UP AND LOOK CUTE EVERY JUST TURNOVER LETTERS NOT MINIMIZING WHAT SHE DOES, BUT IT'S A IT'S A GOOD GIG, RIGHT SO I THINK SHE STRUGGLES WITH MOST OF US, YOU KNOW, WE STRUGGLE WITH SORT OF LIKE What Happens if Vanna Leaves IDEA OF MONEY VERSUS HAPPINESS IN GENERAL IN OUR LIVES. SO I DON'T THINK HE'S ANY DIFFERENT. THAT MIGHT BE THE CONFLICT. FAIR ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, IF SHE DOES LEAVE, THOUGH, BEFORE THAT CONTRACT. IT'S RIGHT NOW, TO GO UNTIL 2026. >> WHAT HAPPENS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT? ONE THING THINK IS GREAT ABOUT BENNETT. WHO IS THAT? SHE KNOWS THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED DEMOGRAPHICS HAS CHANGED. SO SHE HERSELF HAS ACTUALLY OPENED UP AND SAID, LISTEN, IT MAY BE TIME TO USHER IN A BRAND NEW DEMOGRAPHIC OF AN AGE DEMOGRAPHIC. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I WATCH THE SHOW WITH MY GRANDMOTHER OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL SHOW. WE'D WATCHING WHAT SAVANNAH WEARING AND THAT WAS A PART OF THE DYNAMIC. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC TODAY WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TUNING IN IN A VERY DIFFERENT MINDSET AND DIFFERENT LENS. SO POTENTIALLY SHE'S GOING TO STEP ASIDE AND THEY MAY TRY A NEW SPOKESPERSON AND SHE'LL GO AND ENJOY HER FORTUNE. NO PUN Nostalgia of Wheel of Fortune INTENDED WHICH SHE HAS EARNED OVER THE YEARS AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG ONE. LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT SORT OF THE NOSTALGIA OF ALL OF THIS. I MEAN, I WATCH THE SHOW TO WITH MY GRANDMA LIKE, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, YOU SIT DOWN TO WATCH WILL FORTUNE. IT WAS HARD, I THINK, TO IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE THERE WASN'T A PAT SAJDAK THERE. BUT DO YOU THINK REALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING WHEEL OF FORTUNE. NOW WITHOUT PAT SAJAK OR VANNA WHITE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN VERY OFTEN AN AUDIENCE CAN GET LOST WHEN THOSE THE REALLY SERIOUS IMPORTANT DYNAMICS GET CHANGED AND PAT AS THE HOST WAS 41 YEARS RIGHT. 41 YEARS. THE SHOWS THAT'S 41 YEARS OF SCENE OF SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY HAVE TO SORT OF RIP THE BAND-AID OFF. I THINK IN MANY ASPECTS PUT A NEW HOST. AND AS THEY'RE DOING WITH THE RYAN IS GOING TO START IN THE FALL. SEE IF AND STICKS AROUND. BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF IT WILL HOLD THAT SAME MAGIC AS IT HELD FOR THE PAST 41 YEARS. I'LL BE WATCHING. BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE WILL YEAH, RUMO