Current Events > Pat Sajak Under Fire for Mocking 'Wheel of Fortune' Contestant's Lisp

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Lebronwon
02/23/21 7:36:24 PM
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https://decider.com/2021/02/23/pat-sajak-wheel-of-fortune-mocks-lisp/

For years, Pat Sajak has brought a unique sense of humor to Wheel of Fortune, but he seems to have crossed a line on Monday night when he mocked a contestants speech impediment. After a brief Q&A with Chris Brimble, Sajak jokingly mimicked the contestants lisp, a bit that fell flat with viewers at home. Some fans even called for the longtime Wheel of Fortune hosts resignation, with one writing, You arrogant overpaid jerk Quit now. Sajaks uncomfortable moment came during the contestant introduction portion of Mondays episode. After directing a few questions to contestant Chris Brimble, who said that he works for a company that sells technology that benefits older adults, Sajak asked if its a myth that older adults are resistant to new technology. Youd be surprised how open they are, said the contestant. Ah, I thee, replied Sajak. He could have easily just said I see and not been rude, but sure, make fun of the guys lisp.

Luckily for Sajak, Brimble and the shows production crew laughed at his attempted joke, but viewers at home didnt find it quite as funny. Almost immediately, fans took to Twitter to call out the Wheel of Fortune host, with many blasting Sajaks bit as appalling and disgraceful and incredibly out of touch in the year 2021. Maybe if you grew up with a speech impediment youd understand, wrote one viewer, alongside a #PatSajakSucks hashtag. Did Pat Sajak just mock one of the contestants?? asked another viewer. How in the world [are you] allowing Pat Sajak to keep his job after that? said another.



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RebelElite791
02/23/21 7:37:09 PM
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Yeah fuck Pat Sajak. I mean fuck him already for being a Trumpist jackass but fuck him even more now.

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EnvoyOfTheLight
02/23/21 7:39:21 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Yeah fuck Pat Sajak. I mean fuck him already for being a Trumpist jackass but fuck him even more now.

He was with Trump? I don't wanna believe it.

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Kastrada
02/23/21 7:40:42 PM
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EnvoyOfTheLight posted...
He was with Trump? I don't wanna believe it.

He's a climate change denier too.

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Jiek_Fafn
02/23/21 7:40:47 PM
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He's always had that kind of smug sense of humor and has often playfully mocked contestants. At this point you know what you're getting and if you don't after all these years then you haven't paid any attention.

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ThunderTrain
02/23/21 7:46:56 PM
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Wow I found a clip of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBIT2wv21U0

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DarthAragorn
02/23/21 7:48:07 PM
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I have a lisp and I fucking hate myself for it so fuck him
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RebelElite791
02/23/21 7:48:41 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
He's always had that kind of smug sense of humor and has often playfully mocked contestants. At this point you know what you're getting and if you don't after all these years then you haven't paid any attention.
Playfully mocking and making fun of someone's speech impediment are not the same thing. Fuck off.

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DespondentDeity
02/23/21 7:49:15 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
I have a lisp and I fucking hate myself for it so fuck him

Grimes has a lisp

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FLOUR
02/23/21 7:54:05 PM
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Yeah and **** him for never to be willing to land on the $5,000 spot anymore.

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Jiek_Fafn
02/23/21 7:58:19 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Playfully mocking and making fun of someone's speech impediment are not the same thing. Fuck off.
I'm clearly painting him as a dick. It's playful from Sajaks pov. Not necessarily the recipient. Youre unnecessarily hostile here

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RebelElite791
02/23/21 7:58:55 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
I'm clearly painting him as a dick. It's playful from Sajaks pov. Not necessarily the recipient. Youre unnecessarily hostile here
"You know what you're getting into" very clearly reads as victim blaming.

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Jiek_Fafn
02/23/21 7:59:58 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
"You know what you're getting into" very clearly reads as victim blaming.
The audience of a show that tunes in every day. Why are you like this?

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YourLovelyTina
02/23/21 8:01:19 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
Almost immediately, fans took to Twitter

where else?

people need a hobby

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RebelElite791
02/23/21 8:02:32 PM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
where else?

people need a hobby
God forbid people not want a popular tv host to be spreading hateful bullshit to his contestants, alt

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_Rinku_
02/23/21 8:03:16 PM
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Pat Sajak seems like an insufferable dick. He's rude to contestants, rude to his co-host, and he slips in a lot of nutty Trump rhetoric all the time. There was an episode around Halloween where he made a "joke" about polling locations being open in graveyards.

He is also visibly rude to anyone who's not straight, white, and preferably male on the show. Watch him recoil in disgust anytime someone says they have a same-sex spouse lol
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Comfy_Pillow
02/23/21 8:03:52 PM
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He made fun of a lisp?

Damn throw him in the gulag
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YourLovelyTina
02/23/21 8:04:50 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
God forbid people not want a popular tv host to be spreading hateful bullshit to his contestants, alt

says the same sort of people who bitch about "cancel culture"
>_>

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Delirious_Beard
02/23/21 8:06:17 PM
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sajak deserves to host a show as godawful as wheel of fortune

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The Popo
02/23/21 8:06:49 PM
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It was a shitty joke and he owes the contestant an apology, but a resignation seems like a big overreaction.

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YourLovelyTina
02/23/21 8:07:38 PM
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again, what he did was stupid but I'm getting really fucking sick of this "AAARRRRGH!! I WANT THEIR HEAD ON A SPIKE!!!!" response to even the most minor of infractions

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Unsugarized_Foo
02/23/21 8:08:26 PM
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Oh no

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LookANinja
02/23/21 8:09:21 PM
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Immediately I thought, wow another person about to get cancelled

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Eliza3
02/23/21 8:09:47 PM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
again, what he did was stupid but I'm getting really fucking sick of this "AAARRRRGH!! I WANT THEIR HEAD ON A SPIKE!!!!" response to even the most minor of infractions
Well Im getting sick of YOU PEOPLE GETTING SICK OF PEOPLE WANTING THEIR HEAD ON A SPIKE!!!!

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darkmaian23
02/23/21 8:22:34 PM
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Wheel of Fortune is such a depressing show to watch. Pat Sajack was always an ass, but I had no idea he'd gotten that bad. Is it just regular Trump stuff, or is he a Q believer too?
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Questionmarktarius
02/23/21 8:24:14 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
He's always had that kind of smug sense of humor and has often playfully mocked contestants.
I thought he's just been continuously drunk for forty years.
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Frosted_Midna
02/23/21 8:28:49 PM
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I feel like I am the crazy one, but the contestant sounded clear and Pat Sajak said "I see". Am I the only one not understanding the issue?

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thronedfire2
02/23/21 8:30:01 PM
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YourLovelyTina posted...
again, what he did was stupid but I'm getting really fucking sick of this "AAARRRRGH!! I WANT THEIR HEAD ON A SPIKE!!!!" response to even the most minor of infractions

it's an inverse reaction to the decades of people doing nothing about it

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Shadowplay
02/23/21 8:45:33 PM
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Well damn, it's not just Chuck Woolery that's a right wing nut.

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Heavy_D_Forever
02/23/21 8:47:58 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
He's always had that kind of smug sense of humor and has often playfully mocked contestants. At this point you know what you're getting and if you don't after all these years then you haven't paid any attention.
This x1000

Pat has always been super snarky and slightly dickish to contestants on that show for years. If you don't like it then just stop watching because the majority of viewers love it.

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Esrac
02/23/21 8:52:05 PM
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Seems like an over reaction.
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AmericaTheBrave
02/23/21 8:54:57 PM
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Canthel Thajak

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WilliamPorygon
02/23/21 8:55:24 PM
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FLOUR posted...
Yeah and **** him for never to be willing to land on the $5,000 spot anymore.
I think it's mostly a consequence of the wheel being set to the same position at the beginning of each round which just coincidentally happens to be how far away from the $5,000 Pat needed to get in its area, but now cause of Covid everybody has to use the Wheel Condoms (er, "white things") to spin and it kinda reduces your grip and makes everybody's spins weaker and he just can't get it far enough to reach the $5,000 unless there's been time to do some regular play in round 4+ before the final spin and it's starting in a different spot.

Shadowplay posted...
Well damn, it's not just Chuck Woolery that's a right wing nut.
Chuck and Pat both have very troublesome ultra-conservative views, Pat at least still has the sense to keep his mouth shut about it most of the time though.

Frosted_Midna posted...
I feel like I am the crazy one, but the contestant sounded clear and Pat Sajak said "I see". Am I the only one not understanding the issue?
I dunno, if he did kinda mock somebody's lisp that's definitely going to get a mob riled up these days and for whatever reason people have been going after him for every little perceived slight the past couple years... I saw the episode and didn't really see anything but I also kind of only half-pay attention during the contestant interviews so it could've been really obvious and I could've still missed it.

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Hexenherz
02/23/21 8:58:16 PM
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_Rinku_ posted...
Pat Sajak seems like an insufferable dick. He's rude to contestants, rude to his co-host, and he slips in a lot of nutty Trump rhetoric all the time. There was an episode around Halloween where he made a "joke" about polling locations being open in graveyards.

He is also visibly rude to anyone who's not straight, white, and preferably male on the show. Watch him recoil in disgust anytime someone says they have a same-sex spouse lol
I haven't seen WoF in like ... I don't know, 17 years now so it's crazy reading this.

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refmon
02/23/21 9:04:24 PM
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The video wont load, what did he actually say?

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