Ryan Seacrest is remembering his first time on the Wheel of Fortune set forward of his latest internet hosting gig. 

Talking with ipromiseyoumedia on this week’s problem, Seacrest, 49, reveals his response to seeing the newly renovated set. He explains that his first day there was in Could, proper after he completed filming American Idol.

“It was magical to see the set,” Seacrest says. “I bear in mind rising up as a child, you’ll see issues concerning the backlot at Common Studios, and you’ll see how motion pictures had been made. After which the primary time I got here to L.A., I went to the again tons and I noticed a few of that stuff that you simply’d solely seen on TV, and it is somewhat little bit of an awestruck second. It is the identical with this Wheel of Fortune set that is so iconic.”

“The wheel, the sound of the wheel, then on the board, the letters, the puzzle board — it is simply one thing that is so embedded in your reminiscence as a visible from watching on TV,” he continues. “So to see it in particular person was very thrilling.”

He jokes that the wheel was heavier than he anticipated, including that it was “jaw-dropping” to see it up shut.

To usher within the new period as Seacrest takes the reigns from longtime host Pat Sajak, the present obtained a slight makeover. “Now we have a brand new set that we simply constructed and we’ll premiere with this new period,” Seacrest says, describing it as “a giant, Hollywood shiny flooring recreation present set.”

Seacrest additionally says he was trying ahead to working alongside Vanna White, the exhibits’s iconic letter-turner.

“I am unable to think about Wheel of Fortune with out Vanna White. It does not appear proper, particularly if there’s going to be a brand new host,” Seacrest shares. To date, he says they have been having “a magical time collectively.”

White additionally spoke to ipromiseyoumedia and mentioned “Ryan was an incredible alternative.”

Including, “He is skilled, he is form, he is hard-working. We have identified one another for 20 years, so I feel he is an excellent match.”

Stepping in as host to a present that has been on air for practically 50 years, Seacrest says he doesn’t really feel nervous — particularly with 20 years of internet hosting expertise below his belt — however excited.

“I feel as a number and as somebody that cares about that function, you need folks to be completely happy,” he explains. “That is your job. You need them to really feel like they’re comfy and so they’re having fun with themselves, and I do take a look at that with a fairly critical lens.”

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After 40 years, Sajak retired from Wheel of Fortune together with his closing episode airing in June. In a monologue at his exit, he thanked followers as he handed the torch to Seacrest.

“What an honor to play even a small half in all that,” Sajak mentioned about bringing households collectively who considered the present each evening. “Thanks for permitting me into your lives, each time we taped a present I met three new folks from all elements of this excellent nation and the world who had been form and thoughtful, who rooted for one another, who took nice delight in speaking about their household, their hometown, their associates, their colleges, their jobs, even their pets.”

He concluded, “In the long run, they had been the actual stars of the present. I genuinely like these folks and I am going to miss the possibility to fulfill extra of them.”