Pat Sajak’s words fell on deaf ears during a recent episode of Wheel of Fortune, when a contestant guessed an incorrect answer.
Monday’s episode of Wheel of Fortune featured a hilarious mishap when contestants celebrated an incorrect answer. The puzzle featured the letters: “_ _ N ‘ _ LO _ K AW _ _!”
After one contestant, Cynthia King, failed to provide an answer when buzzing in, another, Rufus Cumberlander, guessed “Don’t look away.” This immediately caused King and the third contestant, Luidgi Altidor, to celebrate Cumberlander’s answer. They thought for sure he was correct. However, the actual right response was “Can’t look away.”
“No, no, no!” Sajak kept repeating as the contestants congratulated Cumberlander. However, all three seemed not to hear the host. This only allowed time to pass on the puzzle, until eventually, no one was able to recover and yell out the right answer in time.
None of the contestants realized what was happening until Sajak yelled, “It’s not correct!” They all then immediately froze in shock, appearing defeated yet laughing with one another at their failed attempt to solve the puzzle.
Pat Sajak Jokes With Contestants After They Celebrate the Incorrect Answer on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
After everyone caught on to the correct answer, Sajak took the opportunity to joke with the King, Cumberlander, and Altidor.
“Everybody’s congratulating everybody… And we get to keep the money!” he said enthusiastically.
Several fans commented on the YouTube clip of this hilarious mistake.
“It was at this moment…they realize they really messed up. ROYALLY. On National TV. AND…it’s gone viral,” one person commented.
Another added, “It’s hilarious because they all looked away celebrating lmao.”
A third person empathized with Cumberlander, stating they would have guessed the same phrase.
“I’m with Rufus with this one, I had the wrong answer too,” they wrote.
This definitely wasn’t the first awkward Wheel of Fortune fail Sajak has experienced throughout his career. In fact, recently, a contestant shouted an inappropriate yet undeniably hilarious response to the puzzle: “_ _ _ _ I_ T_E B_ _T!”
“Right in the butt?” the contestant named Tavaris guessed.
Everyone in the studio burst into laughter, with Sajak flat-out stating, “No.”
The correct — and far more wholesome — answer was actually: “This is the best!”
“How you doing Tavaris?” Sajak said after the right response was revealed. “You’ve already made an impression on us.”