‘Wheel of Fortune’ is promoting their “Happy Holidays” shows yet host, Pat Sajak was in full Grinch mode when a contestant paused too long when giving an answer, costing herself a brand new Audi.
After huge backlash, it seems the contestant, Charlene will be driving off into the sunset in her new sports car this Christmas anyway.
Here’s what happened.
‘Wheel of Fortune’ Pat Sajak Plays Grinch But Audi Saves Christmas
Charlene made it into the final round of the long-running game show and, as luck has it, she chose great letters that helped her solve the final puzzle. It did take Charlene a couple of attempts, guessing “CHOOSING THE RIGHT CARD” first, then “CHOOSING THE RIGHT…WORD”
Though she got the answer correct, and within the time allotted, the “…” in her answer, which was an approximately 4 second pause had Sajak delivering the bad news over the cheers coming from the audience. Apparently, Charlene took too long to say the final word in the puzzle and Sajak explained that the entire phrase needed to be said altogether to be correct.
Seriously?
It’s not like she added any words, or even a syllable- not even a curse word or shout of jubilation as she tried to, they figured out the final word.
To add insult to injury, Sajak revealed the prize Charlene had spun up: a brand new Audi Q3 worth $40,000!
Wheel of Fortune viewers were understandably outraged that Charlene caught such a rough blow, especially on a Christmas show, but while Sajak and the Wheel of Fortune team may not know the true meaning of Christmas, Audi does!
On Wednesday night, the lux car company tweeted, “There’s no community like the Audi community. With your help, we tracked down Charlene! More to come as we help #GiveHerTheQ3”
Yep- Charlene is now the proud new owner of an Audi Q3, with no thanks to Wheel of Fortune but out of the goodness (and fabulous promotional opportunity) of Audi’s heart.
Merry Christmas, Charlene, we hope you love your new…car.
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