Ryan Seacrest isn't enthusiastic about slowing down in his profession simply but, particularly after touchdown the Wheel of Fortune website hosting gig.
“I’m beyond excited,” Seacrest, 49, gushed all through a Friday, December 29, look on Excellent Morning The us. “I mean, Pat Sajek is a legend. No one can replace him. Vanna White, she’s become a dear friend. I’m so much looking forward to being on stage with her. And I love the show and giving away cash and prizes.”
Seacrest introduced in February that he used to be leaving Are living With Kelly and Ryan with Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos, taking on his sunlight hours seat. A number of months later, Seacrest printed that he'll fill Sajek’s sneakers because the subsequent host of Wheel of Fortune. (After 41 seasons website hosting the sport display, Sajek, 77, plans to depart on the finish of the 2023-2024 season in the summertime. Seacrest will start filming in September 2024.)
“I’m very excited about that and fortunately I signed a deal to stay on the radio with iHeartRadio for a few more years, so I will postpone retirement,” he quipped on GMA. “I thought after Live With Kelly and Ryan I was going to take a break, but why?”
Seacrest, who is also the host of American Idol, will subsequent be observed emceeing Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve on Sunday, December 31. Since 2005, Seacrest has hosted the vacation broadcast for ABC reside from Occasions Sq.. (He officially assumed the lead host position in 2013 after Dick Clark’s demise.)
“I was a kid watching this show, watching other people do the things that I get a chance to do every day. Wanting to do it. And I feel like I’ve gotta prove that I’m worthy of doing it every single time,” Seacrest completely informed Us Weekly in December 2022. “I think that is part of what keeps it exciting for me too.”
He added on the time: “We have three live countdowns in this show, which I never thought was even possible when I first started. But we’ve got [broadcasts in] Puerto Rico, Times Square and New Orleans, and we’ve also added another party on the West Coast. It’ll be L.A. as we always have a Disneyland [portion].”
Sunday can be Seacrest’s nineteenth time ringing within the new 12 months on Rockin’ Eve.
“The show goes past 1 a.m. but [there’s] the adrenaline rush,” he mentioned on Friday. “So, you get out there, you pace yourself a little bit. We start at 8:00, so you’re pacing yourself, but there’s such a rush that runs through your body when you’re out there and to think about being under that ball at midnight. It’s such a bucket list opportunity that I get to do every year.”