Looks like Nikko Santo Pietro has some competition when it comes to being the accomplished son of a Wheel of Fortune star.
Host Pat Sajak's son Patrick, 33, is a doctor — and, according to viewers, a "gorgeous" one at that. During a 2021 episode of Wheel of Fortune Pat took a moment to "do a little parental bragging" to Vanna White about his eldest child. "So you know my son, Patrick, you've known him all his life. Well he's made it through medical school, and he is now officially Dr. Sajak, and we're all thrilled," Pat gushed.
The host then joked that the only "troubling part" about the family's great news is that now his son "insists that I call him Dr. Sajak." All joking aside, Pat added, "Lesly and I couldn't be prouder." They're not the only ones. Pat's daughter Maggie, 29, who works with her father on Wheel of Fortune, took to Instagram to share her excitement over her brother's accomplishment. "My big brother officially became a doctor today, and I am the MOST proud. Congrats @patricksajak, MD!!!🩺👨🏼⚕️," she wrote, alongside a sweet picture of the siblings hugging.
Followers were quick to point out just how "good-looking" Pat's son (and daughter) are.
"Smart and handsome," one person wrote of Patrick on Maggie's post.
"What a good-looking guy!" another commented.
"You both are gorgeous," a third person shared.
"Wow.... That is a good looking pair of siblings !!" mused another follower.
"What a great smile to greet the people," someone else said of Patrick.
Pat shares his two children with wife Lesly Brown, with whom he tied the knot in 1989. While Maggie serves as Wheel of Fortune's social correspondent, Patrick typically prefers to stay out of the spotlight. He did, however, make an appearance on his father's gameshow in 2000, when he was only 10 years old. Later recalling advice his dad gave him for the show, Patrick joked, "He did say one thing, don't be funnier than he is."
Interest in the children of Wheel of Fortune stars gained momentum again on Monday, July 1, when White shared a picture of her lookalike daughter, Gigi Santo Pietro, to celebrate her 27th birthday. That reignited fans' thirst for White's 30-year-old son, Nikko, who had previously garnered attention for his Instagram video that offered a behind-the-scenes look at "A Day in The Life of Vanna White's Son."
White shares children Nikko and Gigi with ex-husband George Santo Pietro, to whom she was married from 1990 to 2002.
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