A WHEEL of Fortune contestant got the last word in with a disgruntled fan who doubted her $40,000 bonus puzzle win. Kchristchan Howard had a slightly confusing victory on Friday, in which she initially celebrated an incorrect guess. Wheel of Fortune just wrapped a Fan Favorites week of past super-solver contestants back for more.
The special came ahead of Pat Sajak's big sendoff episode as host for 41 years, which airs in a week on June 7, 2024. The fan's issue was about Kennedi Williams and her mom, Kchristshan, from Waxahachie, Texas, who finished out Fan Favorites with a bang. They went to the coveted bonus round with the highest score out of the three pairs, boasting $29,348.
They selected "What Are You Doing" as the category and "VDCOP" as their add-on letters. Then came the murky moment - right when the 10-second timer began, Kchristshan shouted, "I'm Going Places!" Thinking that was the correct solve, she paraded across the stage in a premature celebration. However, it wasn't so, as the right answer was "Going Places" without the "I'm.
" Pat, 77, yelled for her to come back, "Come back here, say it right." She returned to her spot and said, "Going Places," in time. "There you go," Pat ruled and awarded her the prize, which he revealed was a whopping $40,000.
Wheel shared a clip from the episode on Instagram, and the tough customer wrote that she should not have been given the prize. "Tonight was curious..
. the lady at the end went to guess the puzzle, got carried away a.
