'Wheel of Fortune' contestant's 'sausage' fail goes viral
'Sausage is better than applause — he knows it. We all know it'
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One Wheel of Fortune contestant is going viral after his hilariously incorrect guess on an episode this week.
With the board nearly complete during Monday night’s episode, veteran police office Will Jordan incorrectly guessed an answer in the “phrase” category. Eager to go for a quick solve, Jordan looked at the puzzle board, which read “_ _ _e _ourse_f a roun_ of a_ _ _ause,” and blurted “Treat yourself a round of sausage.”
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Host Ryan Seacrest quickly moved on to the next contestant, Kitina Thomas, who correctly answered, “Give yourself a round of applause.”
“I kind of like yours better,” Seacrest said afterwards. “That sounds better than just clapping right now.”
On social media, where clips of the segment racked up over eight million views after Barstool Sports’ X account reposted a video of Jordan’s answer, Wheel fans reacted to Jordan’s answer with laughter as some viewers predicted he was “going down in TV history” following the flub.
“Will’s journey was truly inspiring,” one watcher wrote. “Years of school, life lessons, maybe even heartbreak … all culminating in the pinnacle of wisdom: ‘Treat yourself a round of sausage.’ Forget Shakespeare; this is the new poetry of our time.”
“Sausage is better than applause — he knows it. We all know it,” a second person cheered.
But not everyone was supportive. One social media user branded Jordan’s answer as the “all-time worst Wheel of Fortune performance in history.”
During the same episode, Jordan made another gaffe when he went for another solve in the “What are you doing” category. With the board already reading “Sta_ing out at t_e ocean,” Jordan selected the letter “k.”
“There’s no ‘k’,’ Seacrest replied.
Afterwards in an interview with Wheel social correspondent Maggie Sajak that was posted to Instagram, Jordan said his mind “just went blank” as he tried to solve the puzzles.
“I tell you, when the lights are on, and you know, the stars and Ryan Seacrest, Vanna White, I just went blank. But if your dad in retirement is watching the show, maybe cracks a beer and gets a laugh, it was worth it,” he told Maggie, who is the daughter of former host Pat Sajak. “I’m sure I’m gonna have sausages in my locker and police car when I get back, so we’ll try and have some fun with it.”
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