Pat Sajak is back on the attack — and as savage as ever.
Controversial “Wheel of Fortune” host Sajak, 76, made headlines Friday after he reportedly snapped at a contestant for continually answering puzzles incorrectly, asking the girl “why are you bothering?”
The incident began throughout the very first triple Toss-Up of the evening where the contestant, named Debbie, solved all three puzzles incorrectly, based on The Sun.
“Taking a nap,” rang in Debbie but was told by Sajak that the reply was incorrect.
The puzzle was solved a number of minutes later by one other contestant calling out “Hailing a cab.”
“I just like the ‘taking a nap’ one higher,” teased Sajak.
Debbie and her granddaughter — who seemed to be unsure this time — rang in with the mistaken answer a second time claiming it was “catching a fish,” just for Sajak to once more decline the reply.
In the course of the third and final toss-up, Debbie and her granddaughter once more buzzed in and were incorrect.
“Why are you bothering,” berated Sajak before asking other contestants to ring in with their answers.
The host tried to finish things on a polite note towards the irksome contestant.
“I don’t care what happened I could hearken to you solve Toss-Ups all night long,” laughed Sajak.
The Post reached out to Sajak for comment.
This will not be the primary time the host, who’s used to being criticized on social media, has snapped at a player in irritation.
Earlier this month, Sajak told a fan-favorite contestant “don’t ever do it again,” after the 22-year-old grabbed the envelope in the sport show’s bonus round.
“In fairness, we used to do it that way; the player would pick up the thing,” explained Sajak to the player and the audience. “Don’t ever do it again.”
Sajak was also slammed by fans when one contestant was given an “unattainable” bonus puzzle.
Contestant Cesar Redaja didn’t appropriately answer “That was a pivotal factor” inside the deadline earning the host the ire of fans claiming that nobody says that.
In several episodes, the aging host has displayed bizarre behavior comparable to putting a contestant in a chokehold; claiming he hides in letter-turner Vanna White’s garden; asked a contestant to remove his shirt and tugged on a contestant’s beard.
