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BY LOGAN TITTLE

Pat Sajak is putting a whole new twist on the term “drunk behind the wheel.”

The popular Wheel of Fortune host revealed this in an interview with ESPN.

BATARD: “Have you ever done Wheel of Fortune a little bit drunk?”

SAJAK: “Yes…I had a great time. I have no idea if the shows were any good but no one said anything so I guess I did pretty good.”

Sajak confessed to consuming two to six pre-show drinks with his co-host Vanna White . That’s according to the Huffington Post.

“In ‘Wheel of Fortune's’ early format, Sajak found himself with two-and-a-half-hour dinner breaks while they changed up the prizes. So he and his right-hand woman Vanna White would go out to…a nearby Mexican restaurant…for some margaritas.”

But many people aren’t stunned by the confession. A commenter on the Globe and Mail says hey-- it makes sense.

“Heck, after decades of hearing the ‘TR-TR-TR-TR-TR-TR’ grinding of that wheel, the vapid audience applause, the slide-whistle of the ‘Bankrupt’, and people who aren't sure what is a ‘vowel’, the bigger surprise would be if he DIDN'T drink!”

And a blogger for Entertainment Weekly says-- actually-- knowing the two were a little tipsy would’ve made the show better.

“I can only imagine how much more wonderful the viewing experience would be if I had known that Sajak and Vanna were _bsol_tely w_sted.” (absolutely wasted)

But even with the lack of backlash, Sajak tells ABC—he may have spun the wheel a little too hard on this one.

“To be honest…it was probably a half a dozen times we went across the street and had a margarita … But when you’re telling a story on the air, you want to make it sound more exciting than it was.  In truth, you really can’t do television if you’re stumbling all over the place.”

Liquid lunches or not, the Washington Post says Sajak is now sticking with sobriety on set.