Celebrity Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White turns down Kyle Brandt’s advances after NFL host’s ‘painful’ attempt to flirt

SPORTS host Kyle Brandt has attempted to win Vanna White’s heart in a cringe-inducing moment on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.

While competing on Wednesday’s episode, he delivered a real doozy of a pickup line blindsiding the iconic letter-turner.

Kyle Brandt told Vanna White: 'For many years of my life, you were the puzzle I wanted to solve'
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Kyle Brandt told Vanna White: ‘For many years of my life, you were the puzzle I wanted to solve’Credit: ABC

Vanna replied: 'Wow!' before gently declining: 'Concentrate on the puzzle board, Not me'
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Vanna replied: ‘Wow!’ before gently declining: ‘Concentrate on the puzzle board, Not me’Credit: ABC

Kyle, 44, went up against actress Natasha Leggero and comedian Roy Wood Jr. on November 15’s for-charity episode.

During his contestant interview, the co-host of Good Morning Football made his intentions abundantly clear, while also making it clear he’s married.

He began: “Pat, I’m thrilled to meet you, but Vanna, let’s just put the cards on the table.”

Vanna, 66, who dazzled in a glittery gold dress at the puzzle board, was taken aback, not knowing what to expect.

Kyle continued: “I say this respectfully: you’re a TV legend, my wife is here.

“You were my boyhood crush. I love ya.”

“For many years of my life, you were the puzzle I wanted to solve.”

Vanna laughed nervously and looked directly into the camera, bluntly exclaiming: “Wow!”

Kyle continued talking his talk, asking: “Do you have any advice for me today, Vanna?

“I believe you control the board. I love you, Pat, but to me, this is a Vanna show.”

‘KEEP ME OUT OF IT!’

Vanna let him down easy on his flirty offer while keeping it professional, offering Wheel of Fortune game tips.

She said: “Well, thank you for those kind words, um…”

“Buy vowels, pretend like you’re in your own living room.

“Just concentrate on the puzzle board- Not me!” she hilariously quipped, waving her hands.

“Okay? Keep me out of it; think of the puzzles.”

‘THIS IS YOUR LINE?’

At that point, Pat Sajak, 77, had to get in edge-wise while the other two players were cracking up by the wheel.

The longtime host repeated Kyle’s pickup line back to him in disbelief.

Pat said: “‘You are the puzzle I wanted to solve?’ This is your line?”

Kyle spun back: “It just came out. Did I hit bankrupt, Pat?” implying he struck out with Vanna.

Pat joked he was getting subbed out of the game, concluding: “We have another celebrity available.”

FANS REACT: ‘THE AWKWARDNESS…’

Viewers spun to X in a frenzy where one person posted: “Shoot your shot!”

Another wrote: “I’m dying over here, even though you’re a Bills fan we can hang out any time lol.”

“And his wife is in the audience!” wrote a third fan, as a fourth posted: “Bro really sent the invite out for the three-way fun lmao.”

A fifth defended: You got to say what a couple of million guys wanted to say.”

A sixth wrote: “The secondhand awkwardness I felt watching this… I hope I don’t make the same mistake if I ever meet Maggie Sajak.”

A seventh wrote: “Watching this was uncomfortable. Hilariously awkward. Love it.”

Kyle won the episode with $55,000 – before the second of two special bonus rounds – for his charity of choice.

Meanwhile, Vanna is off-the-board dating-wise, boasting a boyfriend of 12 years in John Donaldson.

She shares daughter Gigi, 26, and son Nikko, 29, with her first and only husband – restaurant owner George Santo Pietro.

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC and Hulu.

Vanna told the married man: 'Well thank you for the kind words, um, keep me out of it'
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Vanna told the married man: ‘Well thank you for the kind words, um, keep me out of it’Credit: ABC

Soon-to-retire host Pat Sajak told him: '‘You are the puzzle I wanted to solve?' This is your line?'
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Soon-to-retire host Pat Sajak told him: ‘‘You are the puzzle I wanted to solve?’ This is your line?’Credit: ABC

A very taken Vanna is seen here with her boyfriend of 12 years and two children
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A very taken Vanna is seen here with her boyfriend of 12 years and two childrenCredit: instagram/officialvannawhite