Former ‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer Rich Fields reveals what Pat Sajak was like behind the scenes

Rich Fields was one of the announcers on Wheel of Fortune after Charlie O’Donnell’s death in 2010 and had nothing but good things to say about his time working with Pat Sajak and Vanna White. “(They were) gracious, welcoming from the start,” Fields revealed on the Come On Big Money podcast. “Their attitude and personality interactions with me never changed from show number one to show number 58, or however many I did with them. (They’re) just really giving, professional people.” Fields was brought in to temporarily replace O’Donnell the day after the show’s longtime announcer died on November 1, 2010. He was greeted warmly by Sajak. “Pat even said to me the very first day I met him in his dressing room: ‘We all understand that you come into very difficult circumstances, so just go ahead and do your best and make Charlie proud,'” he recalled. He went on to serve as an announcer for 55 episodes,…