Vanna White says she can't see 'Wheel of Fortune' going on without her and Pat Sajak: 'It would be weird having somebody else turn my letters'

• Vanna White told People she "can't imagine" the show continuing without her and Pat Sajak as hosts.
• "We've been in everybody's homes for 40 years," she said.

Vanna White isn't planning to end her run on the iconic game show "Wheel of Fortune" anytime soon, but whenever she does, the legendary cohost doesn't know if it should go on without her and longtime screen partner Pat Sajak.

"I can't imagine," she recently told People of the show ever going on without her and Sajak. "Everybody relates 'Wheel of Fortune' to Pat and Vanna. We're like Ken and Barbie, you know?"

"We've been in everybody's homes for 40 years," she continued, "so it would be weird having somebody else turn my letters."

The game show launched in 1975 with Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford as the original hosts. Sajak started in 1981 with White making her debut a year later. Since then, the duo has become the gold standard when it comes to game-show hosts.

"I think when Merv Griffin chose both of us, 40 and 41 years ago, he saw something between us — a brother-sister type relationship," White, 65, told People, referring to the show's creator. "And I think that is kind of what it is. He saw that we would be able to get along, and we do. We are like a brother and sister team."

Currently, "Wheel of Fortune" is the longest-running syndicated game show in the US. Sajak, 76, celebrated his 40th anniversary hosting the show last year, which made him the longest-running host of any game show, surpassing Bob Barker on "The Price is Right."

White, who is coming up on her own 40th anniversary with the show, admitted that she also can't fathom working on "Wheel" without Sajak.

"I don't even want to think about that. I mean, we're a team," she said. "That's depressing. I don't even want to think about it."

"I just visualize us just being there," she added. "I can't think beyond that."