Pat Sajak has met his daughter Maggie Sajak’s new boyfriend, Savannah Bananas star Jackson Olson.
The viral baseball team player called the “Wheel of Fortune” host “a great guy” in an interview with US Weeklypublished Friday.
“Everybody’s nervous to meet the father of the person they’re dating, or mother or both,” Olson explained.
The athlete referred to himself as “a weird” and “very out there person,” and shared that he got to be his authentic self when he met Pat, 79.
“I’m not going to hold back who I am as a person, and people seem to enjoy that company,” he said.
“I’m happy that I’m able to be myself truly in every aspect now,” Olson added.
Olson, 28, and Maggie, 31, confirmed their relationshipon social media last week with a PDA-filled picture from Disneyland.
“Applications closed,” the pair captioned their joint Instagram post.
In his US Weekly interview, Olson explained that he and Maggie live on opposite coasts: he’s in Savannah, Georgia, and she’s in Los Angeles, California.
But despite the distance, Olson said the couple “are able to come together and just have an awesome relationship.”
“It’s just about planning and making sure you’re setting aside time to see each other and make really cool experiences happen because a start of a relationship never happens again,” he told the outlet.
“You only get one chance at a start of a relationship.”
Olson also admitted that he’s extra nervous during Savannah Bananas games when Maggie is in the stands.
“Obviously, I want to make my parents proud … [and] now I want to make Maggie proud, I want to make my teammates proud,” he shared.
“I want to make everyone know I’m a good person and know that I have good intentions with everything that I’m doing.”
Olson is Maggie’s first public boyfriend since her split from from Scottish actor Ross McCall.
The exes, who shared a 19-year age gap, were first linked in April 2024 when they were spotted kissing and holding hands on a walk in LA. .
Maggie has made a name for herself as the social media correspondent on “Wheel of Fortune,” a job she’s had since the fall of 2021.
She previously filled in on the game show during her dad’s health scare when he underwent surgery for a blocked intestine.
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