Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak defends contestants who struggled to answer common phrase

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Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has asked viewers to 'have a little heart' after contestants were mocked for struggling to answer an extremely common phrase on the game show.Twitter sounded off after participants failed to immediately recognize the answer - 'Another Feather In Your Cap' - with just four letters missing.But in a lengthy defense, Sajak, 75, insisted they had originally guessed a common offshoot of the expression and were thrown off learning that was incorrect. 'Cut them some slack':Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has asked viewers to 'have a little heart' after contestants were heavily mocked for struggling to answer an extremely common phrase on the game showHe also blamed the mishap on the pressure of answering questions on TV.'It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry,' Sajak tweeted on Wednesday. 'Last night's "Feather in your cap" puzzle was a case in point.

Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn't solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening,' he continued.'The first attempted solve was "Feather in your hat" which, by the way, is how a lot of people say it.

So all three players thought it was a good solve, and were stunned when I said it was wrong. 'Now imagine you're on national TV, and you're suddenly thrown a curve and you begin getting worried about looking stupid, and if the feather isn't in your hat, where the heck can it be?

You start flailing away looking for alternatives rather than synonyms for "hat."'And, of course, when it's solved, you want to crawl in a hole.