Wheel of Fortune contestant breaks her silence after going viral for ‘worst guess ever’ and reveals how her biggest fear came true on hit game show

A Wheel of Fortune contestant is speaking out after a mistaken attempt at solving one of the game’s puzzles, which viewers called the “worst guess ever.”

Gishma Tabari from New York was on the show when she was asked to solve a puzzle in the show business category, with most of the letters already appearing on the board.

Faced with: “TH- -RITI-S_-GR-E” – Tabari assumed the answer would be: “BRITISH MAN.”

This left both fans and longtime host Pat Sajak confused.

Sayak gave her a lifeline and asked her to state her answer a second time – only for Tabari to repeat her gaffe.

The correct answer, of course, was “CRITICS AGREE,” but the deed was done and social media was full of rumors about what she really wanted to say.

– Why did I say this again? Tabari thought to herself.

Before going on the show, Tabari was afraid to give a “stupid” answer to one of the game’s riddles.

“The funny thing was, right before I went on, I walked up to my husband Saman and thought… ‘I’m afraid I’m going to go on the show and say or do something stupid that everyone will think.’ I’ll laugh. That’s exactly what happened.” She said Fox News.

Tabari explained that she believed her guess was simply a product of her creativity.

“I think it was just a figment of my imagination. From the moment I got there and saw the board, that’s what I saw. Now I look at it and think… this doesn’t make sense.”

Her response seemed to gain traction on social media, with some users ridiculing her.

‘What? You’ve never heard of the British ogre,” one user joked.

“This woman just solved the riddle: ‘British Ogre,'” another user added. “So many British ogres in show business.”

“This girl guessed ‘British Ogre’ on the wheel of fortune and her embarrassment was unbearable,” another commented. “She didn’t even look at the camera for a second. I feel bad, but man, it was funny.”

“The British Ogre sounds like a cool band name,” one said.

“Honestly, I prefer THE BRITISH OGRE because sometimes the puzzles could be more eccentric and original,” said another.

“There were some hurtful comments… but to be honest, it didn’t upset me…” People don’t know who I am at all. I have a degree, I work… I feel like I just had a bad moment on national television,” she explained.

Tabari shrugged off any criticism, finding some comfort in the fact that people didn’t know her beyond a memorable moment of confusion.

However, she admitted that she would like to get another chance on the show.

“If I could do it over, the only thing I would do is just have more fun and worry less,” Tabari said.

Despite the online turmoil and her terrible response, Tabari achieved her goal and actually appeared on the show she had been watching since she was 5 years old.

She still managed to walk away with a cash prize and a cruise to the Bahamas.

Sajak, 77, announced in June that he was leaving Wheel of Fortune after the show’s 41st season ended.

– Well, the time has come. “I have decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last,” he said.

“It’s been a wonderful trip and I’ll have a lot to say in the coming months. Thank you all very much,” he added.

Suzanne Pret, Sony Pictures Television’s executive vice president of game shows, said Sajak will serve as a consultant on the show for three years.

Sajak became the host of Wheel of Fortune on December 28, 1981, after Chuck Woolery hosted the show’s premiere in 1975 until he quit over a salary dispute.

Vanna White joined the show in 1982 after original host Susan Stafford left to become an aid worker.

Wheel of Fortune was created by Merv Griffin and is the longest-running syndicated game show in the United States.