Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White reveals marriage to John Donaldson after 14 years together

White and her now-husband first met at a barbecue in 2012

Vanna White is officially off the market after marrying her boyfriend of 14 years.

The Wheel of Fortune co-host took to Instagram Wednesday as she shared photos of herself alongside her now-husband, John Donaldson, carrying her as she wore a white dress. “Surprise! We got married!” she captioned the post.

“John and I have been in love for more than a decade and a little while back, we wanted to make it official in a private ceremony. We’re excited to share this new joyful chapter in our lives with all of you! Love, Vanna and John”

The post also included older photos of White and Donaldson from their decades-long relationship.

Many people commented on the post, expressing their congratulations to the pair, including Maggie Sajak, the daughter of formerWheel of Fortune host, Pat Sajak.

Vanna White announced she married her boyfriend after 14 years in an Instagram post Wednesday (Getty Images)

White and Donaldson first met in 2012 when a friend brought Donaldson to a barbecue that she was hosting at the time. “I remember looking at him and thinking, ‘He's really cute,’” she told People about seeing him for the first time in an interview published in 2019. “We ended up talking for a long time that night.”

Over the years, the two have largely kept their relationship out of the public eye despite many people wanting to see them tie the knot.

Speaking to E! News last month, White explained that she and Donaldson had not gotten married because they felt like they were still in the honeymoon phase of their relationship with no pressure to say “I do.”

“We’re very happy,” she told the publication at the time. “We’ve been together for a long time and we are just happy the way it is.”

“Maybe people want to see us get married,” White added. “When you’ve been with someone for so long, you kind of feel like you’re already married. You don’t have to have that piece of paper.”

Both White and Donaldson have been married before. White was married to restaurateur George Santo Pietro from 1990 to 2002. The former couple shares two children, Nicholas “Nikko” Santo Pietro, 31, and Giovanna “Gigi” Santo Pietro, 28.

The news of White’s marriage comes as she approaches her 45-year anniversary of co-hosting Wheel of Fortune. Following the announcement of Sajak’s departure in 2024, Ryan Seacrest took over his role, causing people to wonder what would happen to the iconic letter spinner.

However, she signed a two-year contract extension in 2023 and explained in an interview with E! News that she would be taking her career, one year at a time.

“At this point, I’m happy with my job, I’m continuing on Wheel, and we will take one year at a time and go from there,” she said in the December 2025 interview. “You never know what’s around the corner. You just don’t. Something might come to me that I want to be involved in. I just take one day at a time.”