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Ryan Seacrest Got Tackled To The Ground By An Excited Player On 'Wheel Of Fortune'—And Oops!

Screenshots of Ryan Seacrest getting a bear hug and on the floor
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The Wheel of Fortune host didn't have time to brace himself after contestant Daniel Thomas won the bonus round and came at him for an enthusiastic bear hug.

Ryan Seacrest was down for the count on Tuesday's episode of Wheel of "Misfortune" and it was all in the spirit of a celebratory moment.

Overly ecstatic Wheel of Fortune contestant Daniel Thomas won the $40,000 grand prize when he managed to solve a bonus round puzzle with seconds to spare.


The surprising victory sent Thomas over to hug Seacrest with enough force to make the host lose his balance and wind up on the slick game show floor.

It was no harm, no foul, and all love.

Here's a clip.

In the game's final moments, the Pittsburgh native was tasked with solving a one-word puzzle in the "Living Things" category.

He was given the letters “R, S, T, L, N, E," starting with "S" and "E" on the board.

Thomas chose the letters “H, G, D, O,” with only the correct guess of "G" appearing as the first letter of the word.

"Do your best," Seacrest encouraged, adding, "Talk it out if you need to. You have ten seconds. Good luck."

With the clock ticking, Thomas appeared stumped but managed to blurt out the correct answer, "G U P P I E S."

"Yes! You got it," said Seacrest. "That's it. You did it!"

The studio audience cheered as Thomas gleefully jumped up and down. He then bounced over to Seacrest for the celebratory embrace and we all know things went south after that.

As Thomas released Seacrest and doubled over in excitement, the momentum caused the host to lose his footing and land on his bum.







"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" asked the shocked contest after realizing what happened. "I'm good, I'm good, " Seacrest assured as Thomas helped him back on his feet.

Feeling both guilt and enthusiasm, Thomas cupped his mouth with both hands and was instructed by Seacrest, who was laughing, to "Get over there!" to the center of the stage so he could officially reveal the $40,000 grand prize envelope.

Thomas was joined on stage by his sister, boyfriend, and his "wingman" father to exchange hugs. He then walked back towards Seacrest, who hilariously backed off and latched onto the wheel table to avoid another tackle.

Seacrest dropped the ruse of apprehension and happily slid back over to Thomas for another hug while announcing the contestant's total winnings of $71, 950.

You can watch a longer clip here.

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“How did you do that in the last second?” Seacrest asked, to which Thomas joked:

“Push you over or solve the puzzle."

He added, "I don't know. I was looking at the letterboard and I saw the letter 'P' and it just popped into my head."

"You did great. Congratulations," Seacrest cheered.

Thomas apologized for the mishap, which prompted the host to reply, "No, don't worry. I LOVED it!"

We all did, too.

Congratulations, Daniel!

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