{"id":581,"date":"2026-05-02T16:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/pat-sajak-met-daughter-maggies-boyfriend-savannah-bananas-star-jackson-olson\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:53:42","slug":"pat-sajak-met-daughter-maggies-boyfriend-savannah-bananas-star-jackson-olson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/pat-sajak-met-daughter-maggies-boyfriend-savannah-bananas-star-jackson-olson\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak met daughter Maggie&#8217;s boyfriend, Savannah Bananas star Jackson Olson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/126849770.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pat Sajak has met his daughter Maggie Sajak\u2019s new boyfriend, Savannah Bananas star Jackson Olson.<\/p>\n<p>The viral baseball team player called the \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d host \u201ca great guy\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/savannah-bananas-jackson-olson-met-maggie-sajaks-dad-pat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with US Weekly <\/a>published Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s nervous to meet the father of the person they\u2019re dating, or mother or both,\u201d Olson explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah Bananas player Jackson Olson confirmed he met girlfriend Maggie Sajak\u2019s famous father, Pat Sajak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Olson told US Weekly that Pat (pictured above with daughter Maggie) is a \u201cgreat guy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The athlete referred to himself as \u201ca weird\u201d and \u201cvery out there person,\u201d and shared that he got to be his authentic self when he met Pat, 79.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to hold back who I am as a person, and people seem to enjoy that company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that I\u2019m able to be myself truly in every aspect now,\u201d Olson added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Olson (seen above) also said that he got to be his authentic self when he met the \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d host.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m happy that I\u2019m able to be myself truly in every aspect now,\u201d the athlete said (Olson is pictured above at a Savannah Bananas game in Staten Island, New York in August 2023). <span class=\"credit\">MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olson, 28, and Maggie, 31,<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/22\/celebrity-news\/pat-sajaks-daughter-maggie-dating-savannah-bananas-star-player-jackson-olson\/\"> confirmed their relationship <\/a>on social media last week with a PDA-filled picture from Disneyland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplications closed,\u201d the pair captioned their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXZ5iObDQWo\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his US Weekly interview, Olson explained that he and Maggie live on opposite coasts: he\u2019s in Savannah, Georgia, and she\u2019s in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the distance, Olson said the couple \u201care able to come together and just have an awesome relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Olson (pictured above at Raising Cane\u2019s Fashion Show in September 2025) confirmed he\u2019s dating Maggie on social media last week. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin MazurGetty Images for Raising Cane&#8217;s<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple shared a PDA-filled picture of them at Disneyland (Maggie is seen in the selfie above).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just about planning and making sure you\u2019re setting aside time to see each other and make really cool experiences happen because a start of a relationship never happens again,\u201d he told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou only get one chance at a start of a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olson also admitted that he\u2019s extra nervous during Savannah Bananas games when Maggie is in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, I want to make my parents proud \u2026 [and] now I want to make Maggie proud, I want to make my teammates proud,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make everyone know I\u2019m a good person and know that I have good intentions with everything that I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Olson (seen above at a Savannah Bananas game in Houston, Texas) told US Weekly that the couple have \u201can awesome relationship\u201d despite being long distance. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Maggie (seen above with dad Pat on \u201cCelebrity Wheel of Fortune\u201d) lives in LA, while Olson is based in Savannah, Georgia. <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olson is Maggie\u2019s first public boyfriend since her split from from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/04\/08\/celebrity-news\/pat-sajaks-daughter-maggie-ross-mccall-dating-seen-kissing\/\">Scottish actor Ross McCall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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. .<\/p>\n<p>Maggie has made a name for herself as the social media correspondent on \u201cWheel of Fortune,\u201d a job she\u2019s had since the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>She previously filled in on the game show during her dad\u2019s health scare when he underwent surgery for a blocked intestine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/02\/celebrity-news\/pat-sajak-met-daughter-maggies-boyfriend-savannah-bananas-star-jackson-olson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak has met his daughter Maggie Sajak\u2019s new boyfriend, Savannah Bananas star Jackson 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