The present is a nightly custom within the Popovits family.
HOUSTON — A Houston pastor obtained the possibility of a lifetime to be a contestant on his household’s favourite sport present, Wheel of Fortune!
Matt Popovits and his household say him being on the present may be the most important secret they’ve ever stored from their family and friends.
The present is a nightly custom within the Popovits family. Matt mentioned they began watching collectively years in the past. Finally, Jack advised his dad he was too good a puzzle solver to not audition.
Matt mentioned his son Jack inspired and helped him make an audition tape in September 2024.
“I mentioned I’ll [audition] when you assist me,” Matt mentioned.
A number of weeks later, Matt discovered himself on the present.
“After they first stroll you into the set they usually allow you to observe spinning the wheel my nerves had been at a ten,” Matt mentioned.
Matt’s look has been a secret till just a few days in the past. He mentioned he’s made mates with everybody they obtained to movie the present with and mentioned everybody was extraordinarily welcoming to them.
“We’re so excited to share this second with household and mates,” Matt mentioned.
Matt, alongside his youngsters, Ava and Jack, spoke with KHOU 11 Information proper earlier than they obtained to observe the episode with household and mates.
“It has been exhausting to maintain it a secret. It has been actually exhausting,” Ava mentioned.
“It is simply wonderful that he is like good at this sport,” Jack mentioned.
By the very fact Matt made it to the ultimate puzzle, it’s honest to say he’s fairly good.
“I went into that bonus spherical figuring out precisely what letters I’d name, and it seems that a number of of these letters did seem and it made it very straightforward for me to resolve the puzzle,” he mentioned.
That victory was price $40,000. In whole, the St. Mark Houston Pastor took house greater than $56,000.
He mentioned the cash pales compared to the expertise they obtained to share as a household.
“I might love for them to know the way proud we’re of him and of us as a household, um, simply how enjoyable of a journey it has been,” Ava mentioned.
“The most effective half was in all probability like seeing him attempting his greatest,” Jack mentioned.
Matt mentioned so many individuals reached out to him from the church and faculty he works at that they created a QR code to share images from their watch events.
“I’ve in all probability the very best dad ever,” Jack mentioned.
“Can’t beat that may you,” Reporter Amanda Henderson requested Matt.
“Can’t beat that,” Matt responded.
