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America’s favorite letter turner Vanna White recently gave fans some insight into her family life – including some rare details about her two adult children.
In an interview with Parade that was published on Friday, September 20, White opened up about what goes on when she’s not filming Wheel of Fortune and talked about her two kids, Nikko and Gigi Santo Pietro.
“Both my kids moved back to Los Angeles when COVID hit, so I spend time with them and my boyfriend,” the TV personality shared with the outlet, also mentioning her longtime boyfriend, John Donaldson, in the same breath.
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She went on to talk about how Nikko, 30, and Gigi, 27, both have successful careers of their own now, saying that she loves “bragging” about them. “My son works at a real estate agency, and he does a great job,” she noted about her oldest.
White then mentioned her daughter’s career, which may come as a surprise to some. “My daughter went to New York University and graduated with an art degree. Now she’s a very good tattoo artist,” White said before admiring Gigi’s work. “She loves putting her art on someone’s body that will be there forever. The work she does is beautiful.”
This prompted a question about whether or not the 67-year-old has any ink of her own. “Not yet, but I’m seriously thinking about getting a little heart right here on my wrist so I can look at it every day and have a piece of her with me,” White said sweetly about her daughter.
White shares both her children with her ex-husband George Santo Pietro whom she was married to from 1990 to 2002. She previously opened up about her future relationship plans with People, including if she’d consider getting married again to Donaldson. “I mean, we’ve been together 12 years, and I feel like we are married,” she told the outlet. “Do we have to get married? No, because we feel comfortable in our relationship. You know what I mean? I know that he’s The One. He knows I’m The One.”