'As most of you know, original Tweet was intended to parody,' Sajak tweets. Sajak: Climate change tweet 'parody'

“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak returned to Twitter to let his followers know his recent comment on global warming was just “hyperbole.”

“As most of you know, original Tweet was intended to parody the name-calling directed at climate skeptics. Hyperbole,” Sajak tweeted Wednesday afternoon.


Sajak later added in a statement: “Of course I was joking. Just mocking the name-calling that is directed at global warming skeptics within and without the scientific community.”

These statements come after Sajak on Tuesday heated up the climate change discussion by calling “global warming alarmists” “unpatriotic” and “racists.”

The tweet ignited a media frenzy and, the next day, Sajak added fuel to the fire by sarcastically tweeting, “Later today I’ll be tweeting my views on the subjects of nuclear proliferation and free-range chicken.”

A spokesperson for “Wheel of Fortune” said the show had no comment.