Clint Eastwood, 94, has long been one of the most legendary names in show business. Now, it’s been revealed that one of his eight children has had a job on the beloved game show Wheel of Fortune for nearly 20 years, and the nature of it may surprise you.
Clint’s Connection To Wheel Of Fortune
Kimber Lynn Eastwood, 60, has been a makeup artist on Wheel of Fortune since 2005. In a new interview, she’s opening up about how a family tradition helped her land this coveted gig.
“My grandmother was very traditional from Scranton, Pennsylvania,” Kimber told Fox News. “We watched Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! every night together with my mom and my aunts.”
“[My dad] knows that I’ve been on the show, and when we talk, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m going to Wheel this week,” she added. “He’s been very supportive of my career.”
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Kimber’s History
Clint is the father of eight children by six different women. Kimber is the only child of Clint and the late Roxanne Tunis, an actress who was best known for her role in the 1986 film Blue City. Though Clint and Roxanne never married, a source told Daily Mail after her death last year that she was the “love of his life.”
It’s no wonder that Kimber followed in her parents’ footsteps by going into the entertainment business herself.
“I studied acting for years and years and years,” Kimber explained. She added that she “was a single mom, so I raised my son, and I waitressed at night and auditioned in the daytime.”
“I was working at Marmalade Cafe in Westlake, and I waited on my [current] boss,” she recalled. “I told him I was in makeup school, and I had been an actress and who I was and my dad and all that. And, so, he said, ‘Why don’t you come down to Wheel and just check it out and just see what we do down there?’ And I did.”
“In the meantime, I was just doing independent films or short films or whatever I can get my hands on at that time to do makeup and experience,” she continued. “And then, about a year later, he called me and said, ‘Hey, we need somebody in the contestant department.’ And that’s that.”
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Kimber Loves Her Job
Kimber has done makeup for both Pat Sajak and Vanna White over the years. However, doing makeup for the contestants is what she has loved the most about the job.
“I just love doing [makeup for] the contestants,” she gushed. “They are just so happy and appreciative and just so happy to be there, you know, and excited. And the energy is just really, just really fun.
“I try to talk with them and try to calm them down and reassure them,” she stated. “The contestant department is amazing what they do with them. They’re there for about a good five solid hours before they go on stage. So, we just try to make them as comfortable as possible, reassure them that they’re going to look beautiful on stage.”
Kimber went on to describe Pat and Vanna as being two of “the kindest and most humble people that you could ever wish to work for.”
Kimber Talks Ryan Seacrest
Earlier this week, Ryan Seacrest made his debut as the replacement of Pat Sajak, who retired at the end of the last season after hosting Wheel of Fortune for 43 years.
Kimber, so far, is impressed.
“Ryan stepped into the role like he’d been doing it 100 years,” Kimber said. “…He is so professional. I mean, we’re used to seeing Pat for 40 years, but Ryan’s great, too. I like them both equally, and I think they’re both very talented, on the sly, witty, sharp men.”
“Ryan was the best pick for the job,” she added. “I couldn’t think of a better person to take over for Pat.”
Hollywood really is a small world. Indeed, one would never think that Clint has such a close connection to Wheel of Fortune!
In the end, Kimber seems like the perfect person for the job that she has on Wheel of Fortune. The next time you like a contestant’s makeup, be sure to think of Clint’s daughter!
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