Vanna White reveals very rare photo with boyfriend of 12 years after admitting she ‘doesn’t want to marry him’

VANNA White has shared a winning selfie with her rarely-seen longtime boyfriend, John Donaldson, on Instagram.

The Wheel of Fortune icon – who shares two adult children with her previous husband – revealed she’s uninterested in marriage this week.

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Vanna White posted a sweet snap with her boyfriend of 12 yearsCredit: Getty

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She wrote from Hawaii: ‘Everything is perfect with rainbows #love’Credit: Instagram/ officialvannawhite
Vanna, 66, infrequently posts to Instagram off-set from her game show.

She also infrequently posts photos of her boyfriend since 2012.

On Friday, the beloved letter-turner surprised fans by sharing the pair on vacation in Hawaii.

Vanna donned hoop earrings, sunglasses, and a huge smile, while John looked happy, holding his love.

The image was spliced in with a snap of their peaceful hotel terrace as a beautiful rainbow formed behind them.

“Everything is perfect with #rainbows!” Vanna captioned the post, and added the hashtags: “#love #hawaii #restandrelaxation.”

‘COUPLES ALERT!’

One fan commented: “Looks beautiful! On my way there tomorrow for the first time and super excited about it!”

Another joked: “Hey Vanna! I will take a vowel please.”

A third wrote: “I love that you are enjoying yourself! Good to see you doing well and no more Covid.”

A fourth wrote: “You look so happy!! You are so beautiful, Vanna!! Have a wonderful day!!!”

And a fifth wrote: “Couple alert!” with an eyeball emoji.

‘DO WE HAVE TO GET MARRIED?’

Vanna told People this week that she’s secure in her relationship, ring or not.

She shared: “I mean, we’ve been together 12 years, and I feel like we are married.”

“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.”

Vanna and the JDC Construction + Development Group founder haven’t discussed the topic of marriage, according to the outlet.

“We don’t really talk about it, but you never know,” she added.

“I mean, I guess we could, but in my eyes and his eyes, we are married.”

Vanna also said the relationship has lasted over a decade because John: “is the male version of me.”

“We really are very similar. We get along so well. He’s easy. He’s easy, and he lets me be me, and I let him be him.”

Vanna and the real estate developer met in 2012 when a friend brought him to one of her barbecues, they began dating soon after.

Vanna told People that a decade after splitting from her first husband, she was won over by John right away.

“I remember looking at him and thinking, ‘He’s really cute,'” she said with a laugh. “We ended up talking for a long time that night.”

VANNA’S FAM!

Vanna shares daughter Gigi, 26, and son Nikko, 29, with her first and only husband – restaurant owner George Santo Pietro.

They got married in 1990 and amicably split in 2002.

Gigi works at a tattoo studio in Venice, California, and loves showing off her stick-and-poke illustrations on her Instagram.

Meanwhile, Nikko is a real estate agent in California who loves flexing his cooking skills and workout videos on his page.

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Vanna, John, and her children Gigi, 26, and Nikko, 31, seem to get along greatCredit: instagram/officialvannawhite

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Vanna’s daughter Gigi is a tattoo artist in CaliforniaCredit: Instagram/gigisantopietro

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Her son Nikko is a real estate agentCredit: Instagram

MATCHING TATS?

Vanna also admitted that she “never dreamed” that her daughter – who graduated from NYU with an art degree – would become a tattoo artist.

But she’s not opposed to getting matching ink from her.

“You know what, I want to have matching hearts where she’ll do a little heart on me and she’ll do one on herself,” Vanna told People.

“I feel like I need to do that because it’s her, and it would be her on me.”

Vanna also recounted: “I said, ‘Gigi, why tattooing?” She goes, ‘Mom, my art is on someone’s body for the rest of their lives.’ I was like, ‘That’s pretty cool.’ You have to be so good and confident. You can’t mess up.

“So she absolutely loves it. She’s been doing that for the past three years and is doing a great job. I’m so, so proud of her,” she continued.

“They’re both artistic. Nico does artwork for fun. That’s his escape from the real world, his real life is in real estate, which is good for him. So he’s loving that as well.”

“From the time they were born, I wanted them to do whatever they wanted to do in life,” she shared.

Vanna has had a winning month as she extended her Wheel of Fortune contract until 2026 after months of tense negotiations.

Vanna will stay on for the first two years that Pat Sajak’s successor, Ryan Seacrest, hosts.

She also launched a Wheel-themed makeup line which she called: “So cute” and “hopefully the start of something big!”

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Vanna earlier shared on her partner John: ‘I mean, we’ve been together 12 years, and I feel like we are married’Credit: Getty

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Vanna split from her only husband George Santo Pietro in 2002Credit: Getty