The American Idol host took an unexpected tumble on live TV.

Ryan Seacrest loves to get in on the action at Wheel of Fortune — but no one expected him to literally go head first into it!

On the April 3 episode of the hit game show, the host decided he’d talk about a new obsession he’d recently discovered. As he and Vanna White celebrated Festival and Celebration Week on Wheel of Fortune, he got passionate about the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Festival, which will be held in May 2025 in the U.K. and sees people racing down hills after rolling wheels of cheese. Well, Ryan decided he wanted to recreate that on television, leading him to see how he’d fare in his own version of the tradition.

“You ready to try it?” Vanna asked Ryan in a clip posted on Instagram.

“I was born for this!” Ryan excitedly responded.

As Ryan readied himself to run across the Wheel of Fortune soundstage, he surprised everyone with the unexpected result.

As it turned out, the American Idol host did end up chasing a wheel of cheese (appropriately emblazoned with the WoF logo on it) across the room … but not before falling down in the process! With Vanna watching in shock on the sidelines, she had to make sure her co-host was alright before continuing on.

“Oh no! Are you gonna be OK?” Vanna asked with concern as Ryan got up and walked the snafu off. “He’s going to be OK. He’s OK! Woo!”

When folks saw the entire interaction play out online, they immediately rushed to the comments to rally around Ryan in support of the spectacle.

“Happy to see Ryan is ok! The ‘cheese heads’ are proud 👏,” one person wrote. “I know that hurt! But he got right back up! Yay Ryan,” another agreed. “You a crazy man, but I love it. Nothing you won’t try! You seem to always have a great attitude,” a different follower added.

Well, this was definitely a memorable moment on Wheel of Fortune! Let’s just hope something like this doesn’t happen to Ryan again. And if he does attempt this once more, Ryan should have proper safety gear!