Vanna White traded the puzzle board for the desert this weekend and brought the whole family along.
The “Wheel of Fortune” co-host spent Saturday, April 11 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio with son Nicholas “Nikko” Santo Pietro, 31, and daughter Giovanna “Gigi” Santo Pietro, 29. White, 69, even teased the outing ahead of time, posting to her Instagram Story, “Headed in for day 2!! If you see me inside, say hi! I might have a little gift for you.” The photo showed White and Nikko walking toward the festival entrance together.
That little gift turned out to be very on-brand. White handed out rainbow-colored “Wheel of Fortune” fans to anyone who spotted her at the festival, and later shared a photo with Gigi showing off the colorful giveaways. She also made her way to the VIP section for Addison Rae’s set.
Vanna White on Her Kids Nikko and Gigi
White shares Nikko and Gigi with her ex-husband George Santo Pietro, to whom she was married from 1990 to 2002. The Coachella photos were a rare public sighting of all three of them together and gave fans a look at the family outside of any television setting.
White has never been shy about how much her kids mean to her.
Back in 2007 she told Family Circle that motherhood was her “favorite job” and said, “Giovanna and Nicholas have brought so much love and joy into my life — more than I could have ever imagined.” That has not changed. She told Parade in September 2024, “I love bragging! My son works at a real estate agency, and he does a great job. He is dedicated and he’s hungry to make deals close. My daughter went to New York University and graduated with an art degree. Now she’s a very good tattoo artist. She loves putting her art on someone’s body that will be there forever. The work she does is beautiful.”
Nikko, for his part, has kept a close connection to both parents since their divorce. He told People in October 2025 that after his parents separated, his dad would put on “Wheel of Fortune” every night and he watched right along with him. “You know what the truth is that when my mom and dad separated, my dad would watch Wheel of Fortune, so I watched it probably more than she did,” he said.
Vanna White’s Life Off the Wheel
The Coachella trip is just one of several personal milestones White has shared publicly in recent months. In January 2026 she announced she and longtime partner John Donaldson had gotten married after more than a decade together. “Surprise! We got married!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of Donaldson carrying her in a white beaded gown.
On the professional side, White is still very much the face of “Wheel of Fortune” alongside Ryan Seacrest, who stepped in after Pat Sajak’s 2024 retirement. She told Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in March that the transition has been a smooth one. “Ryan took over, and he’s doing a great job. He told me, ‘No one could ever replace Pat Sajak. I’m just here to fill in.'”
GettyIt is worth noting that Seacrest was actually the one who pushed to keep White on the show from the start and made it clear to producers that he did not want to do it without her.
One Coachella weekend, one family outing and one very on-theme gift bag. Vanna White is not slowing down.
