Vanna White’s son is spinning his wheels over his luck on-line.
Followers of White, 67, dubbed her eldest youngster, Nikko Santo Pietro, 30, a heartthrob after their cooking video on Instagram went viral this week.
Now, Nikko is asking the eye “flattering.”
“Obviously I had an outpour from her fans just really being kind and saying all kinds of interesting stuff in the comments,” the actual property agent advised Leisure Tonight in an interview. “I’ve always loved being in front of the camera, and I work really hard on my social media that’s a big part of what I do, so it feels natural and good.”
Nevertheless, Nikko, who White shares together with her ex-husband, George Santo Pietro, is aware of what actually issues in life amid the entire chatter about his appears to be like.
“People see me as this heartthrob and they’re thirsty for me and all this stuff,” he defined. “I love it all, but at the same time, it’s really good to remember the meaningful things in life and just kind of dial it back, doing a lot of charity work, working hard every day.”
“That’s what it is to me,” he added. “Making an impact.”
However in terms of Nikko’s relationship standing, the tv host’s son is off the market.
“I have an amazing girlfriend,” he gushed to the outlet. “She’s an absolute sweetheart. She’s a singer-songwriter. We’ve been together for a year. She wrote a song about me. It’s really sweet that she did that.”
He teased that his girlfriend, Easae, whose hit music “Karaoke” is about him, “obviously detected the heartthrob thing before America did.”
White, who additionally shares daughter Giovanna “Gigi” Santo Pietro, 27, together with her ex is very happy with the way in which Nikko has performed himself by means of this newfound buzz.
“I absolutely love that,” the ABC star stated. “It touches my heart so much. He’s such a good kid. It makes me feel good. Growing up, he didn’t get everything he asked for. I always taught both of my children that you have to work hard for things.”
Whereas Nikko is sticking along with his day job, White is open to seeing her son make a cameo on “Wheel of Fortune.”
White stated she “would love that” and promised to ask her producers to make it occur, whereas Nikko shared he’d “love to participate at some level.”
