The Price Is Right is one of the longest-running game shows. Older generations fondly remember watching the game show while home sick from school. Longtime viewers know everything about the show, including the models who showcase the prizes. A beloved model from the game show has gone missing. Fans took to social media to express their concern. Keep reading to find out what’s going on.
Price Is Right Model Missing, Fans Worried
Wheel of Fortune has Vanna White to turn letters. The Price Is Right features stunning models to show off the prizes up for grabs. Only one of the current models was on the show when Bob Barker was the host.
Rachel Reynolds made her debut on the game show in 2003. Bob Barker left as host in 2007 after 35 years. Comedian Drew Carey replaced him. Rachel Reynolds was the only model to stay on the show after Bob Barker’s departure.
The fan-favorite model announced on the game show in 2009 that she was engaged to baseball player David Dellucci. They welcomed a daughter, Ruby, a year later. Rachel Reynolds was previously married to NFL player Josh Booty.
Fans of The Price Is Right took to Reddit to discuss her absence from the game show. One viewer of the game show created a thread for the discussion.
- Where’s Rachel? She’s been absent from the show going on three weeks now.
One fan suggested that it the model’s schedule made it impossible to film the show for the last few weeks. Another fan shared Rachel Reynolds’ Instagram post from February 13, marking her 16th wedding anniversary. They suggested that perhaps she was on a trip to celebrate the milestone.
An internet sleuth wrote that the current episodes were filmed in October. They noted activity on the model’s social media that hinted she filmed episodes months ago that would air soon. Fans hope to see the long-running model back on the show soon.
Insider Opens Up About Strained Relationship Backstage
The drama surrounding Rachel Reynolds’ mysterious absence pales in comparison to the tea a source close to the show revealed about backstage drama. A friend of late announcer Rod Roddy spilled details of tension on the set.
Rod Roddy told contestants to “Come on down!” from 1986 until his death in 2003. George Gray is the current announcer. A close friend of Rod Roddy opened up about the tense relationship between Rod Roddy and Bob Barker towards the end.
“They were great for the first… 13 or 14 [years]. That was great and they fit together perfectly, top banana and sidekick. It was wonderful. But… there was a strained relationship between the two of them as the years went on,” Randy West said on Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia.
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Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
