The Price Is Right announcer George Gray has opened up about his close friendship with co-star Drew Carey behind-the-scenes of the hit game show
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The Price Is Right star George Gray has revealed the details of the ritual he and co-host Drew Carey act out before every episode.
Speaking in a new interview the beloved announcer has admitted that if he could change anything about The Price Is Right he would make himself the host and change Drew to the announcer.
He then admitted that everyone at the hit game show is like a family behind-the-scenes.
He said: “No, I really like the way it is, and I do joke around all the time that Drew is my work wife. We see each other in the morning before we go on stage, and we’ll walk past each other like the old Wile E. Coyote cartoons from Warner Brothers. ‘Morning, Sam, Martin, Ralph.’ We’ll say that to each other. And then, we really chat for the first time.”
He then described their friendship further as he admitted some of their off-air banter is his favorite thing about the show.
Speaking to a TV insider, he explained: “Pretty much when we’re on stage, during the commercial breaks, Drew and I don’t leave the stage. He stays out there, takes questions, we goof off, have fun, and that’s when we will ask about how our weekends were.
“That’s when we chat. So to me, I love that. And he says that too, that that’s his favorite part of the show is just kind of goofing off and hanging out with the audience. And to me, that’s my favorite part, too.”
He also admitted that when they add new games, it is a high point for him. He said: “It’s always fun to play a new one and it’s always fun for me because sometimes they’ll have me on stage and modeling – I use that term very loosely with me – an item, or play a game, or if it’s a go-kart, I’ll drive it in. If it’s a treadmill, I’ll fall off, stuff like that.”
He also revealed that him and Drew have a Friday night routine for when filming finishes for the week where they will enjoy an evening out together.
He said: “And we’ll hop over there just, have a couple and laugh and with the crew too. So, it’s a very tight-knit family. We all get along wonderfully. Everybody hugs. We all say ‘I love you.’ It really is a family. And so even if we’re exhausted, it’s, ‘I’ll see you tomorrow.’
“We’ve traveled together, gone to Vegas together, gone to New York together – all through Drew, who throws together the trip because he’s amazing and generous, and that makes the family really tight.”
