Racial Ray? (it's our perky little Rachael Ray........not)

[a kennedy]

Perky talk show host Rachael Ray made disparaging racial remarks about the woman who gave Ray her big shot at daytime TV -- none other than Oprah Winfrey, according to TMZ sources. It's a shocking account of a dinner that occurred during the period that the show was being sold.

Rewind to December 3, 2005. Ray was at the Century City Shopping Mall in Los Angeles for a book signing. Reps from King World, the production company that was syndicating the show, were shooting the event for its sales presentation.

At around 7:00 PM, Ray, along with seven others, went to Houston's Restaurant in the mall. They sat in a booth in the far right rear of the restaurant. Ray ordered fish and complained to the table it was dry. She was also drinking red wine and lots of it -- one source says a minimum of four big glasses.

We're told Ray became "extremely loud and aggressive," and began dissing Oprah. Sources say she told the group about a portrait of Oprah that sits in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago. It's from the movie "Beloved" and shows Winfrey's back, enhanced with scars. She's also wearing a skirt from the slavery era.

Back at the table, sources say Ray launched into attack mode: "Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black."

http://www.tmz.com/2007/01/24/racial-ray/

[AlCzervik]

1. not a fan of EVOO girl but this allegedly happened 2 years ago and it's

only coming out now, i'm skeptical. Yummo.

[eyepaddle]

8. As a sidebar, what is EVOO?

I've been trying to suss that out for a few weeks now, and must confess to failure. :(

Back on topic, this seems pretty impossible to confirm or deny, so I'd say we'd just have to wait and see if it happens again.

I'm no fan of Ray, but I don't see much of her either, so she doesn't really set me off either. I do get a kikc out the DU "E. coli hurts" sig pics though!

[JackBeck]

10. Extra Virgin Olive Oil. n/t

[eyepaddle]

12. Oooohhhhh. Yeah, I never would've figured that out.

She pimps that a bunch doesn't she?

[JackBeck]

13. It's her crack.

[KG]

2. EVOO!!!! it cannot be true!

[lies and propaganda]

49. Im screaming with laughter!

[JackBeck]

3. Apparently, that's not the only thing she said...

She also called Brad Pitt a "p**** boy" and Angelina "a back door c***".

She's got quite a mouth.

[northzax]

5. she's a chef

spend some time on a line, and you will learn language you didn't know existed.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Actually no, she's not

She admits it herself...She's a cook, not a chef

[northzax]

14. right, and George Bush is just a regular guy

just because she's not a classically trained chef doesn't mean she's not a chef. After all, the classic definition of a chef is 'a professional cook.'

[bicentennial_baby]

15. I'm just saying, that's what she said

It was in her Esquire interview, I think

[JackBeck]

16. I've heard her say that on her show.

Many times on "30 Minute Meals".

Not...that...we....watch...it...

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Hehe, suuuuure you don't

;)

[AlCzervik]

19. you're right, i saw her on some show and she said she is a "Cook" and not a "chef"

[northzax]

22. of course

cause chefs are fancy, but cooks are just regular people pulling down 15 million a year cooking. it's her schtick.

[AlCzervik]

23. i think she means she never went to chef school or what ever you call it.

[spinbaby]

32. Which explains why she can't use a knife

And puts said knife back in the drawer without washing it.

I can't stand the perky bitch.

[bicentennial_baby]

33. Bingo

"And puts said knife back in the drawer without washing it."

[AlCzervik]

34. she actually does that? Does that happen after she cuts up meat?

[bicentennial_baby]

35. I saw her do it with chicken...

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

38. your sig pic explains it all.

hilarious btw and thats just disgusting and unnecessary, is she so far away from the sink she can't just walk it over?

[bicentennial_baby]

39. Awww, thanks....

I love that pic...it makes me giggle every time I see it :D

And yeah, disgusting. I know it's just tv, and noone's eating the food, BUT, it doesn't exactly teach good kitchen habits... :scared:

[JVS]

28. Cool. Rachel Ray talking dirty!

[xchrom]

4. ok -- i don't like rachel ray -- but this is just weird gossip --

none of it can anyone really confirm.

much like high school.

[JackBeck]

7. I agree.

You never know what really happened, but that's just what gossip is. Just like how people gossip that Shrub and Laura are having marital problems. No one can prove it since they're not there. But thinking about it for shits and giggles is what gossip is inteded to do.

[LostinVA]

17. I pretty much Loathe EVOO Yummo Sammie Girl, however

I call bull on this.

[JackBeck]

20. LOL. Sammie.

Also, stoup.

[LostinVA]

24. OH GAWD -- I forgot about "stoup"

Give me Giadia any day, man.

[AlCzervik]

25. and "snackers" blech.

[JackBeck]

27. Make it stop!

For the love of Jeebus!

[JackBeck]

26. She makes my mouth water.

And she makes great food.

[LostinVA]

30. I know! I sue her recipes all the time great

GREAT marina recipe.

[JackBeck]

31. Was it a cash settlement?

LOL. I know what you meant.

[LostinVA]

40. STFU

[ashling]

41. GREAT marina recipe.

Is she big on seafood? :P

[LostinVA]

43. Not as much as she could be, but she has some great seafood recipes

[ashling]

44. Those would be her "marina" recipies?

:shrug:

[xchrom]

48. yeah it doesn't pass the ''smell o'vision'' test.

[Maddy McCall]

9. I read that "item" too. People who were there said that it didn't happen.

[Beer Snob-50]

11. My Rachel

would never talk like that. Gossip!!!!

[Goblinmonger]

21. She's hot.

I'm sure she gets drunk and says stupid things. We all do. She is one of my celebrity crushes and nothing shall make that go away.

[LSK]

36. what if she voted for Bush?

Twice?

Not saying she did, just what if?

:evilgrin:

[Goblinmonger]

46. She'd still be hot.

I'd still think that. Honestly, there is a little part of my brain--that I often wish I could purge--that thinks Ann Coulter is hot. I know, I know.

[Auggie]

29. Four "big" glasses of red wine? That's more than one bottle.

She would have been wasted.

[AlCzervik]

45. geez who does she think is--Sandra Lee?

[bicentennial_baby]

47. Hahahaha! "It's cocktail time!!"

:rofl:

[Seabiscuit]

37. Libelous - nothing more than a smear piece by an internet rag equivalent

of the grocery store faux gossip rags - The Enquirer, Star, etc., etc. ad nauseum.

Did you know that Rachel Ray now has the right to sue you as well for libel for posting this story here? If I were you I'd think twice before posting this kind of drivel on the 'net.

[Taverner]

42. Nooooooooooooo!

Not Rachael!!!

Oh well, there's still Paige Davis, all around Gay Rights supporter and good time girl!