# Giada (From food network) and her cleavage. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216 "2013-02-13T20:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/1 "2013-02-13T20:53:01Z")
I’m not an avid fan of her show but the few times I do watch, she’s always wearing something that teases her viewers with a little bit of cleavage. It leaves me wondering: Is she doing this on purpose? Is she trying to drum up a male demograph? Or is this simply a fashion choice she happens to like? I don’t know. What do you guys think? (Personally, I find this to be a little bit distracting. In a good way of course.) [TTIUWOP link](http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/giada_de_laurentiis/giada_de_laurentiis_giada_de_laurentiis_pizza_cleavage_cap_06_IJ4cswQ.sized.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/2 "2013-02-13T21:07:06Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > It leaves me wondering: Is she doing this on purpose? Is she trying to drum up a male demograph? Or is this simply a fashion choice she happens to like?[URL=“[http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/giada\_de\_laurentiis/giada\_de\_laurentiis\_giada\_de\_laurentiis\_pizza\_cleavage\_cap\_06\_IJ4cswQ.sized.jpg](http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/giada_de_laurentiis/giada_de_laurentiis_giada_de_laurentiis_pizza_cleavage_cap_06_IJ4cswQ.sized.jpg)”] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/3 "2013-02-13T21:08:42Z")
Absolutely. Episodes she shot when she was pregnant, or just after her baby was born, are particularly impressive in this regard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/4 "2013-02-13T21:34:59Z")
What are you suggesting?! Surely you can’t imagine that just because someone is on TV where their very career depends on making as many people as possible stare at you, that they would ever, EVER put shallow, superficial LOOKS above the all-important CONTENT of the show?! My stars! ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/5 "2013-02-13T21:44:47Z")
And the counterargument would be barefoot contessa. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/6 "2013-02-13T21:52:31Z")
We should get her to ring in on the “strange things you’ve found in your cleavage” thread of a few months back. I bet she’s got some doozies… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/7 "2013-02-13T21:53:58Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > What are you suggesting?! Surely you can’t imagine that just because someone is on TV where their very career depends on making as many people as possible stare at you, that they would ever, EVER put shallow, superficial LOOKS above the all-important CONTENT of the show?! My stars! 🙂 Well, the only thing that gives me pause for thought is the fact that an overwhelming majority of Food networks’s viewers are women. So showing off the girls just to drum up male viewers seems rather dubious to me. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/8 "2013-02-13T21:55:14Z")
You’re welcome to Giada. More Nigella for me. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/9 "2013-02-13T21:55:36Z")
I love it when she stirs stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/10 "2013-02-13T21:58:25Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > We should get her to ring in on the “strange things you’ve found in your cleavage” thread of a few months back. I bet she’s got some doozies… That lucky, lucky little bit of mascarpone cheese… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/11 "2013-02-13T22:05:54Z")
When Rachel Ray was first on TV, she wore high-necked T-shirts and stuff, but when Giada became popular, Rachel’s necklines went down. Alas, Rachel has no boobs, and even a push-up bra can’t create cleavage out of nothing. But she did try. \*Yes, I’m spelling her name the traditional way instead of the way she spells it. So sue me. \* ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/12 "2013-02-13T22:08:17Z")
I think she does it to distract from her freakishly oversized head and frightening, shark-like mouth. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/13 "2013-02-13T22:23:36Z")
[Sandra Lee ruining a clambake.](http://www.thecooksden.com/worst-cooking-shows/4/) ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/14 "2013-02-13T22:29:08Z")
Abbondanza! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/15 "2013-02-13T22:31:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Alas, Rachel has no boobs, and even a push-up bra can’t create cleavage out of nothing. But she did try. Perhaps if she applied a little yeast, baking powder and water. Then she should stand there for 30 minutes under the hot lights and see if they would [del]swell[/del] rise on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/16 "2013-02-13T22:58:17Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I think she does it to distract from her freakishly oversized head and frightening, shark-like mouth. Thanks a lot. Now every time I see her I’ll picture her as a Great White in a pageant. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/17 "2013-02-13T23:54:36Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That lucky, lucky little bit of mascarpone cheese… _Stand back! I’ll save it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/18 "2013-02-13T23:58:49Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > More Nigella for me. Her attempts at hiding the fact that she is over 50 are getting distracting. She has either heavily botoxed or puts the makeup on so heavy her face doesn’t move. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/19 "2013-02-14T00:02:56Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [Sandra Lee ruining a clambake.](http://www.thecooksden.com/worst-cooking-shows/4/) Dammit! I’m such a juvenile. Watching that video, everything seemed like a dirty double entendre to my twisted little mind. Gee, thanks **TriPolar** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216/20 "2013-02-14T00:41:46Z")
Cleavage display seems to be a fairly standard mode of dress these days. Giada’s rack is a pleasant one to contemplate but I certainly don’t see it as anything outside the boundaries of normal fashion. Caveat – I work on a university campus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-from-food-network-and-her-cleavage/650216.md?page=2)