# Rachael Ray's talk show - Oh what a beating **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602 "2006-09-21T19:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/21 "2006-09-21T21:58:38Z")
Her perkiness IS annoying, but you get used to it after a while. I’m just so _sick_ of her saying “EVOO - Extra Virgin Olive Oil.” I just like her cooking! And she’s cute. I’ve started DVRing her show. I’ve watched 3 episodes so far, and it is like ADD-TV. She talks over her guests. She had Oprah on on Tuesday’s show, and talked over her a few times. But then Oprah does that, too. I’m not sure I’ll keep recording it. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/22 "2006-09-21T22:18:40Z")
I can’t even watch a rerun of $40 a Day. Gee Rachael, I could get around on $40 a Day too… **if I didn’t TIP!!!**. For a while, she didn’t tip at all. In later episodes she tips such a shockingly paltry amount that I can’t believe my eyes. And how can a self respecting food guru pronounce so many common food names so horribly? “TAP-as” does not rhyme with “MAP-as” - sheesh. This would be a great SNL spoof - have her mad-hand-waving knock over passing busboys, have her gush over every single thing she puts in her mouth while everyone around her is vomiting and screaming, have the waiter chase her out for stiffing them, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/23 "2006-09-21T22:46:32Z")
Oh my god. I hate the bitch with a firey passion excluding all other emotions (she giggles like Betty Rubble. Betty Freakin’ Rubble. How the hell does a real person do that?), but there’s no way, shape or form that she’s even anywhere approaching overweight, even from that rather unflattering “ass-first” angle. I just hope that Lifestyle Food learned from the “Nigella” talk-show debacle and don’t think of airing that dizzy bint’s ADD-inspsired blatherings, or I may have to hurt someone. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/24 "2006-09-21T23:04:57Z")
Well, at least the British goddess Nigella Lawson is coming to Food Network (with an actual cooking show). I’d like to see her teach Rachael and Giada a thing or two, and just maybe spill EVOO all over herself in the meantime! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/25 "2006-09-21T23:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Well, at least the British goddess Nigella Lawson is coming to Food Network (with an actual cooking show). I’d like to see her teach Rachael and Giada a thing or two, and just maybe spill EVOO all over herself in the meantime! [/QUOTE] I’m so excited about Nigella’s show. I want to be Nigella when I grow up. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/26 "2006-09-21T23:57:09Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I’d totally go girl-gay for Nigella. Hubby and Housemate have massive crushes on her too. But her talk show was awful. B-list British celebs for the most part, and unfortunately as much as she can make food sound so sexy you want to have its babies, she’s not so good with the interviewing and discussing and it really was quite boring. Plus she’s got this real fetish for 50-s Style American Housewife chic it seems (corsets, house dresses, shrug cardigans, perfectly coiffed hair and pumps), which just seemed really out of place compared to her more “natural” style in Nigella Bites. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/27 "2006-09-23T13:06:44Z")
Rachael’s problem is her stylist. If she has one. They seem to do their best in finding clothing for her that accentuates her flaws. She shouldn’t be tucking in the snug t-shirts or wearing spandex of any sort. It makes her _appear_ as if she’s big, camera adding ten and all. They need to wipe out her wardrobe and start from scratch with some billowy blouses or some not-skin-tight shirts that can be worn un-tucked. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/28 "2006-09-23T14:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=RSSchen] Rachael’s problem is her stylist. If she has one. They seem to do their best in finding clothing for her that accentuates her flaws. She shouldn’t be tucking in the snug t-shirts or wearing spandex of any sort. It makes her _appear_ as if she’s big, camera adding ten and all. They need to wipe out her wardrobe and start from scratch with some billowy blouses or some not-skin-tight shirts that can be worn un-tucked. [/QUOTE] But she’s trying (way too hard) to be hip, thus the stilted speaking style, the wardrobe, the whole soggy enchilada. Rachel Ray’s personality is like using a belt sander on fine furniture. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/29 "2006-09-23T14:51:39Z")
Hmmmm…maybe they should feature Rachel on “What Not To Wear”! 'Cuz that green thing in the linked pic was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/30 "2006-09-23T15:11:34Z")
[QUOTE=HowieReynolds] [Maybe](http://www.sobewineandfoodfest.com/2006/images/pics06/pages/Rachel%20Ray%201.htm) she’s not quite a “porker” but she’s definitely carrying some excess fat. She’s still very attractive. I can’t stand perky people, but I could think of a couple good ways to keep her quiet. [/QUOTE] I don’t think that photo makes her look like she’s carrying extra pounds. It makes her look like she’s wearing pants that are too small for her, but that’s not quite the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/31 "2006-09-23T16:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] Second, I don’t know why men think she’s sexy–her breasts look like she cut a tennis ball in half and shoved it in her bra. [/QUOTE] :dubious: You think great breasts are the be-all-end-all? One immense thing in her favor, for a lot of men, is that Rachael Ray looks and acts _accessible_. She doesn’t look like an automatic shoot-down if one were to hypothetically chat her up. Heck, even let-down from her is probably a fun few minutes spent … at worst, a brief bit of fun conversation. Contrary to Doper consensus, her on-screen personality is not a universal turnoff. She is very pretty, IMHO … not “model pretty” but “regular girl pretty”, if that makes sense. She’s also very youthful, easily passing for 10 years younger than her 38 years (at least on camera). She’s got a “young-girl-protect-me” physical nature that will (and does) turn a lot of men’s heads. Perfect measurements are not needed. The actual specifics of her anatomy are not that crucial for her. She’s got a lot of other things going on. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/32 "2006-09-23T17:38:04Z")
No, she is not a porker! The media has really oversold the boneless, skinless chicken breast look! Except I mean more the bony, skinny, breastless chicken look. IMHO, I kinda have the RR look going on myself, on a good day. I have that approachable, young looking aspect that does work some charms, currently for the exclusive pleasure of Mr. Spry. From that perspective I will just say that khakis are pretty much undoable for a curvy girl. The point of wearing them is to look businesslike, and they just don’t if you have too much curve for them. It is also rather unlikely for that figure type to look businesslike in shorts. A less tailored look is a better choice. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/33 "2006-09-23T18:59:26Z")
Te rotating platform for the audience is pretty cool. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/34 "2006-09-23T19:23:00Z")
I’d never heard of her before, but after reading the ‘porker’ comments, I went and googled some images of her. Anyone who thinks that woman is even remotely fat needs to have their taste recalibrated. She’s a normal, if somewhat petite, woman with a very nice figure. And she has absolutely normal sized breasts for someone with her frame. My wife goes to work every day and tries to stop anorexic women from starving themselves to death. And they do it partly because they hear these kinds of comments about completely normal looking women being ‘fat’. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/35 "2006-09-23T19:32:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Rachel Ray’s personality is like using a belt sander on fine furniture. Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/36 "2006-09-23T20:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] She is very pretty, IMHO … not “model pretty” but “regular girl pretty”, if that makes sense. [/QUOTE] It does to me. She’s what we (in the southeastern US) call a ‘fine, healthy girl’. I love women who won’t let the fear of gaining an ounce or two stand in the way of some peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream. 😉 I had to quit watching her cooking show, though, because I too got sick of hearing “EVOO…extra virgin olive oil”. If you have to explain the acronym _every damned time_, just _drop_ the acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/37 "2006-09-23T20:53:47Z")
[QUOTE=Roonwit] I had to quit watching her cooking show, though, because I too got sick of hearing “EVOO…extra virgin olive oil”. If you have to explain the acronym _every damned time_, just _drop_ the acronym. [/QUOTE] Yup. What really killed it for me, though, is the Mother’s Day cooking episode where she cooked with her mom, and addressed her as “Mommy.” _twitch_ She’s not fat, either. She’s a healthy weight with rounded hips, and she isn’t that good at dressing for that frame shape. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/38 "2006-09-23T21:32:46Z")
Just want to pop in and be another person to say, “FAT?!? Double-ewe tee eff, mate?” She’s a fine lookin’ gal. OTOH, that uber perky thing does, in fact, drive me up the friggin wall! I don’t think I could tune into her talk show if you paid me. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/39 "2006-09-23T22:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] One of my favorite things about her shows is the amount of time that must be consumed figuring camera angles that don’t give away the fact that she has a giant butt. [/QUOTE] Now you’ve got me googling images. Who doesn’t love a giant butt? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602/40 "2006-09-23T22:41:30Z")
Found one! I believe its SFW, anywho disabling the link: www .sobewineandfoodfest.com/2006/images/pics06/pages/Rachel%20Ray%201.htm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-rays-talk-show-oh-what-a-beating/373602.md?page=3)