I apologize in advance for the crassness of some of these repeated epithets.
Mel Gibson had his anti-Semitic I-Own-Half-of-Malibu-Gate; Michael Richards had Something-That-Rhymes-with-Tigger-Gate; Isaiah Washington had ChokeGate, which unfortunately turned into FaggotGate in the flush of Grey’s Anatomy’s Golden Globes win; and now Rachael Ray might have OprahGate.
In a story titled “Racial Ray,” TMZ reports that their sources told them about a 2005 dinner Rachael Ray had at Houston’s Restaurant in the Century City mall, during which Ray acted quite unlike her shiny, happy self.
Not only does the TMZ story claim that Ray drank “a minimum of four glasses” of red wine and that she was rude about the food, but it also claims that Ray attacked Oprah (and other celebrities) to her friends. While there’s probably not much out of the ordinary with someone on Team Aniston calling Brad Pitt a “pussy boy” and Angelina Jolie a “skanky, backdoor, c*nt,” it was a stupid move to start insulting Oprah. Especially since at the time of the dinner, Ray was in the process of selling her daytime talk show to Harpo Productions.
TMZ says:
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.’
Rachael Ray’s director of publicity admits the dinner took place but denies that Ray said anything of that sort about Oprah or “a celebrity couple she has never even met.” The director of publicity went on to say that other people sitting at the table with Ray—without prompting, apparently —also denied hearing Ray say any such things about her future sugar mommy.
I’ve watched enough of Rachael Ray’s Inside Dish on the Food Network to see that Rachael likes her wine and that she can get quite loud and obnoxious when she’s really liking it. However, I can’t help but wonder why these witnesses to Rachael’s in vino veristupid are just coming forward now. Why not in December 2005 when the dinner originally took place? Why not when the deal between Ray and Harpo was announced? It’s curious.
There are just some people in public life who’s personalities grate on some people, RR is one of them, just take a look at all the RR bashing over on the Food Media & News board. I think any savvy celebrity would understand this and understand that the unwanted attention is part of the price of being in the business and having maximum exposure.
The bashers either have their own agenda (e.g. celebrity gossip mongers) or not much of a life of their own.
For my part, RR is quite annoying, and her “cooking” is shallow, her “personality” contrived, and anything I have seen her in has been a waste of my time. So I simply don’t pay any attention to her anymore.
Now as far as Mel Gibson goes, that is one pathetically misguided soul.
Word—ChinoWayne is on point. A counterpoint; RR does have a somewhat credible role in assisting the “culinarily” challenged and those with absolutely no time to prep a serious meal. To bad we can’t all spend a few hours a day in the kitchen creating delicious delicacies ;)
With all due respect, (and pre-apology duly noted) why does the infamous n-word, and Gibson’s choice anti-Semitic epithets, get cutesy euphemisms, but somehow “faggot” is acceptable to throw out there?
I’m not particularly offended by the word, but perplexed at how easily it was used, while great linguistic pains were taken in order to not use other similarly offensive (to some) terms.
Because I never read that anyone called it “NiggerGate” and so didn’t want to be the one to invent that particular “Gate.” However, I have seen “FaggotGate” all over Gawker and Television Without Pity and was just repeating was was already out there.
Fair enough. I appreciate the response.
I…can’t…stand…RR!
a couple of things
1 RR has admited several times she is (can be very grouchy ) so she is human, she is an actor on a tv show
2 her cooking is closer to human than restaurant chef so more people can and do relate
and the term faggot although MOST of the time refers to gays does not always mean it in those terms