Rachel Ray<\/a>. 30 minute meals with a side-order of “down to earth” girl from New York have made her not only conglomerate they’ve made her a star, and that makes her a target for the tabloids.<\/p>\nThe front page of the current issue of one of the rags, I know not which one for I was too busy laughing, features a professional publicity photo of Ray on about 3\/4 of the page while the rest is a grainy photo of a quality so bad it’s not even worth the eye strain to decipher. What got me to look was the 72pt type headline: Rachel Ray caught in bed with another man!!!!!!! (I swear on all I love and hold to be dear that there were multiple exclamation points).<\/p>\n
And all I could think was: I didn’t know Rachel Ray was a man.<\/p>\n
Yes, the headline presupposes you have the knowledge that Ray is (or was) married but taken at face value it’s much more amusing than the fabrications “supporting” the story could ever be.<\/p>\n
Ah, the grocery store on Thursday night. Proof once again that if you try you can have fun just about anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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