Over at Universal Hub this morning, Adam pointed out that one Miss Rachael Ray is suddenly conspicuously absent from Dunkin Donuts’ advertising after there being much ballyhoo about her becoming their spokesperson. As Adam points out, if you cruise around the DD site, she’s nowhere to be found, and the latest round of television commercials have John Goodman’s voice-over talents.
Adam wondered if maybe the new ownership wasn’t too happy about published accounts of the Queen of the Food Network calling their coffee “shit” during a commercial shoot and staging a major temper tantrum until somebody brought her a latte from Starbucks, which she called “her” coffee.
Well, I sure can see where that might make the guys who write the paychecks a little unhappy. But there may be a much bigger backlash brewing (pardon the pun). Gossip website PerezHilton.com says that staffers are fleeing her magazine in droves because she is a complete bitch. There’s already a thriving “Rachael Ray Sucks” web community, so it was just a matter of time, really.
Meanwhile, I guess Rachael doesn’t really need to worry about where her next paycheck might come from, even if the ubiquitous Dunkie’s has booted her out on her ass. She just re-upped with the Food Network to continue ruining that cable network for a while, and recently Bridget and I saw bottles of her own branded extra-virgin olive oil at the supermarket.
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When to I get to be a complete bitch?
Anyhoo, isn’t she buddies with Oprah who will have a network’s load of time to Phil?
Be ready for Rach – Hell.