An audience of Mother’s and Daughters!
….isn’t that just an audience of women?
And also, hi Molly! My favorite suxtor gave me a shoutout on the Rachael Ray Sux site once again. She makes me laugh, she does, and is proof that not everyone over there is a bitter ole queen! I love it when I get shoutouts over there, though some people aren’t quite as happy about it. To me, hits are hits and I like visitors! They even send me some folks like Charlie, who happily shared his “Meeting the Rach” story with me. Check it out!
Anyway, back to the kitchen were we start this show, where Rachael is jazzing up store bought biscuit mix so that she can make an Italian eggs Benedict, because hollandaise (sp?) is too hard to make. (…can’t ya get that in a can too? just wondering…) She also makes Mom a Peach Bellini to drink alongside, to “make mommy blush”.
Anyway, moving on to the rest of the show. She’s wearing another one of those gathered shirts that I love, though I’m not a fan of the ‘belt’ on this one. She welcomes her favorite star mom, Valerie Bertinelli to the Kitchen table, where they gush with each other for a bit. Valerie has brought her favorite Mother’s Day gift, including the plate Wolfie made for her in kindergarten. Rachael asks if she’s hard to buy for, and she says she didn’t think so. She shares a couple favorite gift ideas to help some kids out though. She loves the Amazon Kindle - an electronic paper display that stores up to 200 titles, like a ipod for books as well as the Walk Vest.
They move on to talking about Valerie’s mom and how they spend mother’s day on the phone - usually her mom calls first since Valerie is awful at remembering phone calls. Rachael surprises her with first a video, and then of course Mama is there and joins them at the table where they dish about Valerie as a little girl. She shares the story of Valerie’s police report from when she was three years old (her brother and her were in the car, he let lose the ebrake and they rolled back into a tree. heh.) as well as her Easter Coat that suffered blood splatter with a bloody nose she got watching some neighbor boys playing baseball - she was sporting a lovely black eye!
Valerie says Mama never says anything bad about anyone - she denies that Valerie said she hated her when she was a teenager, and Val remembers it clearly. Mama Bertinelli jokes that she forgets a lot, though!
They end the segment with a preview of the new commercial for Jenny Craig where Mama joins Val - it apparently brought tears to Papa’s eyes (in the front row) but er.. I am not sure why. It was cute, but not that cute. But Valerie is uber sweet as always, and her parents are cute too. Click here for exclusives backstage with the ‘rents, and with Valerie.
Next up - Eric Mabius from Ugly Betty is on, and after a clip he joins Rachael on the couch and talks about his family too. He spent the Writer’s Strike spending time with the family, especially with his 22 month old son, sledding and making snowballs. He loves working on Ugly Betty, because his work family is the most ego-free group of people. He loves going to work with all the wonderful people, including Selma Hyack, who Rachael invites over anytime, of course. He and America Ferrara celebrated their birthdays forever, and Rachael says her voice is scratchy because of her Kareoke machine in her living room, and she teases him for not getting up there and belting it solo in front of his co-workers. Says Eric “I spend the week making people laugh at me, why do it on the weekend?”
Rachael talks about his dedication it’s the reason many women are angling to make him their spouse. She shows off the T-shirt that’s sold all over the UK, that says Mrs. Eric Mabius on the front. She gives it to his wife who’s joined them in the front row. And just so there’s no confusion, they made one for Eric too, that says Mr. Ivy Sherman. Ivy says that people wouldn’t recognize Eric at home - he’s 100% with Max and in the bottle, changing diapers, and is way into the dad role.
Turns out he and Ivy went to High School together, so have known each other a long time. Their so excited, having found out 2 Sundays ago that they’re expecting baby number two. They’re invited to come back and show off the new addition when s/he arrives, and then we’re off to the Kitchen for dinner - Sweet Red or Yellow Drunken Pasta and Fried Goat Cheese Salad.
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