Watching Rachael Ray

Patrick Dempsy is here, and not only did her staff dress up - Rachael did too! Finally, a dress I can get behind this week! Yay! After the Sizzle Reel, McDreamy shows off his hidden talent as he Juggles out of the garage with the Flying Karamazov Brothers, showing off and working up a sweat already. (What a dork. Aren’t dorks the CUTEST?) They catch a ride over to the Kitchen table, where Patrick talks more about the juggling - he was actually ranked number 2 when he was in jr. high! Nice - though he admits to breaking 11 plates while filming the juggling scene in the new movie, Made of Honer.

He talks about filming in Scotland, and that hilarious little kilt he wore. He confirms what we all know - they wear Kilts traditionally. He, however, didn’t. Chicken. He brought his family and his daughter got to learn to ride a horse and it was a great summer vacation for them.

He says he learned a lot in the movie - and I learn something new! I had TOTALLY not put 2 and 2 together, that he was the kid in Can’t Buy Me Love! Of course the minute I saw the picture I was like OH! OMG! It IS him! in such a fangirl way I embarrassed myself. I know. You’re totally picturing me doing that now, aren’t you? You’re welcome.

He also has young twin boys who are 15 months old now, Sullivan and Darby. He admits that his wife is the tough one when it comes to the kids, but they try to be consistent, and he makes sure to take the ‘listen to your mother’ role. His wife, Jillian, is a hair professional and cuts his hair, and he says it’s time for just the two of them to reconnect, and then they get flirty and stuff and… yeah. Heh. She’s a global colorist, and are always creating new colors. McDreamy Calogne is in development, too, and he loves working with Avon and alongside his wife, in there “sniffing away”.

And what would a segment with Dr. McDreamy without dishing about Grey’s Anatomy? He says Erik (McSteamy) makes him laugh a lot, and then admits he wants Meredith and Derek to get together, and he says he thinks the back and forth will end when something happens at the end of the season. He does hope Derek joins Meredith in therapy. Ha! He also admits that his surgery scenes are all involved with small movements, so he can put his lines in there in the medical medical medical talk. During the round table read, they actually put “medical medical medical, how are you?” and then they put the correct terms in at the last minute. He says he’s dyslexic and it’s like a trainwreck, but still fun as he learns to cope with that. He writes them out, and also looks it up to see what it means and help solidify it all. Though the downside to it is now when he gets a headache he’s prone to saying “what’s going on, omg, I need an MRI stat!” and join everyone in x-raying themselves. (haha!)

He says working with Grey’s cast is like winning the lottery, there’s chemistry, writing, and great music too. Rachael shows off his cover of J. Crew from 11 years ago when he did a modeling stint. Then the audience got to ask a couple questions. Erika asks her what secret rituals or superstitions before getting onto the race track. He says he always does something different, and not to have any, not to get into his head, just to breathe. Tracy asks when the last time he watched Can’t Buy Me Love, and he says he can’t remember for sure, but it was a very special movie for him, his first turning point. He does like to watch it on occasion and laugh at himself. Kerry asks about his new cancer clinic, and Patrick can’t talk about it - his mother is the inspiration for it, but it’s too emotional and he has to stop himself, but manages to come back and say it’s the Dempsey Center for Cancer Help and Healing, and they’re revamping the website to make it user friendly and put the information within easy reach.

Next up, they play “Ray’s Anatomy” which has nothing to do with Rachael’s body, she promises. They show a piece of a picture of a famous person, give a clue, and he guesses who it is. He does pretty well, and the one he didn’t miss a beat on was Tina Turner’s legs. Like anyone could miss those!

Next up, another Superstar mom, Denise Jonas, the mom of the super popular Jonas Brothers! She says that it’s an interesting journey - but her third son was born singing. Nicholas was singing at the hair salon, and the ladies would take up a collection for him -he learned to love getting the money for singing, but then also swept up the hair. Mama Jonas works to keep her kids grounded, though she says it’s a challenge. They have strong faith and values and have taught them to be thankful and work hard - they know nothing comes easy. She says the hardest part is the schedule, but they remain a family unit, and she’s still mom, dad’s still dad, and they stick together. She admits to being a sap though, she cries every night when they perform. She remembers that she was washing dishes the first time she heard them on the radio, and even now she loves it “Turn it up!”

The boys surprise her by wishing her a Happy Mother’s Day via video from the road. She says they do good on Mother’s day, as hubby makes sure they give her a card every year, and then they pay attention and when she points out something that she likes, they take note and make sure to make it happen. Good boys! Of course it backfired once when she said she should get some anti-aging wrinkle cream. Whoops!

She’s also helping run a contest to find a mom’s craziest breakfast story, and they’ll be giving out great prizes - including tickets to see the Jonas Brothers.

All of this and dinner to? It’s a Spring Shephard’s Pie.