Rachael Ray precipitated some fan concern after she posted a tv clip the place she might have slurred her phrases.
The celeb chef posted a video from her FYI sequence “Rachael Ray in Tuscany” on Monday, the place she honors late singer Tony Bennett by making his favourite dish, ossobuco, and telling the story of how she “nearly killed him” when he slipped and fell on her polished flooring.
Ray, 56, explains within the Instagram clip that she made the braised veal shank and polenta dish for Bennett and his spouse, Susan Crow, when the chair he sat in “slid out from underneath him and he hit his head on my marble counter behind him.” However Crow assured Ray that he would “pop again up.” Bennett did, and proceeded to eat two parts of Ray’s ossobuco.
All through, Ray speaks slowly. However followers have been fast to diagnose the video as a critical difficulty.
“I believe it is a mini stroke,” one viewer wrote. “A part of her mouth appears sinking. When was this???? I have never seen her this makes me so unhappy.”
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“OMG somebody get this girl assist !” wrote one other commenter. “She seems and acts like she has been ingesting on a regular basis. I really like Racheal however she’s do (sic) exhausting to look at like this.”
One other particular person agreed: “I really like her and sure, she’s drunk.”
The TV persona has not appeared to answer fan issues.
USA TODAY has reached out to Ray’s reps for remark.
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Others got here to her protection.
“She bought emotional speaking about her buddy is all,” one fan wrote.
One other wrote: “For heavens sake! She’s high quality! Not 22 and cutesy any extra, however shes high quality. Lacking her buddy.”
Different clips from the sequence have spurred viewer issues, together with a clip posted Friday the place the businesswoman makes pollo al mattone. The feedback underneath that clip have been notably merciless, with remarks about her weight, lack of make-up and age, and others conjecting a ingesting difficulty.
Ray ended her Emmy-winning discuss present the “Rachael Ray Present” after 17 seasons in 2023.
“Rachael Ray in Tuscany” started airing on FYI, a life-style cable channel owned by A&E Networks, in June. The community has acquired a 50% stake in Ray’s manufacturing firm Free Meals Studios, and 6 new reveals are set to be developed underneath the deal.