If you’re attempting to break into daytime television, there’s one person’s whose approval really means something: Oprah Winfrey.
Luckily for sensible TV chef and personality Rachael Ray, she’ll have the media powerhouse by her side when she launches her show in September. (There's been much speculation about Dr. Phil being on the big O's bad side recently after she didn't show up for his son's wedding.)
On Aug. 3, Winfrey, 52, made a surprise stop at the New York City set of Ray's show, where she hung out for the entire taping for the show, met the audience, got a full tour of the set and shared some on-air coffee talk with Ray.
People reports that afterwards, Winfrey, who rarely appears on other people's shows, headed to the airport for a flight to South Africa, where she is working on her Leadership Academy for Girls, due to open in January. Ray's hour-long syndicated program, The Rachael Ray Show, premieres Sept. 18. The episode with Winfrey will air during its first week. However, the show will not be celebrity-driven. Ray, 36, says she expects guests, including her husband, lawyer and musician John Cusimano, to relax and get their hands dirty by cooking with her or playing foosball.
On advice Winfrey has given her, Ray said last month, "She tells me to be myself. She doesn't chime in or call up and say, 'This is how you can be more like Oprah.' She's pretty busy with her own job."
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