Martha Stewart filmed an interview for an upcoming episode of Nightline to talk about rebuilding her brand. Martha had some pretty harsh things to say about Rachel Ray. She goes after Ray's inability to bake and also makes a dig about Rachel's new cookbook.
"Well, to me, she professed that she could -- cannot bake," Stewart says of Ray in the interview, airing Thursday. "She -- just did a new cookbook which is just a re-edit of a lot of her old recipes. She -- and that's not good enough for me."
Ouch. She goes on to pretty much say that hers will be superior:
Stewart says she want to publish something that "is a unique and lasting thing. Something that will really fulfill a need in someone's library." Ray, she says, "is different."
Martha then says that Rachel is more entertainment than teaching:
"more of an entertainer ... with her bubbly personality, than she is a teacher, like me. That's not what she's professing to be."
Rachel took the high road and had this to say about Martha's digs:
"Why would it make me mad?" Ray asks. "Her skill set is far beyond mine. That's simply the reality of it."
"that doesn't mean that what I do isn't important too... I don't consider it needling. I really just think she's being honest. She does have a better skill set than I do when it comes to producing a beautiful, perfect, high-quality meal." Says Ray, "I'd rather eat Martha's than mine, too."
I give Rachel credit for not slinging any mud back at her. Do you think you understand what Martha is trying to convey, but think it's coming out a bit wrong? Or do you think she's just being snarky?
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Source: www.imnotobsessed.com
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