The ubiquitous TV chef seems to have gotten herself into a bit of an unsavory situation. Yes, indeedy, she's in hot water! The critics are sharpening their (Santoku) knives! Okay, we'll stop. TMZ reports that the perky FHM poser had a few too many glasses of irresistably Yum-O (sorry) red wine at dinner one night in late 2005 and got a little chatty about her the lady who would later end up syndicating her daytime show: Oprah. About a still from Beloved that graces the lobby of Harpo productions, Ray reportedly yammered,

Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black.

Ray's publicist denies that this ever happened, natch, and also casts aspersions on claims that, during the same meal, Ray also called Brad Pitt a "pussy boy" and Angelina Jolie a "skanky, backdoor cunt." As Ray herself would say, though: how good is THAT?

Racial Ray? [TMZ]

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