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Rachael Ray Defends Her 

Sexy FHM 2003 Photos

by Monya

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Rachael Ray’s said her mother 

was very upset when she stripped 

down for the sexy 2003 FHM photos, 

but Ray said she has no regrets

 about doing FHM.

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Read more and see 

Rachel Ray’s FHM pics below.

In an interview with ABC’s Nightline, 

Rachael Ray discusses her sexy photos.

“I think I was 35 at the time” 

she tells ABC’s Nightline 

in an interview airing Monday. 

“And I thought about it for a while, 

and I said, 

‘You know what?  

This magazine has as young as 

17-, 18-year-olds in hottie bikinis, 

and these are all actresses, models, 

pin-up girls.

 I don’t belong to any 

even remote club of theirs.’”

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“And I thought, 

‘If I’m gutsy enough to do this, 

this is a good  thing for everybody.

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 This is the everywoman, 

here she is,’” she adds. 

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“And I did it, 

and it was the most scared 

I’ve ever been, and I wouldn’t 

change a thing. 

I’d do it again tomorrow.”

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Ray also raised some eyebrows 

for her endorsement deal with 

Dunkin’ Donuts.

Chef Anthony Bourdain famously 

said the TV spots were “evil” and 

“like peddling crack to kids.”

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“I absolutely love Tony Bourdain,” 

Ray says. 

“I have an enormous amount 

of respect for him. 

It’s a free country.”

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She admits the endorsement 

“wasn’t the greatest thing for my PR,” 

but says she respects the company’s 

attempt to make donuts healthier 

by removing trans fats.

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“They came to me and they said, 

‘We want to make 

healthier food for America. 

You drink a lot of coffee. 

You grew up on Dunkin’ Donuts. 

Have a cup of Dunkin’ Donuts on us,’” 

she says. 

“They gave their support and their money 

to [Ray’s children’s charity] Yum-o. 

They’ve been very supportive of me. 

I don’t regret a thing. Not for a minute.”

“I’m an all-things-in-moderation 

kind of person,” she continues. 

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“I do eat a warm donut occasionally. 

I especially enjoy a cider donut 

when I’m apple picking. 

I don’t think there’s 

anything wrong with that.”

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And Rachel Ray says she doesn’t 

concern herself too much with the 

public’s criticism of her.

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“If you spend so much time 

thinking about the people who 

dislike what it is you’re doing, 

you’re doing a disservice to 

the people hat employ you,” 

she says. 

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“I’m not employed by those people. 

I work for the people that want the 

type of food I write [about], the type 

of food we share with people.”

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Ray says just about anyone could 

have done what she has done 

with her career.

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“I absolutely 100 percent believe that,” 

she says. 

“I’m a waitress from upstate New York. 

Anyone that likes chatting, 

that likes to cook, certainly. 

Could have happened to anybody.”

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Now Ray reportedly earns up to 

$18 million a year and says 

“it makes me a little sick.”

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“It makes my stomach flip. 

I’m not comfortable with it … 

because I don’t like to think of 

my life as that far away from me,” 

she says.

 “People that make that kind of money — 

it’s just too foreign of an idea.”

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Says Ray, 

“I’m not a chef. 

I haven’t created any new 

technique in the kitchen. 

I’m not a rocket scientist. 

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I think I’m good at writing accessible, 

fun, and affordable meals for the 

average American family. 

That’s what I think I’m good at.”

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