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Martha Bitchslaps Rachael Over Barry

Posted Nov 2nd 2006 2:36PM by TMZ Staff

Martha Stewart threw rival talk-show diva Rachael Ray into her wicker-and-jute ring this morning, and, in her inimitably patrician way, gave her a verbal smackdown for daring to air her show with Barry Manilow at exactly the same time Her Martha-ness did.

At 10 am in New York, both Martha (on NBC) and Rachael's (on ABC) shows featured the ageless crooner Manilow as a musical guest, and Martha was none too pleased. "I've never actually met Rachael Ray," said Martha during her opening monologue, with a rather unmistakable chortle. "I think she's very fun...lively...uh...young woman," continued the domestic queen, racking her brain for adjectival possibilities. "She has Barry on her show today ... Now that's kinda weird."

Martha went on to claim that Rachael had originally scheduled the Manilow show for tomorrow, but for some reason moved up his appearance to today, and then wagged a stern verbal finger in Ray's face, saying, "I don't know ... I think it's not ... great for the artist." Stewart also pointed out that her show was a live broadcast, and show producers flashed the fact that the show was live several times on-air.

A rep for Rachael Ray tells TMZ, "Barry was a fantastic guest, and we wanted to lead our sweeps with the best show we had in the can, and that was Barry Manilow." A call to Martha's rep wasn't immediately returned.

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1. Rachael was cute and fun on the Food Network shows, but she's become an immediate victim of her own success. Oprah put a spell on her and now she's just another two bit goon with a TV show and absolutely no skills or credibility as an interview. Martha could (literally!) make mincemeat out of that chubby cheerleader.

Posted at 3:43PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by RachaelSux

2. Martha needs to get off the playground with the rest of the kids and act her age. Rachael might have an annoying voice but she is the younger Martha but at least we wont be seeing Rachael in jail or on house arrest anytime soon :).

Posted at 3:47PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Skirtlifter

3. Ooh, ooh
Bra and Panties pillow fight?

Posted at 4:07PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by The ol\\\' pervert

4. Martha go check yourself into a nursing home you old hag.

Posted at 4:13PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by whatevuh

5. get over yourself martha. you don't hold a candle to rachel. your dull boring and self absorbed in yourself. rachel is bubble witty and entertaining. I bet she would never land herself in jail from being a stock thief like you are

Posted at 7:50AM on Nov 3rd 2006 by hate martha you old bag

6. I love Rachael but have to say I'm getting tired of seeing her every where, every place, all the time. She's way over exposed. Absolutely could never stand Martha, have never watched her show or bought one of her endorsed products.

Posted at 4:36PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Big D

7. Martha is so pathetic. People can air their show when ever they want.

Posted at 8:21PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Julie

8. RACHAEL RAY ROCKS !!!!!
MARTHA STEWART IS THE WIERD ONE AND #1 YOUR THE ONLY ONE WHO SUCKS......................D#@K THAT IS!!!!! CALLING RACHAEL FAT......YOUR WHATS WRONG WITH SOCIETY

Posted at 4:37PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by s m a s h

9. RACHEL is REPULSIVE!!! Her voice, looks, personality - everything about her and she is getting fatter by the minute. I guess between her and her husband's cooking she is really PIGGING OUT! Maybe she can ask Star Jones to make a guest appearance. Star could give her a few tips re. dieting and marriage!

Posted at 4:50PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Walter Barbera

10. oh martha, relax-- you'll always have a special place in our hearts. rachael ray is cute but I don't go for the super-bubbly types.

Posted at 4:57PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by peace pipe

11. Leave Martha alone, she is a Dumbe Blonde Middle School alumni and boardmember. It is Rachel that needs to put the protective helmet on and come back to the playground. Sure Martha has done some hard time at Club Fed, but that happens when you take off the protective helmet and start cloning around with the Wall Street Sharks. Just look at fellow alumni Donald, he wears his protective helmet all the time, though it is a customized helmet, he still wears it. Sure we are not talking Julia Child here clones, but little Rachel needs to be more than a cloned cooking show talent to be the young wanna-be Padawan apprentice, that the evil Darth Oprah wants her to be. Martha has done her time and was an original riders on the short yellow bus, before Little Rachel was conceived on one of the old bench seats in the back. To set the record straight, the cloneology records show Martha begat the cloneheads coming out of the Cooking Network, not the other way around, so respect needs to be given to the old school clones. In other words Rachel may be cute, but not cute enough to hold her own in the Clone Wars.

Posted at 4:58PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Otto the Short Yellow Bus Driver

12. #7 yeah her voice is quite loud but she beautiful and not fat, especially not near Star Jones used to be. Some people are so shallow...

Posted at 5:53PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Nicole

13. I love Rachel Ray and Martha old ass Stuart needs to go back to jail!!~~I can't stand her hag ass~~The only reason she's saying anything is becuz she knows that her show sux~~If her show was worth anything she wouldn't be worried!!~~NBC, please do us and yourselves a favor and check that old hag into a nursing home!!~~It would benefit all of us!!!~~I love Rachel~~Yummo~~

Posted at 5:45PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Ava Rose

14. I think it's tacky she scheduled the show the same day. I'd be irriated as well, especially since Martha's show is live. And puuuulease. Rachel Ray is in no WAY the new Martha. Martha is no angel but at least she knows when to shut up on her shows. Rachel just blabs on and on and on and on. It's exhausting.

Posted at 6:49PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Missy

15. rachael sux. her recipes are lame and uninspired, and she's a dork (and not in a good way).

viva la martha!

Posted at 6:59PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by marthafan

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