Rachael Ray Reflects on a Tough 3 Years of Losing Her Dog and Home (Exclusive)
10.09.2022 - 02:39
/ etonline.com
Rachael Ray is looking forward after a tough three years.While the TV personality lost her home in a devastating fire and later, her family dog, Ray is gearing up for season 17 of her daytime talk show, the . ET's Rachel Smith spoke with Ray ahead of the premiere of the new season, where she spoke about filming from her home in Tuscany, Italy.«We purchased the land there over four years ago,» Ray says of her Tuscan villa.
«So much has happened since then, but it took all that time to build it out, because we had to do it on Zoom. Who builds a house on Zoom? And in a different language.»She continues, «And in the meantime, as everybody knows, we lost Isaboo, God rest her soul, and we lost our home, and our apartment flooded — I mean, it was a weird three years.»Ray's been so busy between the show and her home in Italy, that she told ET she was almost sure that season 17 had already premiered.«I don't even have any concept of time anymore,» Ray admits. You just said the premiere's next week, and I'm like, 'It is? It isn't already up?' Because we shot the two-parter in Italy last week, I flew here the morning, like, we landed at night, the next morning we started the shows here."«But that was only two days ago,» she adds.
«We're already like, six shows in. I'm like, 'What?' My head is mush, and today I roped seven shows before I came to these three shows.»With this upcoming season, Ray is letting the cameras into her life more than ever before, showcasing both her home in Italy and her day-to-day life there.«I got over the fear — we always try to keep a little slice of our life private to us, but it’s actually — it's very cathartic and freeing to include people, and we always shot the show mostly unscripted,» Ray explains.
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