Rachael Ray continued to spark fan concern on Saturday when she exhibited “weird conduct” at an occasion for her new gin.
Over the weekend, the movie star chef hosted a meet-and-greet and bottle signing occasion for her Staple Gin, which launched in Might 2024, in New York Metropolis.
Twenty followers confirmed up on the Broadway Spirits retailer after paying $50 and braved Manhattan in 80-degree climate as they waited for Ray, who made it to the signing “20 minutes late,” according to the Daily Mail.
An insider claimed to the outlet that one thing “appeared off” with the Meals Community alum, 56, as she confirmed “weird conduct” whereas greeting followers and handing out bottles of her gin and baseball caps.
“She acquired oddly near some individuals, hugging them in a manner that appeared overly acquainted as she posed for photographs,” the supply added.
“You know the way Drew Barrymore acts with movie star visitors on her speak present — identical to that.”
The occasion was initially scheduled to run from 1 p.m. to three p.m., however the meet-and-greet allegedly wrapped “in lower than an hour.”
“Round midway by means of the occasion, there was no line exterior,” the supply stated. “Organizers had been then standing exterior telling random individuals about Rachael Ray doing a bottle signing.”
Nevertheless, a second supply claimed to the outlet that Ray’s gathering was a complete “success.”
“Rachael spent private time with every visitor that RSVPed, listening to about their lives, signing something anybody needed, posing for photographs and making human connections as she has all the time carried out,” the second supply stated.
“She was being variety and real.”
Moreover, “The Largest Loser” alum Bob Harper stopped by for a shock look at his pal’s occasion.
The “Rachael Ray Present” host first sparked concern final October when she slurred her phrases throughout a cooking video.
Ray shared in an episode of her “I’ll Sleep Once I’m Useless” podcast that she had suffered “a couple of bad falls.” Nevertheless, she didn’t share every other particulars about her well being.
This previous Might, followers’ worries grew when Ray slurred her speech in yet one more cooking clip.
Most lately, Ray joined the culinary group in mourning fellow chef Anne Burrell, who passed away earlier this month, admitting that she was left “shaken.”
“I can’t fairly imagine it — such a robust, vibrant, fearless girl, so energetic and love, could possibly be gone so quickly,” she wrote in an Instagram tribute, including that she and husband John [Cusimano] are “heartbroken.”
She continued, “I’ll miss her friendship deeply. Everybody whose life she touched will miss her. Sending like to Stuart and everybody who knew and beloved Anne. We’ve misplaced somebody actually particular.”
Ray’s rep didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s request for remark.
