Rachael Ray Defends FHM Photo Shoot

Posted on March 3, 2009

Rachael Ray defended her FHM photo shoot in an interview with ABC. The FHM photo shoot from 2003 had the Food Network star acting sexy in the kitchen. Rachael says she would "do it again tomorrow."

"I think I was 35 at the time," she said. "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.'

"And I thought, 'If I'm gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody. This is the everywoman, here she is,' she added. "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."

Rachael Ray says she was proud of the photos even though her mother was furious. The photographs are fairly tame. Some photos can be found on the Huffpost which says Rachael initially thought FHM stood for "Food and Home."

Rachael also says she thought FHM was a housewares magazine on her show with Jenny McCarthy. Too funny. She says Jenny's sister did her makeup for the shoot. Take a look:

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