Rachael Ray had a taped visit from Barry Manilow in the can, and was going to use it on an upcoming episode. Then, the folks at Ray's new TV show discovered that Manilow was appearing live on Martha Stewart's show.So, what did they do? They decided to run the taped visit from Manilow at the same time the singer was doing his thing live with Martha. They didn't want to lose audiences to America's favorite felon/homemaking expert, apparently.
Dirty trick? Maybe. Well, Martha sure thought so.
She said:
"I'd never met Rachael Ray -- I think she's fun and lovely -- but, you know, we have Barry Manilow live this morning, and he taped an episode of the Rachael Ray show that was supposed to air tomorrow. But for some reason, they pushed the show up to today, and now Barry is on two shows at once. He's live with us, but it's really not fair to the artist because these performers deserve to reach as big of an audience as possible. But anyway, we have him here. Live."
Yeah, Martha hates unfair things. Like using inside information to profit on stock deals in violation of federal law and running Barry Manilow's crooning opposite of his appearance on her show. Whatever.
You can read more about it at the Celebrity Gossip Blog.
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