Is Rachael Ray on Team Gwyneth Paltrow or Team Martha Stewart? That’s the question a viewer wanted answered after she phoned in to Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” on Wednesday. Rather than publicly bash her peers, the popular TV cuisine queen wisely took a diplomatic approach. Ray said, “I’m on team food. I think everybody who likes to eat has a different take on it and everybody’s opinion should be respected. I love Gwyneth Paltrow. I think that she is very devoted to everything she puts her mind to, and I think she is really a brilliant cookbook author. She writes in many different disciplines.” And Ray said, “I have to have nothing but respect for Martha Stewart. She is a forerunner. I wouldn’t have a job without the people who came before me… Martha Stewart created an avenue for women who work in lifestyle television—period. You have to have respect for all people’s opinions…in my opinion.”
