BlindGossip – This female talk show host clearly has issues with weight. Her own weight has varied over the years, and she regularly admires and comments on the bodies of thin guests when she greets them (“Look how tiny your waist is!”). She doesn’t say anything about the appearance of regular-sized or plus-sized guests. Well, not to their face, anyway. A recent show was supposed to feature a cooking segment with a celebrity chef. Before the show started, the host cattily commented to a few staffers that the chef looked a lot heavier than last time, and puffed out her cheeks to illustrate the point. She then said how glad she was that the chef had packed on the pounds, and gleefully exclaimed how tiny she would look by comparison.
The chef somehow heard about this, and balked at doing the segment with the host. To avert disaster, the producers tried to equalize the situation by dressing the host in bigger, baggier clothing and the chef in slimmer, more form-fitting clothing, but the chef was still unhappy. After much negotiation, the producers subbed in another host for that particular segment. The first host refused to apologize, saying it wasn’t her fault that the chef had gotten fat. She then tried to justify her remarks by stating that the only reason she had mentioned the chef’s weight in the first place because she was “genuinely concerned about the chef’s health”. Sure.
Kathy Lee Gifford? Only because it says “co-host.”
Kelly Ripa
Has Kelly Ripa’s weight really changed much, though? She’s always been pretty skinny.
Ripa’s weight hasn’t changed in years and she doesn’t comment on guest’s size, only their clothes.
Ripa’s weight is pretty much the same all the time, the only time I can remember her being bigger was when she was preggo.
I think Kelly’s weight has changed drastically over the years. She used to be much heavier when she was on the soap opera and it was not because she was pregnant. She always struggled with weight.
Kelly Ripa
And maybe Rachel Ray you think?
sherri shepard?
I agree with this.
sherri sheppard isn’t skinny at all.
it doesnt say that she was skinny. it says that the hosts weight has fluctuated over the years.
Let’s go look to see who has had/will have Rachel Ray on their show recently.
Rachel Ray was just on either GMA or the Today Show and she looked great, no weight gain there.
Kelly Ripa
Barb – Sherri Shepard? Really? Sherri is as big as my bathroom.
Hmmm – I would agree with the Kelly Ripa guess. She is nothing more than a bag of bones with skin attached. Kelly claims ‘exercise’, I call BS.
Kathie Lee is a good guess too. Maybe she dove into her flask of zinfandel early that day
For some reason Meridith Viera came to mind. She seems enough of a b* to say this, no other reason.
Carry On!
It says: clearly has issues with weight, her own weight has varied over the years
She has lost weight in the last year or so, so it could be her
In my experience, people who lose a lot of weight quickly are often the most judgmental of others’ weight. It’s like an overabundance of sudden confidence that just makes them really vain.
Sherri was on the cover of some magazine not too long ago talking about how much weight she lost. She was in a bathing suit, I think.
It also makes more sense for someone like Sherri to get excited about looking smaller in comparison. Kelly Ripa or some other size 2 person is used to looking/being smaller than the people standing next to them.
oooooh i like the nigella lawson guess! i saw that segment on the today show. i actually remember thinking that she looked like she had put on a few pounds, but still looked fantastic.
but which today show hosts weight has fluctuated?
ahhh sorry, replied to the wrong comment. its been a long day…
I agree almost like the pot calling the kettle black, they are such hypocrites.
how about rachael ray??
im taking back rachael ray(i think)..if you look at the pic its male and female…as much as i hate to do this…im going with kelly…sorry pipa…
That’s because most chefs that are well known are men. No woman compares her fatness to a man. It’s always another woman. It’s like a guy comparing his muscles with a woman…it just doesn’t happen (I hope.).
Then again, I just saw a clip with Al Roker and Nigella Lawson on the Today Show…he WOULD make some comments like that. Men are known to talk about women’s weights severely more than women do men.
I may be wrong, but Oprah had Jessica Seinfeld on last week(don’t think she’s a celebrity chef, though), and Ali Wentworth was co-hosting the segment. I didn’t understand why Ali was there.
Ummmmmm, yea
Jessica Seinfeld hasn’t gained weight, she’s thin. I can’t imagine Oprah telling Jessica that she’s concerned for her health lol
I think Ali is on Oprah pretty frequently
Has to be Kelly Ripa…
Nigella Lawson was just on Regis and Kelly, and Regis did most of the segment. Kelly just came on at the very end. And to think of it, Kelly had a looser blouse on, and Nigella had tight clothes on.
Yes! This guess. Just watched a video on youtube of the segment and it fits completely. Kelly Ripa ftw.
By George, I think you’ve got it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCB3T0NXGg You can skip to 3:33 to see Ripa walk out toward the end in her “baggier” blouse. And Nigella is wearing “form-fitting” clothing. Nice work Kes and picro!!!
Diz – That clip is old. It’s from 2008. The incident we are talking about happened recently. Love, BG
I saw Nigella on Regis and Kelly on November 2, 2010. I couldn’t find a clip of the segment online, but she and Regis were cooking without Kelly.
Oh booooo, BG. I’ll try harder…
kelly rippa what’s up with these celebrities and weight. Some of them believe being skin and bones is sexy.
Brilliant detective work! That vid is fabulous.
Regis always does the cooking segments if he is there and Kelly always comes in at the end to taste. Regis is a goof and it makes the segment funnier if he’s doing the “cooking”.
I don’t think this is Kelly Ripa.
I saw Nigella Lawson at Today’s Show recently. I almost dropped my jaw, she gained so much weight. They tried to hide it by putting dim lights.
Hee hee, a lot of Nigella’s recipes are sooo unhealthy. They’ve been using strategically placed camera angles & lighting for years on her.
This sounds right.
I went to Nigella’s book signing earlier this week and she is in no way huge or fat. She’s voluptuous like Christina Hendricks. I guess standing next to Kelly Ripa or someone like that she would appear large but she is gorgeous in person and very gracious. Whoever said this about her has zero character. Hrmph.
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OPRAH!!!!
As much as I hate to say this it sounds just like something Joy Behar would say.
Nigella was at today show on november 1st. She has been known to struggle with her weight gain. So I bet she has gained weight, who was with her?
nigella’s segment was with matt lauer. i though it was odd that the rest of the gang were missing.
“Subbed in another host” makes it sound like there are multiple other hosts.
Do they ever do cooking segments on The View? I can see Elisabeth Hasselbeck claiming she was just concerned about the person’s health, but I don’t know that her weight has fluctuated apart from pregnancies. She’s always looked athletic to me.
I thought Kelly Ripa at first, but I think if the person found out she’d at least apologize. I can’t see her being so brazen about it. She seems like the type to want everyone to like her, even when the cameras are off.
I was thinking The View, too, but I was thinking Whoopi Goldberg. Her weight has been up and down over the years and she does seem to dress if flowy clothing.
Oprah. Obviously.
And who was the other host who took over the segment?
I honestly thought that it was Wendy Williams, because she has had cooking segments on her show + she does tend to say how awesome some guests look when they arrive. But now, I am going to go with Kelly Ripa.
ditto. Wendy always talks about how “curvy” she is.
She was my first thought too until the bringing out another host part.
My vote is someone on the Today Show. Meredith seems to classy to be so obnoxious, so maybe Natalie Morales. She’s pretty thin and runs A LOT. The chef would be Nigella, who was on last week and also this morning. It was either Matt or Al in the segment with her.
I like this guess. Natalie Morales may not restrict her diet (I dunno), but she works out obsessively like an anorexic or someone on the cusp.
She talks about her exercise crap all the time, and she’s over-done it and looks bony and sharp.
What a b*!!!!!
Oprah and Paula Deen
agreed
Leah from the new talk show “THE TALK”
I like this guess.
the talk just started. if they had any repeat chefs as guests, there wouldnt be all that much time inbetween visits to gain a noticeable amount of weight.
I would say Guiliana Rancic if cooking segments were included on E! News.
Wendy Wiliams was first one that came to mind, but I think she is nicer than that, but who knows
None other than the hateful and un-funny Joy Behar. That old hag needs to retire.
The only female talk show host struggling with her weight over the years I can think of is Oprah, but since I live in Chile and therefore can’t watch the show, I don’t know if it fits. Kelly Ripa has been awfully thin for a long time, and Rachael Ray’s weight hasn’t changed recently, I think.
I cant imagine this being Kelly Ripa. She has been painfully skinny for several years. In person she is shockingly thin.
I think its Rachel Ray. I catch her show once in a while and she always says “look how tiny you are!” or “you look great!” to the celebs. And we all know that she has a cooking segment on her show, but I don’t if she’s ever had other chefs on, but I wouldn’t doubt it.
But who would lead the segment in her stead? I feel like there has to by multiple hosts in order to fit the blind.
I don’t really have an answer but I don’t think Oprah, Tyra, Wendy, or Rachel make sense. I’m pretty sure no one makes any of these ladies do anything they don’t want to do or have a guest on their show who balks and makes demands..I mean really, Oprah? And Tyra would have already had another show about that show explaining the show..Not to mention all of these ladies are solo hosts so who is going sub in? I don’t care if you put Kelly Ripa in a fat suit she’ll still be skinnier than everyone else and pretty much has been for most of her time on the show..It has to be an ensemble of hosts but I rule out the View because I don’t really recall anyone ever exclaiming often enough how tiny a waist is..they don’t seem like the time and any of those who do would say “you’ve put on weight” on camera and that new show like the View is too new to have an “in the past” I say it’s either someone from GMA or Today..probably Kathy Lee who’s very on the rude and snarky side
I thought of Oprah while reading the beginning of the blind. But towards the end I thought: Oprah wouldn’t do this to a guest, would she?
I think this is my first post, but I’m a long time fan! I guess Joy Behar. This seems to fit, although I don’t know if they do cooking segments on The View. I don’t watch it – mostly because of Joy.
Welcome, JD! Love, BG
Kathie Lee Gifford: They had Nigela Lawson on the show yesterday and today. Kathie Lee is usually a buzzed, so not surprised something catty would come out. And for the record, Nigela Lawson has put on a bunch of weight, I hardly recognized her!
Has Kathie Lee had weight struggles/fluctuations over the years? The guess sounds solid, but I don’t know much about KL’s weight in the past.
She joked that she returned to TV 10 years older and 10 lbs heavier but I haven’t noticed.
I’m glad the chef stood their ground. That host was so disrespectful. And to say “I won’t apologize because its not my fat they are fat” is ridiculous. You should apologize for being rude and making personal remarks about a guest on your show and that is it.
They were unprofessional to a guest, and should apologize.
the real unprofessional is the staffer that decided to run the gossip back to the chef.
Based on the word ‘has’ being in the first sentence, I’m going to say that this is Kathie Lee Gifford and Nigella Lawson.
Well this remark was done regarding Nigella, it’s awful. Although I haven’t seen her recently, she’s always struck me as gorgeous and voluptuous (in a very positive way).
This blind remnds me how often Sherri S. stuffs her face with the guest chef’s offerings, even to the point of being rude about it. She does it as the chef tries to demonstrate his method.
So it sounds like her.
Could the host possibly be Al Roker, with the guest being Nigella?
OOPS! Disregard… blind says “FEMALE” host. Sorry…
tyra banks. she said that line in an episode of ANTM
Definitely Tyra!
Nevermind, who would they get to fill in the segment?
Meredith Viera.
Call me crazy (pls, I ‘m used to it) but all these guesses of women like Ripa who are wire hangers with heads baffle me. Unless the weight variance mentioned is from 90 lbs up to a shocking 94 lbs I think our host must be someone who truly has fought the good fight in the never ending battle of man versus food. Sheppard had a well publicized weight loss a while back but I don’t watch When Hens Attack aka The View so I dunno if she has regained the pounds. But I have to believe this blind refers to someone like her who REALLY has battled her weight. IMHO
either meredith viera or kathie lee, both of whom should be ashamed to be that vain and weight focused at their ages. nigella has made numerous today show and the after today show appearances.
now that ive looked, every time there is a male and female host on a show, nigella cooks with the male.
That’s because Nigella is so pretty and the women probably hate her lol
thats pretty much how it goes
Oprah & Jamie Oliver
Joyless
Martha, Martha, MARTHA!
Leah Remini
After much negotiation, the producers subbed in another host for that particular segment.
Until I read this sentence I thought it was Kelly Ripa. I have a feeling this is a show with more than one host. Maybe this is Elisabeth Hasslbeck.
Kelly is constantly comparing herself on air with the gorgeous guests though. She used to be chubby untill she met Mark on AMC. This BI does fit her but it could also fit Elisabeth.
Elisabeth has been vocal about her minor eating disorder she acquired after SURVIVOR
Sharon Osborne on her new show that’s like The View
Nigella Lawson has always had a curvy, womanly and beautiful figure. She has stated in the past that she is proud of her figure, as she should be, and would never be a stringbean. The host who made the comment is an idiot! I’m thinking it could be Al Roker since his weight fluctuates and he is now in a skinny faze. Maybe that was the day Matt Lauer did the segment with her.
If this isn’t Kathy Lee Gifford I’ll eat my computer mouse. Done and done.
This is so obviously Kathy Lee to me that I can’t believe so few other people have mentioned her. I can absolutely see her doing this.
Wow, very unprofessional and kind of insane.
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