Instagram on Monday, September 2, regaling viewers with the time she invited legendary crooner Tony Bennett to dinner, and — in her words — “almost killed him.” Ray recalled the shocking story while preparing to show viewers how to make Bennett’s favorite dish, Ossobuco — braised veal shanks with polenta and bread.
The best-selling cookbook author admitted that when Bennett came to her house for the first time, she went “a little overboard” and polished her kitchen floors — a move that led to Bennett taking a dangerous spill.
Ray recalled, “When I pulled out the chair for Tony to sit down for his starter snacks and aperitivo, the chair slid out from under him and he hit his head on my marble counter behind him, and he fell to the floor.” The TV personality, who ended her popular daytime show in 2023, was stunned. “I thought I killed Tony Bennett,” she recalled. “I thought I killed him, literally.
And his wife, Susan – so glorious – he says to me, Rachael, he’s fine. He’ll pop back up. Just let him be.’”“He made it all through dinner,” according to Ray, who added he even had double portions.
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