Giada De Laurentiis had a bad experience with Mario Batali.<\/p>\n
The Food Network star, 54, recently appeared on Samah Dada\u2019s YouTube show,\u00a0\u201cOn the Menu,\u201d<\/a> and recalled asking now-disgraced chef Mario Batali to write the foreword for her 2005 cookbook, \u201cEveryday Italian.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Batali\u2019s comments in the book were far from kind.<\/p>\n Mario Batali and Giada De Laurentiis on \u201cThe Chew\u201d in 2014. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n Giada De Laurentiis on Samah Dada\u2019s YouTube show. dadaeats\/Tiktok<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a person we\u2019re not supposed to talk about, but we\u2019re going to,\u201d De Laurentiis said about Batali, 64, in a TikTok clip<\/a> from the episode.<\/p>\n De Laurentiis explained that she wanted Batali to write the foreword because, at the time, he was \u201ca legend in the Italian space\u201d and she \u201cfelt like his stamp of approval would\u2019ve been huge for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I read it, I cried because I realized, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s basically saying that I\u2019ve gotten to where I\u2019ve gotten, and I\u2019ve had this little bit of success that I had, because I have big boobs, and that if he had boobs, he would even be much further,’\u201d De Laurentiis shared.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I\u2019m, like, a joke, right?\u201d she said. \u201cLike, to him, it was like a little bit of a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n Giada De Laurentiis poses with a copy of her cookbook in 2005. Getty Images<\/p>\n Giada de Laurentiis\u2019 cookbook \u201cEveryday Italian.\u201d Clarkson Potter<\/p>\n The \u201cGiada at Home\u201d host continued, \u201cAnd so I called my editor, and I was in tears. I\u2019m like, clearly I can\u2019t use this. So now what do I do?\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately, De Laurentiis\u2019 editor decided they would rewrite the foreword and send it to Batali for approval.<\/p>\n Mario Batali poses in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2012. Getty Images<\/p>\n Giada De Laurentiis at the \u201cFerrari\u201d premiere in Los Angeles in December 2023. Chelsea Lauren\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n The final version of the foreword was extremely flattering to De Laurentiis.<\/p>\n \u201cIt turns out that Giada is smart, Italian-speaking, and family-oriented \u2014 the three qualities my grandma hoped I\u2019d find in a girl to marry. (Too late for that.) She\u2019s also a great cook, highly knowledgeable about food, and a huge amount of fun to be around \u2014 the three qualities I\u2019d hope to find in a television partner,\u201d Batali\u2019s foreword reads, per Yahoo! Entertainment.<\/a> <\/p>\n Mario Batali and Giada De Laurentiis on \u201cThe Chew.\u201d Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n The Post has reached out to Batali\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n Batali has been out of the spotlight since he was accused of sexual harassment and assault<\/a> by several women at the height of the #MeToo movement in 2017.<\/p>\n Mario Batali at Boston Municipal Court on May 24, 2019. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n The \u201cIron Chef America\u201d star issued a public apology in the wake of the allegations, writing \u201cMy behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n Batali faced criminal charges of indecent assault and battery in a Boston court for groping one woman but was ultimately found not guilty of criminal charges. Two women filed lawsuits against him that were settled. <\/p>\n In 2019, he sold his stake<\/a> in his restaurant empire.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t