Rachel Ray was all smiles while hosting Blue Moon Burger Bash 2.0 along with Brooklyn Beckham at the New York City Wine & Food Festival. However, according to sources, the chef not only got Beckham to co-host the show but also to fill in gaps if she could not cover the entire event on her own.
Brooklyn Beckham was there to fill in gaps if Rachel Ray couldn’t cover the whole event, says source
Brooklyn Beckham and Rachel Ray co-hosted the Blue Moon Burger Bash 2.0 on October 17 amid fun and fair. While many thought Beckham was there to represent his hot sauce brand, Cloud23, a source told #ShuterScoop that he was actually her backup plan.
“He was brought in as a safety net,” an insider revealed. The tipster further said that the step was taken since “Folks were worried Rachael might not make it through the full event on her own” due to her alleged health issues.
Hence, when the Emmy Award-winning TV host decided to join the show, “Everyone wanted to support her comeback.” However, “there was real anxiety behind the scenes.”
Thus, as a precautionary measure, Beckham was suggested to “jump in” if the chef began to struggle during the show. “He was told to smile, distract, and fill the gaps if anything went wrong,” a staffer told. “He handled it like a pro.”
While speculations about her health have been doing the rounds, some claimed that the 57-year-old “disappeared” from the spotlight just like that. But the chef hit back at the claims, saying that she is here to stay. “I don’t know what they’re talking about,” she told Us Weekly during the interview at the event.
In fact, Ray claimed that she is working “all the time.” “I never left. I just switched over to A+E and new partners, that’s all. But I’ve been working constantly,” she added.
The icon further revealed that after leaving the “daytime show,” she has “started writing” and producing “shows” with her “friends around the clock.”