I don’t know why Ellen DeGeneres even brings on celebrity chefs to her show. No, scratch that – I think Ellen would be better served if she just did the cooking segments one-on-one, just herself and the chef. When you add a third person, it can get tricky. Sometimes you’ll get a genius moment, but usually it’s just awkward. Which is what happened yesterday on The Ellen Show. Giada De Laurentiis was there to shill a new season of her Food Network show, plus she was promoting her new Las Vegas restaurant. Ellen invited Nicole Kidman to participate in the segment and sh-t got rude pretty quickly. Here’s the video:
I like the way Nicole is just trying to copy whatever Giada is doing. Personally, I think Nicole is the stand-out here – she was actually trying to pick up some cooking tips and have some friendly banter with both Giada and Ellen. Giada was trying to micromanage and she was too hurried. By the time they get to the focaccia, you can tell that Giada is feeling a bit snippy. Nicole tries to say something about how cooking can feel overwhelming to her and Giada’s advice was just to cook one thing at a time (which… is not realistic for most working moms, right?). Then Ellen and Nicole make fun of Giada’s “tough” focaccia and Nicole ended up spitting it out. Was this supposed to be funny and delightful? It was not. The vibe just felt “off.”
Also: in other awkward-televised-cooking-segment news, Page Six reports that Sandra Lee was a total bitch to Paul Ryan during a recent appearance on Fox & Friends. The backstory here is that Sandra is Andrew Cuomo’s official girlfriend, Cuomo being the current governor of New York and a Democrat. I have no idea why Sandra Lee would even go on Fox & Friends, but she did and when Paul Ryan tried to join in her cooking segment, she apparently said, “I need you to go away.” She was apparently very “frosty” to him and a source says, “She simply does not believe in anything Ryan believes in.” Yeah, nor do I. I actually think Sandra Lee is awesome if she really did tell Paul Ryan to go to the corner and not eat her food. I would not cook for that motherf–ker either.
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If Sandra Lee insulted Paul Ryan to his face, I will forgive her for all the terrible food she cooked on her FN show, including the Kwanza cake.
If you are having a bad day, pour yourself a glass a wine and watch the YouTube video of her making that cake. I can’t believe she was serious (or sober) when she made it
I’ve always thought Sandra Lee is batshit crazy – now I think she is crazy awesome. Anyone who sends that shithead Ryan to a corner…
Ashipper, You took the words right out of my mouth! Or those aweful no bake cookies: chocolate frosting and powdered sugar YUCK
If she can harness the full powers of her craziness and her tackiness to take down Paul Ryan, I’ll build a temple on a mountain in her honor.
Take him down, Sandra.
Preach!
Oh man I love anyone who can stick it to Paul Ryan-only Andrew Cuomo is an asshat too (although I agree with him policy wise)
If she took down Ryan, I, too, totally forgive her for the epic fail of the Kwanzaa cake, along with the horror show she’s referred to as “tablescapes”.
Oh. My. Word.
Where has the Kwanka cake video been all my life??
That is a pure marvel.
It’s like Trump beeing elected but on a psychedelic and danger-free dimension of life.
I still love this article. https://www.google.com/amp/www.eurweb.com/2010/12/woman-behind-sandra-lee%25E2%2580%2599s-%25E2%2580%2598kwanzaa-cake%25E2%2580%2599-explains-debacle/amp/
“A recipe that one critic called an edible hate crime….and Anthony Bourdain called a war crime on television.” I watch it every few months because of it awesome horror. But I also agree with all here; if she insulted and banned Paul Ryan, then I’ll pretend she cooks food for Gods, not culinary disasters.
Yep Sandra Lee all is forgiven if you deny melty face food. I’ve read her bio and she came from very humble beginnings. I wouldn’t be surprised that she doesn’t believe in the GOP agenda.
OMG that Kwanzaa cake was practically a hate crime.
Giada could always be a lingerie model if the cooking thing goes away, girl loves to show off her girls. Happy “hump” Day!
Didn’t she undergo chemo for breast cancer? Maybe she sees them as a symbol of survival? Or she paid for them (regardless of the reason why) and is proud of them?
Or maybe Homegirl just likes to show off her t*t’s. God knows I take every opportunity! lol No shame.
ETA – Re-read that. We were talking about Giada, not Sandra Lee. My mistake.
It’s okay if Giada wants to prominently display The Girls too, though **shrug**
What do I know….I thought it was Wednesday. I’ve never been a fan of Giada with her over pronunciation of every single word and her oversized ego. Not a fan of her food or narcissistic personality. You’re right though, it’s her body and her choice to dress as she pleases. Personally, Ina Garten is my fav. This woman knows how to cook and loves her Jeffrey….chicken on Fridays.
I think Giada (and the world) learned a lesson today: do not come for the Snow Queen unless she sends for you. #TeamNicole
Exactly. And let’s just be fair and admit that the ice queen was making a real effort here going along with whatever that lady was doing but she kept ignoring it and rushing things (how do you teach someone how to cook when you just rush and not really explain anything?). Mixed with Ellen overgoing her “I am useless in the kitchen” act, I think that the Nicole came off the best in here. Probably because she is an ice queen, I woild have exploded long before that awkward segment was over.
Nicole Cooks in Couture is a show I wanna see.
Team Nic. My mil saw her and Keith at the grocery store in Nashville, said her skin was make-up free and like porcelain. That and she micro-examined the receipt as they walked to the car. Love this!
Giada is a total control freak. I watch her show from time to time and if she has a guest cook with her, she is very rude. Especially to her Aunt Raffie who is on often & you can tell is a good cook. I think Nicole was fine, Giada was snippy with her from the beginning. Glad she gave it back to her,
Team Nicole and Ellen.
Giada was very serious. And a little bit rude. I hated when she decided to “fix” Nicole’s focaccia. Giada is professional chef, but she acted like THE Queen with two dummies on HER kitchen.
She offended Nicole – try to cook one thing at a time. What?
It’s Ellen … her show is funny, not serious. Have fun. This show is not a cooking competition.
Bravo, Nicole! Classic clap back!
Ha ha. Trying to eat my lunch here. Now my keyboard has it. Also, #teamNicole Aside, I don’t know who Sandra Lee is, but now I love her.
I wish Nicole would adopt her Big Little Lies look. She looks so beautiful with her natural hair color and not half as botoxy? so beautiful .
I was thinking the exact same thing. She looked so much younger and more natural in big little lies. She’s very likable in this clip too
I loved that style on her.
her natural hair colour is blonde.
Childhood photos show it definitely was not blonde.
Yep not blonde. She’s either a red head or brunette.
I think she went grey a while ago. Trying to maintain dyed red hair when you’re grey is a nightmare. Red dye fades fast enough, but over grey it’s a nightmare. You get maybe 3-4 weeks between dying it if you use colour refreshers multiple times a week and avoid washing it under hot water. 2 weeks if you’re not happy walking around with a somewhat faded colour. 1 week if you want perfect looking red carpet hair.
Blonde is miles easier.
I think so too. I do think she looks much better and less plastic as a redhead, but I didn’t realize how difficult it is to maintain.
That was a wig, too. She’s been wearing wigs for professional events for years, because the dye process is too hard on her hair. That’s why the texture looks so different now.
She did look great. I don’t think she’s naturally red anymore though. Most redheads get blonder as they age until eventually they go white. I do think she looks so much better when she’s not so botoxy with fewer fillers and when she has red hair.
The faces Nicole was making were legendary. Giada has always been insufferable
ha! i cannot stand giada “MASSCAROPPONNNNNNEEEEE” de laurentiis. she’s always maniacally bearing her teeth. she needs to take it down about 40 notches. she seems pretty threatened by having a huge star in her segment.
Right- what’s with the teeth? Certainly not a smile like I’ve ever seen.
This is why I’m not a fan of cooking. I can cook (I’m decent), and only do it when I have to, but I hate cooking in general (baking is worse). The timing, the anxiety, the rushing, the ingredients, etc..
I’m glad I know how to cook to feed myself, but I normally avoid it and just cook simple things (like boiling rice, pasta, frying meat, baking fish or chicken) daily. Anything more complicated than that, I just avoid it unless it’s necessary or I randomly get that ‘I want to cook something different/complex’ today (which is once in a blue moon). Both my parents like to cook, usually complex things (they’re from a traditional background where you cook without complaint), but my sister and I are the opposite of our parents.
I want to laugh at and console Giada at the same time. I cannot stand Giada and think her recipes are terrible, but someone negatively criticizing your food and spitting it out on national television is embarrassing. But, she is not new to this game, she has been doing segments like this for years and should know how to time manage and to keep an even temper while in front of large groups of people. I would have clapped back too if she got snippy with me.
Sandra Lee is the gold in my eyes. Yes, it was rude and she could have handled it a lot better but she did what she did. Plus, some people need their personal space when they are about to go live on television; I guess she is one of them.
This is exactly how I feel.
Giada is kind of annoying, but this was pretty embarrassing. More than anything, I kind of feel like Ellen is a bit of a bully, and I would kill to hear what was said off camera.
Aww – yes, she is an annoying bobblehead but I own several of her cookbooks and think her recipes are pretty good for getting a meal with fresh ingredients together after work.
Usually the chef focuses on Ellen so the 3rd is typically left out. I think Nicole wanted to be part of the experience and just stand there.
Hahaha! Giada can be insufferable at times. My husband and I hate watch some of her shows, she even makes Bobby seem less annoying! Her food usually doesn’t look that good, she’s more about showing for self off.
If Sandra Lee told up Paul Ryan then she’s my new favorite chef!
She kept throwing third person digs at Nicole like she wasn’t there. I think Nicole handled it graciously.
This made me like Nicole even more,plus she was actually trying to cook and learn.
I love Nicole. Always have. And I have a huge soft spot for her after Big Little Lies.
I LOVE Nicole. She comes across as a very sensitive person in interviews but she’s a phenomenal actress and you believe every character she plays.
I’m a fan after BLL. She positively killed it.
Oh why couldn’t it have been Patti? LaBelle or Lupone.
God this makes me miss Celebrity Death Match on MTV.
That cooking segment was bad on so many levels. First, I didn’t even know what Giada was making. She picked something that was too fussy and pretentious for the time she had and the place she was. Was she really just rolling risotto into balls? Was there anything mixed in it? Would just rice stay together so neatly? I love to cook and had no idea what she was doing. Then she gives a very bad answer to Nicole’s good question. It is very hard to line things up so that everything is ready at the same time. She tells Nicole to cook one thing at a time; that doesn’t help at all to solve the problem. Giada said that she had first been on a long time ago. I think it will be a long time again before she is invited or comes back.
Nicole came off really well here.
I’ve never gotten the appeal of Giada. Even on her own highly edited show she seems like an uninspired, unorganised cook, and her personality is grating.
I would love to see Sandra Lee go into her pantry and come out with enough cans of Cambells soup to pummel Paul Ryan senseless!
Nicole was really trying to do the segment and ask questions but they would either ignore her or make fun of her. I am sorry but that that focaccia looks disgusting. Clemitines, fennel and olive oil on top of dough, that is her showcasing her skills, ok!
If they “hate each other” they’re pretty thin-skinned. I thought it was cute and kind of funny (altho the whole live cooking going awry shtick is pretty worn out).
Now I AM interested in seeing the Sandra Lee / Paul Ryan cooking show if you’ve got that!
Can’t watch this while at work but why is Nicole forced to promote this woman’s project/show/restaurant?
Sandra is not only Cuomo’s gf, she grew up very poor. I’m sure she doesn’t appreciate Ryan trying to take away safety nets for poor/middle class people.
I caught the shade in here where she said “official girlfriend”. I don’t know history but I’m going to research now.
it was the WASPiest most bland in flavor perky slow simmering catfight of the week for me
Did it even make it to catfight level? Highly doubt it. Next!
😂 that description is perfect. And yes, it seemed much less like a cat fight and more like a trio of twelve year old boys making butt and ball jokes. Also it could just be the greencrack talking, but I really want arancini now.
Ugh, can’t stand Giada…she is so pretentious.
Sandra Lee had treatment for Breast Cancer
And living in New York I have to say she and mr. Cuomo do not keep a high-profile as a couple
Nicole rocks!
I find all cooking segments to be ultra-boring filler. We live in an age of take out. Never cared much for Giada either. Team Nic.
This was hilarious. I love Nicole.
Whoa but Kidman’s face looks so stretched and plastic!
Hilarious! Nicole Kidman comes across as fun and breezy whilst Giada seems narcissistic and tense.
I thought this was hilarious! I doubt they’d hate each other after this but thank you for sharing it. I have tears in my eyes and had to hold back laughing out loud as I’m in my office with earbuds!
I despise Giada. I think she is a painful and fake little piece of work.
Nicole not giving a sh** about whats happening is the best thing ever. she’s like “whatever lady, I can cook, GFY”
#TeamSandraLee and #TeamNicole
*I* got anxiety watching this! Giada is ridiculous.
Team Nic and Sandra Lee.
Can’t stand Giada. I have no idea who Sandra Lee is, but if she hates Paul Ryan, then she’s alright in my book.
Wow, I totally see this differently. Giada was being a good sport through the whole thing. Nicole cut her off the whole time, Ellen was annoying and they ate her food (that was probably just for display), what she’s known for, and SPIT IT OUT!!!
I thought Giada handled it well and we don’t normally care for her.
Nicole looks like she sliced off two baby buttocks and attached them to her cheeks in that glamour shot. Seriously, no woman that age has baby skin like that naturally.
I don’t like Paul Ryan and I would FORCE him to eat Sandra Lee’s food.
I am not sure what everybody else, saw, but I thought it was hilarious and everyone (including Giada was laughing). No shade. Loved it!
First Chastain’s epic eye roll on Depp, now Kidman that gives Giada what she deserved… It’s a very good week for celeb shades 😀
Not being from the US I have never heard of this woman, I thought what? Nicole has Giadia ? Giardia is an infection of the bowel, caused by a parasite called Giardia.
It is so damn immature to be rude to anyone because they don’t have your viewpoint! Damn you guys are stupid
THAT is a dress.