I guess a nicer headline would have been “Drew Carey engaged” but what’s interesting about that? E! stared off their article about the engagement with the line “The way to Drew Carey’s heart turned out to be through his stomach” – because his new finance is a recent graduate from a cooking school… and because Drew’s a little portly (though certainly less than he used to be). I have to give them props – E always comes up with the best intros for their stories. If you were ever forced to sit through hours of the “Drew Carey Show” in high school because your dad thought it was funny but has a pretty simple sense of humor and didn’t know better – like I was – then you know Drew has a mild obsession with burgers and beer. I’m not sure someone who graduated from cooking school is going to want to spend a lot of time on hamburgers, but I’m guessing if she’s willing to marry Drew Carey, she’s willing to do a lot of things. Okay that was unnecessarily mean. I’m still mad at Drew Carey because I once had a dirty dream about him, and now I feel creepy whenever I see him on TV. *Shiver*

“The way to Drew Carey’s heart turned out to be through his stomach. The sitcom star turned game show host popped the question Tuesday to girlfriend Nicole Jaracz, a recent culinary school grad, according to Carey’s rep, Christina Papadopolous. “It will be the first marriage for both. No date for a wedding has been set yet,” she said in a statement. “They are both very happy and excited about their future together.”

“Aside from the thrill he must be feeling that his beloved Cleveland Indians are in the playoffs, Carey has been busy gearing up for his big debut as Bob Barker’s successor on The Price Is Right. Barker retired in June and Carey, a former stand-up comic and a veteran of his self-titled sitcom and Whose Line Is It Anyway, was tapped to come on down in July.

“After his gig hosting CBS’ The Power of 10 this summer, production kicked off on new episodes of Price and went smoothly for the most part, minus one trip to the emergency room. Carey’s left arm got banged up in August when he caught it in a spinning wheel while rehearsing the Grocery Game, which has contestants guessing the price of common household items. After his hand was fitted with a splint at a nearby hospital, Carey proudly showed off pictures of his injured appendage that he took with his iPhone.”

[From E! News]

I’m not sure if it’s the greatest idea to marry a guy who got injured by the big slow wheel on the Price is Right. Bob Barker managed to do it for like 300 years, and doesn’t look the worse for wear. In other Drew Carey/Price is Right news, here we have a video of a lady peeing on the show. Why? Well probably because she heard that someone actually agreed to marry Drew Carey.

“Three weeks ago, I scooped that ‘Price is Right’ host Drew Carey got contenstants p’so jazzed they’re peeing their pants – literally!’ … and related how one woman got so excited over winning a price that the dam broke, and she needed changing! Drew confirmed my exclusive on the Sept. 14 telecast of ‘Entertainment Tonight’ when he was asked: ‘What’s the craziest thing a contestant has done so far?’ Grinning, Drew responded: ‘A woman peed her pants!'”

[From the National Enquirer print edition, October 8, 2007]

Congrats to Drew and Nicole. May many years of culinary happiness be in your future.