An unbeatable benefit of living in New York City is the variety of unique opportunities at our disposal on any given day. One of them was scoring tickets to the Rachael Ray Show. Admittedly, I have never identified with her TV persona, finding the cloying cookery lingo excessive. EVOO FOREVER!
She is a different woman in person – much sharper, all business, and very real. When Simon Baker came to the show, Rachael drew a wealth of information from this hunky, yet surprisingly introverted star. She also turned the actor of The Mentalist into a sentimentalist.
When Rachael brought the discussion to Patrick Jane’s trademark vest – a wardrobe selection he believed best suited the character – Baker’s tone abruptly changed from shy to unreserved and emotional. Sitting up straight and looking the audience dead in the eye, Baker explained the genesis of his appreciation for sartorial sentimentalism. He recounted with warm reverence how, as a boy, his mother sewed all his clothing, including a pair of swim trunks that performed like Quiksilver’s, yet were made with a love that can only only come from the labor of a mother’s hand.
Baker’s unexpected foray into the domestic scene of his childhood was an intimacy that encouraged tears. But, beneath the tender moment, I felt a sickening panic rise within.
My future self wants my kiddies to remember the handmade hugs that protected them during their stormiest and sunniest of days. My present self is at odds with the sewing machine. Even when I do get the beast to hum along, will I have opened Pandora’s sewing box?
By the way, can anyone identify me in the audience snapshot above? Here’s a hint.
6 Responses to “Simon Baker Sews Respect on Rachael Ray”
I see Rachael in the center but then I’m lost in a sea of women and a few odd-looking men in the back. Guess I don’t win:-0
I am in love with Simon Baker!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn’t expect him to bring up sewing on national tv from what I “know” of him;-)
How did you manage to get a front row seat?
Here’s advice I used to give new art school students when they used gouache for the first time: don’t try to get it right immediately (they had to do a colour wheel). Get used to the new medium, play with it a little, then when you get comfortable with it, start working on precision.
I wasn’t teaching, I was selling them the paint.
Stacey,I got in the front row because they made me! I so did not want to be there, but they told me that was where they wanted me. Case closed. The upside was that I was very near the action. The whole set rotates, which is really really fun surprisingly. Rachael was a riot and Nancy Grace (another guest segment taped while my friend and I were there) was tough as nails. Kind of frightening.
True, I need to allow myself to play a little. I tend to want to be perfect from the beginning, a very bad “quality” of mine I think. . .
Wow! Hope you enjoyed the snack of the day =) Your story about Simon Baker makes me love him even more!
Wow, how amazing that you got to attend! Wait, I just thought of something. Was that you in the shot where Simon goes “What are you saying No for, I told her Yes!” The woman wearing the scarf? Yes, I remember the ENTIRE show from memory, as I am obsessed with one Mr. Baker.
I would have never guessed one could observe such depth during a Rachel Ray Show filming. A lesson in always keeping an open mind.