Rachael Ray: Does not regret for photo shoot

Rachael Ray: Does not regret for photo shoot

Although Rachael Ray’s mother was angry when she stripped down for a racy 2003 FHM photo shoot, this forty year old talk show host has no regrets at all.

During an interview on ABC's Nightline she said "I think I was 35 at the time," "And I thought about it for a while, and I said, 'You know what? This magazine has as young as 17-, 18-year-olds in hottie bikinis, and these are all actresses, models, pin-up girls. I don't belong to any even remote club of theirs.'"

She continued, "And I thought, 'If I'm gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody. This is the everywoman, here she is,'" "And I did it, and it was the most scared I've ever been, and I wouldn't change a thing. I'd do it again tomorrow."

Ray also raised some eyebrows for her endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts.

Chef Anthony Bourdain commented that the TV spots were "evil" and "like peddling crack to kids."

Ray said, "I absolutely love Tony Bourdain". "I have an enormous amount of respect for him. It's a free country."

She admits the fact that the endorsement "wasn't the greatest thing for my PR,”. However she respects the attempt of the company of making donuts healthier by removing trans fats.

"They came to me and they said, 'We want to make healthier food for America. You drink a lot of coffee. You grew up on Dunkin' Donuts. Have a cup of Dunkin' Donuts on us,'" "They gave their support and their money to [Ray's children's charity] Yum-o. They've been very supportive of me. I don't regret a thing. Not for a minute." This comment too is made by Rachael Ray.

Ray further said, "I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person," "I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

Ray also did not mind about public criticism. According to her, "If you spend so much time thinking about the people who dislike what it is you're doing, you're doing a disservice to the people that employ you." "I'm not employed by those people. I work for the people that want the type of food I write [about], the type of food we share with people."

Ray also claimed that any person would have done that same thing what she has done.

"I absolutely 100 percent believe that," "I'm a waitress from upstate New York. Anyone that likes chatting, that likes to cook, certainly. Could have happened to anybody," added Ray.

The income of Ray reportedly is nearly $18 million a year and said that "it makes me a little sick."

She added, "It makes my stomach flip. I'm not comfortable with it ... because I don't like to think of my life as that far away from me". "People that make that kind of money -- it's just too foreign of an idea." "I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket scientist. I think I'm good at writing accessible, fun, and affordable meals for the average American family. That's what I think I'm good at."