Rachael Ray defends FHM sizzle shots: 'I'd do it again tomorrow'

Rachael Ray defends FHM sizzle shots: 'I'd do it again tomorrow'

Rachael Ray defends her sexy and provocative 2003 layout — for lack of a better term — in FHM.

Seems she thought it was Food and Home Magazine.

Not For Him Magazine.

In an interview that airs tonight, she says: "I'd do it again tomorrow!"

"I thought if I'm gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody," she says. "This is the everywoman, here she is. And I thought, what the heck? I asked my husband what he thought of it and he said, 'Oh, kinda cool.' 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 said her mother is still "furious" over her shoot.

Watch the interview tonight 11:35 on ABC News' "Nightline," in which Ray reveals the origin of her famous phrase "EVOO," defends her endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts, and explains that she is "not a chef."

Yeah, we knew that.

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Rachael Ray spoke to "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden recently, and she defended (among other things) her decision to pose provocatively in lad mag FHM.

"I thought if I'm gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody," Ray said of being 35 and asked to pose in the magazine in 2003. "This is the everywoman, here she is. And I thought, what the heck? I asked my husband what he thought of it and he said, oh, kinda cool. 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 said her mother "remains furious" over her decision to participate in the shoot, and that she initially thought FHM stood for "Food and Home" not "For Him Magazine."

In the interview, which airs tonight (Monday) at 11:35 ET on ABC News' "Nightline," Ray also discusses the origin of her famous phrase "EVOO," defends her endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts, and explains that she is "not a chef."

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