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Rachael Ray taking her show to Ukraine: ‘Makes me cry to think about it’

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the 17th season of “Rachael Ray,” which premiered earlier this month (2 p.m./Ch. 7). “We’re going to an orphanage that’s also a church and a vocational training school and we’re going to build out their kitchens … and make borscht with the children there. “We’re going to go back to a hospital [in Lviv], which is a central location for anyone who survives attacks, and we might have time to get to a huge cemetery where the greatest of [Ukraine] and the recently fallen casualties of the war are buried.“I didn’t want to do this, even privately, with a cellphone, because I’m not doing this for personal gain, like, ‘Oh, look at her, she’s doing work there.’ I hate people who wear philanthropy on their sleeves,” she said. “They’re defending democracy for the free world and we can’t lose sight of that — we need to keep [the Ukrainian people] in our hearts, spirits and minds.”Here in New York, “Rachael Ray” returned to its studio last season following the pandemic.

Ray, who did the show remotely for a while from her home in upstate New York — with husband John Cusimano as her cameraman — will continue that hybrid model this season, which opened with a two-part show filmed in Italy.“A few years ago we opened our home to the TV show and let people see literally every part of or private lives,” she said. “We always kept our home our home, our private space … and even taking pictures there it was like, ‘No, no no.’ I had no choice when we closed the studio during the pandemic … and we’re continuing to do that this year through the end of the season — half in the studio and half upstate.“I like the mix,” she said, “the fun energy of being in the studio for a prolonged time again.

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