🥲🍝📺 Rachael Ray’s TV Finale: Tears, Twirls of Pasta, and Oprah’s Oratory Farewell

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Rachael Ray’s 17-year tenure on daytime TV came to an emotional end with a whirl of pasta and a cascade of tears. A parade of celeb buddies, including the mighty Oprah, Donnie Wahlberg, and Jenny McCarthy, offered their digital farewells. Meanwhile, Ray cooked up her hubby’s “planet-favorite” pasta carbonara, giving it a royal twist with king crab. And just before the curtain fell, Oprah delivered an eloquent closing speech that left everyone, including Ray, in tears. But hold up, is this really the last we’re seeing of Ray in the kitchen? 🤔💭

Alrighty, folks, get your napkins ready for a tearjerker! 👀📺 Daytime TV queen, Rachael Ray, hosted her final show after a whopping 17 seasons, mixing in her kitchen magic with a side of waterworks. She whipped up a pasta carbonara, her husband’s favorite dish on this spinning blue marble, and went all regal on us by tossing in some king crab. A fine dish to celebrate a mighty run, don’t you think? 🍝🦀

In this heart-tugging finale, Ray’s celebrity buddies like Oprah Winfrey, Donnie Wahlberg, and Jenny McCarthy joined the send-off via the digital express. 📹💻 Even powerhouses like Michelle Obama, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Hudson chimed in earlier in the week with their sweet goodbyes. But we gotta wonder, who wouldn’t want to send off a lady who’s brought so much flavor to our screens? 🍽️🌈

Donnie Wahlberg showed up for his 13th appearance on the show, this time via video chat, and served us some feels. He claimed that Ray was a part of his and Jenny’s journey together and they considered her family. 🏡💞 With Ray by his side during his meet-cute with Jenny, we wonder, is Ray secretly a matchmaker too? 🤷‍♂️💘

As the final curtain loomed, chef Richard Blais who had been working with Ray for a decade, cooked up a chicken lobster piccata, tipping his chef’s hat to her signature Italian-American dishes. 🇮🇹🇺🇸 Do you think we’d get that recipe? 🍗🦞

Then entered the queen of media, Oprah Winfrey, who helped launch Ray’s show and met her nearly 20 years ago. 🕰️🎥 She acknowledged the difficulty of parting with the audience and the team that had become like family. She added, “I knew from the moment that we met back in 2005 on the Oprah show that you were the real deal.” Oprah, being Oprah, concluded with a heartwarming “thank you” on behalf of the audience. So, do you think Oprah has a special sense for sniffing out the “real deals” in showbiz? 📺💫

Ray was visibly emotional after Winfrey’s message and shed some grateful tears. She credited her beautiful life experience, including the 17 years on her show, to Oprah and her dedicated team. Ray said, “I would not have had this life without Oprah, without this team.” But hold up, isn’t life all about making the best pasta out of the wheat we’re given? 🌾🍝

But here’s a twist: Ray clarified she isn’t “retiring” and