Rachel Ray may have a bit of a nasty reputation.

Rachael Ray was attacked by a dog in Union Square Park Saturday while bravely defending her pit-bull mix, Isaboo. According to the TV host’s rep, "This dog came up – there was no owner in sight – and became aggressive. Rachael and some others shooed it away, but it came back and attacked Isaboo. Other dogs were involved, and Rachael jumped in and was bit by one of the dogs on the leg. A nurse was in the park and checked her out. She’s fine."

Isaboo probably smelled like food from being around Ray, so the other dog was probably trying to eat tasty little Isaboo.

Pictured above is Rachael Ray spending the day with sick kids.

Perky talk show host Rachael Ray made disparaging racial remarks about the woman who gave Ray her big shot at daytime TV, none other than Oprah Winfrey, according to sources. It’s a shocking account of a dinner that occurred during the period that the show was being sold.

Rewind to December 3, 2005. Ray was at the Century City Shopping Mall in Los Angeles for a book signing. Reps from King World, the production company that was syndicating the show, were shooting the event for its sales presentation.

At around 7:00 PM, Ray, along with seven others, went to Houston’s Restaurant in the mall. They sat in a booth in the far right rear of the restaurant. Ray ordered fish and complained to the table it was dry. She was also drinking red wine and lots of it, one source says a minimum of four big glasses.

We’re told Ray became "extremely loud and aggressive," and began dissing Oprah. Sources say she told the group about a portrait of Oprah that sits in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago. It’s from the movie "Beloved" and shows Winfrey’s back, enhanced with scars. She’s also wearing a skirt from the slavery era.

Back at the table, sources say Ray launched into attack mode: "Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black." The comments, if she even said it, highlight what everyone says, that Oprah has forgotten her black community roots, and alienated many in the black community. The comments are not racist as some are trying to make it out to be.

Oprah wasn’t Ray’s only target. Sources say she told the group how much she liked Jennifer Aniston Brad’s a "pu**y boy." But her harshest comments were reserved for Angelina Jolie, calling her "a skanky, backdoor c**t.

A source contacted the Director of Publicity for Rachael Ray, Charlie Dougiello, who said, "Rachael did attend the dinner referenced and enjoyed wine and good conversation with friends and colleagues. She denies making any of the comments referenced. In fact, there are several words that are attributed to Rachael that she has never uttered in her life."

Dougiello added, "Neither in public nor in private has Rachael made a disparaging or cruel remark about her friend and mentor, Oprah, nor a celebrity couple she has never even met."

Dougiello also said, "There were several associates of Rachael’s at that table who, unprompted, agreed that Rachael never made any of the comments she is being accused of making… and it seems very convenient that these accusations are being levied at a time when Rachael’s success has focused the public eye on her."

If you want to try to ruin someone’s career you are jealous of, just accuse them of racism or the equivalent thereof. I don’t believe Ray said any of this.

Martha Stewart is competitive, and hot for Rachel Ray’s secrets. Here’s more:

Martha Stewart is obviously worried about Rachel Ray – the celebrity chef whose new TV show starts today on Channel 7. Four Stewart staffers using fake names tried to infiltrate Ray’s audience at a taping last week, a source told PAGE SIX, but the spies were recognized by a security guard who also works for Stewart. “They were kicked out because they lied about their names,” sniffed the spy. “Otherwise they would have been welcome to stop by – we have nothing to hide.” A rep for Ray said: “We did have a group at a taping on Wednesday who misrepresented themselves and were turned away from being in the studio audience.” Stewart, whose ratings on NBC are mediocre, is obviously concerned about her new rival, whose Food Network ratings were through the roof. But a Stewart spokeswoman said, “No one from Martha Stewart misrepresented themselves. In fact, a Rachel staffer who they knew well, greeted them warmly, even asked if she could get them better seats. For reasons unknown to us, they were asked to leave by one of Martha’s former audience coordinators, not by a security guard – and they did so.”