Rachael made a vow to do things that were a little frightening to her. She waned to explore a bit more this year. And a dress is exploring?

DWTS designer Christensen brought up the idea. Ray’s staff pitched the idea to her after Ray – a huge fan of DWTS – said that she wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one of the reality show’s revealing outfits. Ray decided to take on the challenge because her 2011 New Year’s resolution is to try to do more things that frighten her.

“She was totally nervous,” says Christensen, who created the dress especially for Ray. “I’m so impressed she manned up and took the challenge.”

I bet the dress really isn’t that skimpy…after all, it’s morning TV! But I think this gives Rachael a leg up for the next batch of contestants. Have they had a cooking show host on yet?

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Aaron Ferguson, who is an accountant, says he was let go for being anorexic after studio heads claimed he was too skinny to work for them.  Of course, he is suing CBS since they produce the show for $1 million dollars, claiming hostile work conditions and having a supervisor that told him anorexics were messed up in the head.  Duh – aren’t they?

He worked for all of three months in 2007 for them.  Rachael had no comment since she wasn’t named in the suit directly.  Does his suit have any merit?

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