![]() ![]() “Great! I almost walked on the set with a roller on top of my head.”īut here’s the good news: I didn’t run into the stairway when I left the building! Our conversation went something like this: On my way to the airport later that afternoon, Marlboro Man texted me from home. I was two steps away from being in the camera’s frame, so I froze, ripped the roller out of my hair, plopped it in the producer’s outstretched hand, and breezed right up to David Venable, who graciously welcomed me to the show and most likely wondered why the top of my head was frizzed out and hectic. I felt like a crazy lady who’d left the beauty shop a little early and who’d accidentally worn her bra over her shirt that day. The Velcro roller, which happened to be the size of a medium-sized propane tank, was still proudly and violently perched on top of my head, a good chunk of my hair rolled up in it. “YOU HAVE A ROLLER IN YOUR HAIR.” The urgency in the producer’s voice was undeniable. ![]() My tease was seven seconds away, and I didn’t want to be late. I guess I’ll be featuring a lint roller on my segment along with my cookbook? Never mind that made even less sense than the rolling kitchen cart. Then I started thinking he meant a lint roller. Like when people repeat something to a person who doesn’t speak their language, and they think raising the volume will help. “You have a roller!” he repeated, only a little louder this time. Never mind that this made absolutely no sense. I thought maybe he was saying that I was going to be featuring a rolling kitchen cart like the one they’d featured earlier in the show. “Okay!” I answered nervously and took another step or two toward the cameras. The producer, standing in the wings, looks at me as I walk past and says “You have a roller!” I swing open the doors and begin walking on set. Then I hear in my earpiece, “We need you now, Ree!” So just before noon, I walk toward the set and wait outside the door for them to call me because I don’t want to be in anyone’s way. ![]() Oh, that reminds me! I need to plant those two rose bushes near our rock wall today.Īnd I can’t forget to put the roast in the oven! I’m going to write about it on PW Entertainment soon. If you have not read The Godfather-if you’ve only seen the movie-please add it to your summer reading list. I said, “Okay, great,” then sat back down and resumed reading The Godfather. Never in my life have I wanted a facial steamer or set of sparkly stacking rings so much.Īround 11:45, the producer came in to let me know that they would need me to come out on the set and do a tease at noon, which just means I go out and say hi and they introduce me and say I’ll be on the show later in the day. I also watched QVC in real time on the TV in the green room, trying not be sucked in by the offerings. Then I set about figuring out what I was going to wear. Then I placed an extremely large Velcro roller on top of my head, rolling up a strategic section of my hair so as to give my hair a little height and offset my jowls for my segment. So I spent that time making sure all the food was in order and my forehead wasn’t overly reflective. ![]() This time, I showed up to the studio all dressed and ready about 11:00, and my segment, it turned out, wasn’t until 1:15. Last time I was there, I ran into a stairway. When I go to QVC, I feel like a complete dodo bird. The people at QVC are upbeat and positive, the place is immaculate, the producers are calm and organized, and David Venable, the host of the show on which I appear, is someone I’ve really grown to like. QVC is like a planet unto itself, probably the most well-oiled machine I’ve ever seen next to my household. It’s the fifth or sixth time I’ve been on QVC over the past three years, and it’s something I really enjoy doing. On Sunday, I appeared on QVC to feature my new cookbook. ![]()
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