Giada De Laurentiis is calling out Mario Batali for comments she claims he made in the original foreword to her book Everyday Italian. “This is a person we’re not supposed to talk about, but we’re going to,” De Laurentiis said during an appearance on Samah Dada’s YouTube show, On the Menu.

Giada De Laurentiis recently shared a painful memory from her early career days. The Food Network star, 54, appeared on the July 29 episode of Samah Dada’s YouTube show On the Menu and recalled how she asked fellow celebrity chef Mario Batali to write her a forward for her first cookbook,

Giada De Laurentiis recalled Mario Batali's alleged comment on her body while writing her first cookbook, 'Everyday Italian'