According to sources for TMZ.com, Rachel got a little carried away one night about a year ago, while she was on tour promoting one of her books. On December 3, 2005, she went to dinner with some associates at Houston's in the Century City Shopping Mall, where she had been doing a book signing earlier. Along with her fish - which she claimed was too dry - Rachel allegedly ordered at least four glasses of red wine. That's when the usually sweet Ray became "extremely loud and aggressive," says one source to TMZ.

A few big stars bore the brunt of Rachel's drunken rant. She is said to have told her table about a large photograph of Winfrey from her film Beloved, which is on display in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago. Rachel said the picture shows Oprah's bare back covered in scars. In the photo, Oprah wears a skirt from the slavery era. In reaction to the photo, sources claim Ray said, "Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black." Other victims of Rachel's tirade were Brad Pitt, who she called a "pussy boy," and Angelina Jolie, who she called "a skanky, backdoor cunt."

Rachel's Director of Publicity, Charlie Dougiello, was quick to deny the story. He said, "Rachael did attend the dinner referenced…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. 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 says that he knows of other attendees at the restaurant that night who will stand by Ray. He told TMZ, "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."