Well between David Duchovny planning to record an album, and this news, it's almost starting to feel like April Fools rather than Good Friday, but it's true, Katie Holmes is in the running to replace Nigella Lawson on cooking reality show The Taste.
The fomer Dawson Creek star is said to be keen to reinvent herself and it looks like becoming the next Martha Stewart is what she's angling for. Well, if an acting career and marrying Tom Cruise doesn't work out for you, why not throw a cooking series into the mix too?
A source told Grazia magazine: 'Producers of 'The Taste' are looking to replace Nigella. They're keen to hear more about how Katie's planning to reinvent herself as a Martha Stewart-style culinary guru."
Nigella Lawson's place on the series has been called into question after she was refused permission to board a flight to LA due to her confession in court last year that she had taken drugs. Poor aul Nigella, she hasn't been having an easy time of it of late has she?
Of all the people we would ever put down as her replacement on The Taste though, Katie Holmes would have been the LAST person that came to mind. The source added; 'It's very early days and it all depends on what happens with Nigella, but Katie is very excited and would jump at the job if it came available. [...] A meeting is planned for when she is next in LA. Katie wants a new career, loves food and is in talks about writing a cookbook. And obviously she's great on camera.'
Yeah but, surely she would need I don't know, eh, some sort of cooking credentials? She would be working along side the likes of chefs Anthony Bourdain and Ludo Lefebvre, what could her contribution be? 'Oh that's yum, no wait THAT'S yum, omg Suri would love this." (That was my excellent impression of Katie Holmes, did you get that?)
Who knows if this madness will come to be or not, but there's no smoke without... Katie Holmes burning dinner! No wait, FIRE, no smoke without fire. I'll get me coat.