TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Naomi Campbell's arrest on charges of assaulting her maid may have kept her out of the reality-TV kitchen for now, but not forever. Explaining the supermodel's last-minute replacement by Patti LaBelle on NBC's Celebrity Cooking Showdown (premiering April 17), exec producer Ben Silverman tells TVGuide.com, "Naomi clearly has a lot of stuff going on, so it was definitely her decision." He then adds, "Hopefully, she'll be on in our next [round], because she likes to cook."