RACHAEL Ray quipped “I don’t know where my husband is” at a New York City food festival after admitting to “blowout” marital fights.
In the video exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Rachael can be heard grousing on stage about her husband, John Cusimano, 57, who was missing in action during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival in Brooklyn on Friday night.
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“I don’t know where my husband got off to, but I’m glad all of you are here,” Rachael, 56, told the waiting crowd during the event.
Rachael again took the stage later in the evening during the rare public appearance, this time with her husband nearby.
After Rachael did a portion of her hosting duties during the end of the evening, her husband joined her on stage.
It wasn’t long, however, before Rachael quipped to him that he was in charge of tossing hats into the crowd, and yet he was standing on stage empty-handed.
“Honey, what did you do with the last of the hats? I thought you were going to throw some hats out,” she scolded her husband of 19 years.
John, shouted off-stage to have someone get the hats for him, but he ended up scurrying off to get them himself when nothing appeared.
The appearance by the chef comes after her fan base expressed concerns over her health over the past month.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday she launched her new podcast, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.
Racheal has said the podcast will offer an “unscripted” and “raw” look at her life and experiences.
While she did open up about her marital troubles during the first episode, she did not address the concerns surrounding her health.
MARITAL DRAMA
In her podcast chat with actress Jenny Mollen, Rachael revealed that she and John have significant fights.
“It’s very hard, especially for hot-tempered or creative loud people to be able to calm it down. John and I don’t calm it down ever. We have huge screaming matches all the time,” the TV chef revealed.
“But I think it’s healthy, I really do. I don’t trust people who are too quiet. I prefer you tell me what you think when you think it, let’s all get it out there, I don’t know that we ever apologized to each other.
“Eventually, I pat him on his ass or he kisses me on the head. That’s the apology. It’s understood.”
She also said that when they first met, she was not yet on television, though she had taped several shows.
“When we met, he had no idea what I did and I thought he was gay,” she said.
“He told me what he made for dinner the night before and it was so impressive. He told me he was a lawyer.
“There is no way a straight guy knows what tilapia is, so I said, I’ll set you up with a friend of mine.
“I said he’s a great guy, and I started to describe him. And he goes, ‘But I’m not gay! And I said, check please!'”
Rachael also explained how as she and John met later in life, they didn’t have any children.
“I started my brand to pay life forward for us because we did get married so late, we were both almost 40 and we’ve always wanted to figure out a way to somehow have children because we didn’t have children.
“So when we started the brand together we used that money to pay for kids to eat to improve school food.
Rachael Ray Television Shows
Rachael Ray has been on TV since 2001, cooking up recipes and working with other celebrity chefs. Here are the TV programs that she has hosted
30 Minutes Meals – 2001 to 2012, Food Network
Rachael Ray – talk show, 2006 to 2023, ABC Network
Rachael’s Vacation – 2008, Food Network, five-part mini-series
Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day – reality TV cooking show, 2010, Food Network
Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off – co-hosted with Guy Fieri, 2012, Food Network
Rachael Ray in Tuscany – 2024 to present, USA Network
“Then it became a dog and cat food company. It came out of a lot of incredibly hard work and my husband’s brilliance.
“That’s why it’s fun to get out of bed every day. You can do good for yourself and good for other people,” she told Jenny.
Rachael runs the nonprofit organization Yum-o!, which “empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cook through three main initiatives: Cook, Feed and Fund.”
RACHAEL’S HEALTH
The chef also admitted to having some “bad falls” recently on the episode.
She told her guest, “I like to help carry in the wood,” from her upstate New York home.
“I had a couple of bad falls in the last couple of weeks so I haven’t been doing that in a while.”
She went on to say that she makes carrying wood into a game for herself, adding that she asks herself how many pieces of wood her husband carries.
“Can I carry more? I don’t say that to John, I just say that to myself,” she added.
‘SLURRING’
Rachael admitted to falling after sparking concern on her television show Rachael Ray in Tuscany.
Fans expressed their worries after she appeared to be slurring her speech in a clip from her show which she posted on Instagram.
Several people commented on the iconic chef’s social media post pressing her by asking “What happened?” and “I love you but are you ok? I’m seriously concerned.”
The 56-year-old chef has not commented on the concerns and has instead filtered the comments on her videos.
A rep for Rachael declined to comment to The U.S. Sun last month.
The chef has continued to post on her Instagram since.
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