Rachael Ray candidly opens up about her relationship after sparking health concerns

Celebrity cook Rachael Ray is opening up astir her narration with husband John M. Cusimano - and however the 2 equilibrium each different out.

Ray, 56, spoke astir her matrimony during the 3rd occurrence of her caller podcast, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, wherever she had chap chef Jacques Pépin connected arsenic a guest.

The star, who precocious sparked concerns about her health, gave much penetration into the behind-the-scenes of her narration with Cusimano, who she has been joined to since 2005.

During the episode, Ray stressed the value of however we dainty 1 another, and admitted that what's been 'essential' to her occurrence implicit the years is the spouse she chose.

'John works with maine and has built our concern and our marque together, but we agreed successful conception astir work to community, work to the world, work to animals, to children,' she said.

Ray explained that she and her hubby didn't get joined until they were successful their aboriginal thirties, but it was important to her that they tied the knot due to the fact that she felt similar helium could beryllium a 'true partner' successful what she believed in.

And, while Pépin expressed his emotion and fondness for his precocious wife, Gloria, who helium was joined to for 54 years, Ray besides shared a akin sentiment.

'I emotion that you speech astir that you guys were antithetic and brought thing to each other, due to the fact that that's what I emotion astir John,' Ray said.

'You know, he's a lawyer, and a musician. I'm not a musician, I'm surely nary lawyer, I hatred speechmaking ineligible documents and authoritative stuff, but we equilibrium each different successful a weird way,' the look writer continued.

'We let each different to beryllium unfastened to antithetic worlds. I besides deliberation it's amusive to beryllium capable to get retired thoughts truthfully.'

Ray's comments astir her hubby travel conscionable a fewer weeks after she sparked interest aft posting a video which appeared to amusement her slurring her speech.

The video was a preview from her caller show, Rachael Ray successful Tuscany, and showed her cooking Ossobuco portion paying tribute to the precocious Tony Bennett.

At the time, her rep told TMZ that she had 'no comment' astir the matter.

After immoderate viewers shared their concern, Ray admitted during the premiere of her podcast past week that she's suffered 'a mates of atrocious falls' recently.

The personage cook shared that she enjoys doing 'physical labor' astir the location but has had to chopped backmost connected definite tasks lately due to the fact that she took 'a mates of atrocious falls' portion carrying wood.

Speaking intelligibly and cheerfully, Ray said: 'I'm a homemaker. I emotion chores. I emotion being successful the kitchen. I ever enactment with my encephalon everyday, I'm ever penning something, but I truly similar chores.'

She continued: 'I similar what radical see carnal work. I similar making dinner, readying dinners, making lists. I emotion carnal labor, helping transportation successful the wood.'

Ray past noted, 'I've had a mates of atrocious falls successful the past mates of weeks, truthful I haven't been doing that successful awhile, but I emotion carrying wood.'

During past week's podcast episode, the prima besides opened up astir however she deals with 'sad things' successful speech with histrion Billy Crudup.

Crudup specifically spoke astir his ardor for immoderate of his acting projects that person been canceled, similar the AppleTV+ bid Hello Tomorrow, which lasted conscionable 1 season.

He spoke astir however to beryllium prepared for hardships successful the manufacture and however to look astatine it with a affirmative attitude.

And, successful response, Ray had immoderate sage words of contented to stock astir what to bash erstwhile things 'are sad.'

'That's the quality of life,' Ray said during the episode.

'You person to learn, and I deliberation this is simply a large talking constituent for surviving a agelong beingness and having a agelong beingness and having a career, is you person to larn to recognize erstwhile things are bittersweet and what everything means yet to your choices,' she continued.

'Not everything that feels atrocious is bad. Sometimes things that hap to you that from the extracurricular look sad, they besides assistance you propel guardant and recognize different people.'