Rachael Ray was in good spirits last week as she hosted her Burger Bash event at the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival, just days after she said she had “ a couple bad falls .” Ray, 56, appeared onstage with husband John Cusimano , thanking the crowd for coming out and announcing the winner of the annual competition. Four days after the October 18 event, Ray released the first episode of her “ I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead ” podcast.
In the October 22 episode, which was likely pre-recorded, she described how her recent falls prevented her from doing household chores. “I am a homemaker. I really like chores,” she told her guest, Jenny Mollen .
“I like what people consider physical work. I like making dinner, planning dinners, making lists. I love physical labor, helping carry in the wood.
” “I’ve had a couple of bad falls in the last couple of weeks, so I haven’t been doing that in a while,” she continued. Her admission comes a month after she posted a video via her Instagram channel in which she seemed to be slurring her words. The side of her mouth also appeared to have dropped, leading commenters to theorize she had suffered a mini-stroke.
“Please stop. We get old, our face changes, some women don’t get facework done,” wrote one commenter, jumping to her defense. “I have TMJ that makes my mouth slightly off.
Saying she has had a stroke is disrespectful. Unless, she truly has and tells everyone, I feel it’s wrong to playing a gue.
