Rachael Ray’s Rare Quotes About Husband John Cusimano: Get a Look Inside Their ‘Weird’ Marriage

Maintaining Some Space

Rachael has been open about the quirky living arrangement she shares with John. In an October episode of the “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” podcast, she admitted to needing some space from her husband now and then. 

“I am wildly, wildly lucky that I have my husband,” she said. “But he understands I need my space. He needs his space. John and I largely stay in separate corners.”

‘Huge Screaming Matches’

Rachael confessed she and her husband often have “screaming matches” when angry with each other, which the author insists is actually good for their relationship, especially as she doesn’t “trust people that are too quiet.”

“It’s very hard, especially for hot-tempered or creative or vociferous loud people to be able to just calm it down,” the T.V. presenter said. “John and I don’t calm it down ever. We have huge screaming matches all the time, but I think that’s healthy. I really do.”

A House Fire Brought Them Closer

Rachael told People in 2020 that a fire that broke out in their house that year had helped the couple grow closer as they had to work hand-in-hand to rebuild their home life.

“We have volatile personalities but we’re both very practical. too,” she told the publication. “We’re like, ‘These are the things that must be accomplished today. And we will get to this only by doing what work is necessary.'”

No Apology Necessary

The 30 Minute Meals host also said that, after their heated arguments, the two almost never apologize to each other. 

“I don’t know that we ever apologize to each other,” the star chef said. “Eventually, I pat him on his ass or he kisses me on the head, and that’s just sort of it. That’s the apology. 

“It’s just sort of understood. ‘I still like your ass. I still like your head.’ It’s kind of in that zone.”

John Cusimano Is ‘Essential’ to Rachael Ray’s Success

The Emmy Award winner has credited her husband with helping her reach the heights of fame for a chef.

“One of the things that I think has been essential to my life and my success over the years is the partner that I chose,” she explained. “I love my husband John, and John works with me and has built our business and our brand together, but we agree in concept about service to community, service to the world, service to animals, to children,” she added.

“My husband and I didn’t get married until very late in life, 37 and 38 years old,” the Rachael Ray’s Open House Cookbook author added. “But it was very important to me that I marry him because I thought this person could be a true partner in what I believe in and building, not a business, but a community.”