Rachael Ray thought her husband John Cusimano was gay when they met

When they first met Rachael Ray now-husband thought John Cusimano he was gay

IN My Weeklyan exclusive clip from the Tuesday, January 7 episode of the series Tommy DiDario“I’ve Never Said This Before” Podcast Ray, 56, recalled a misunderstanding before she started dating Cusimano, 57, in 2001.

“When I first saw my husband, I thought he was gay and tried to set him up with my boyfriend,” she revealed. “And he said, ‘But I’m not gay.’

Ray was thrilled when he found out Cusimano was availableadding: “Then I was like, ‘Check please’ and I couldn’t wait to get him in the bag. It was (a memorable evening) and he is a very blessed man.”

The TV personality couldn’t stop smiling on the podcast discuss her sex life with Cusimano.

“For our wedding I had to buy two different sizes of suits from Prada because his jacket was one size and his trousers another size,” she joked. “Certainly so—I am a very lucky lady.

Ray and Cusimano dated for several years before exchanging vows. “We balance each other, we always have,” she told People in 2022. “We knew we could do it together.”

He has a couple they faced challenges in their marriage – especially in the midst of the COVID pandemic.

“John and I have always worked together, but in separate buildings. John focuses on the business and all the different aspects of our brand, while I’m in the studio all day making TV shows,” Ray exclusively told Us Weekly in August 2020. “But now we’re doing everything together, which is obviously a huge change. .”

Their quarantine arrangement helped Ray and Cusimano learn about each other. “I think we now have a better understanding of the role each of us played behind the scenes,” she continued. “I don’t normally hear what he’s doing during all the business calls that would happen in a day … and he doesn’t see how much work there is behind the making of the TV shows.”

Recently, Ray opened Fr the secret of success relationship. “I’m very wildly, wildly, wildly happy to have my husband,” she said on her “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” podcast in October 2024. “But he understands that I need my space. He needs his space. John and I usually stay in separate corners.’

Ray also admitted that she and Cusimano did got into “huge shouting matches” in the past.

“It’s very hard, especially for hot-tempered or creative or loud people, to be able to just calm it down,” she revealed. “John and I will never make it up. We have huge shouting matches all the time, but I think that’s healthy. really yes And I don’t trust people who are too quiet.”

Over the years, Ray has found that too much silence “frightens” her, adding: “Let’s go all out. I end up patting his ass or he kisses my head and that’s kind of it. That’s the excuse. It’s just kind of understandable.”

During an interview with DiDario on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast, Ray she shared what she learned about life in the public eye.

“I never wanted to be anyone else—never. I never said to myself, ‘I wish I was that person.’ And I never let anyone break me in public,” she noted. “I just won’t have it. If people try to take you down, you’re not going to get anywhere. You can go home and cry or tell your husband, lover, or dog how much it bothers you. But I just don’t do anything like that in public.”