Rachael Ray and husband have ‘weird way’ of making marriage work after admitting to ‘huge screaming matches’

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Rachael Ray and her husband of nearly 20 years have a “weird way” of providing a balance in their marriage.During the third episode of Ray’s new podcast, “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” Ray invited guest Jacques Pépin to discuss the importance of marriage.

Ray told the French chef that she and her husband, musician and lawyer John Cusimano, “brought something to each other.”“You know, [John is] a lawyer and a musician,” Ray began. “I’m not a musician.

I’m certainly no lawyer. I hate reading legal documents and official stuff, but we balance each other in a weird way. We allow each other to be open to different worlds.”She added, “I also think it’s fun to be able to get out thoughts truthfully.”Ray and Cusimano tied the knot in Italy in 2005 and renewed their vows in 2015 at the same castle in Tuscany where they said, “I do.”During the podcast, Ray credited her husband for being an “essential” part of her success.“I love my husband, John, and John works with me and has built our business and our brand together, but we agreed in concept about service to community, service to the world, service to animals, to children,” Ray said.She continued, “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 helping people and building not a business, but a community.”This is not the first time that Ray has spoken candidly about her marriage with Cusimano on her podcast, which debuted in October.

The former Food Network star revealed a few unconventional tips and tricks that help keep the relationship going strong.“I am very wildly, wildly, wildly lucky that I have my husband,” she said on her podcast’s first episode. “But he understands I need my space.