Rachael Ray Sets Premiere Date for Star-Studded New Show Amid Health Concerns
Rachael Ray has announced the launch of a brand new show – and this one will have little to do with cooking. The long time Food Network favorite is fronting her own podcast entitled I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead which promises to feature “raw” conversations about “life’s challenges.”
Episodes of the series will see Ray sit down with celebrities, chefs, artists, musicians, and other famous faces. The description for the podcast teases “no topic off-limits.” The announcement of the podcast noted that the new audio series would explore “the highs and lows of hard work, sharing raw, honest stories.”
“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (quite literally!) is about life’s journeys and what keeps us going,” Ray said in a statement. “It’s unscripted, raw, and real talk. Working fuels me, connecting with people fuels me, and this platform allows for connection and conversation on a more personal level, which really fuels me.”
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Joining Ray for the premiere episode on October 22 is Jenny Mollen as the two discuss love, marriage, and how “having no filter has sometimes landed them in hot water.” October 29 brings Billy Crudup of The Morning Show. Others featured in future weeks are Bob Harper, Anne Burrell, Harlan Coben, Jacques Pepin, Jeremy Sisto, and Billy Porter.
The project comes amid health concerns from fans after Ray shared a video in September where she appeared to be slurring as she spoke. It led many on social media to speculate that something might be wrong with Ray and put forward a number of unsubstantiated theories.
A week later Ray took to Instagram to repost a clip from her FYI series Rachael Ray in Tuscany, where she shared her recipe for Rabbit Ragu. However, she didn’t address the fan concerns from her previous video.
Now fans are wondering if the 56-year-old will comment on her podcast as to why she appeared to be slurring, and whether she open up about any health issues she may have.
Certainly, her legion of fans will be eager to hear from her again after her syndicated daytime talk show ended in May 2023 after 17 seasons.
Are you excited about Rachael’s new podcast? Tell us in the comments below.
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I’m a fan of Rachel Ray. I’m not a pod cast fan. I wish folks would be on regular tv shows again. We the elders enjoy tv as it was. I like talk shows. I enjoy guests who come on and talk about themselves. Good luck Rachel and God bless!
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I definitely agree with you I was so excited when Rachel was doing a new show in Tuscany. I'm not going to be interested in a podcast!
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I agree with your statement. I love Rachel Ray. But I don't do podcast. I watch regular TV and cable TV. If it doesn't show there I won't be watching. Wishing Rachel the very best.
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100% agree. Podcast is a generational thing. Give me a face, not a voice Rachel. Get back on TV for your die hard fans.
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Always liked her but I tried watching her on her show which she is remodeling the house in Italy ....she is so rude and nasty I turned it off and lost all respect for her . She needs to step back from the vino.
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Right??? I couldn’t believe how nasty she was, especially to her husband and the contractor. No way would I have put up with that.
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I think people shouldn't be so quick to judge. "My mother used to tell me; "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see". Things aren't always as they appear to be! Rachel's done a lot of good things. I believe she deserves her privacy and whe and if she decides to share, she will.
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I hope she is not drinking alcohol too much forgive me if it a health condition but I just think her and her husband kike to drink
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I think it time these people like ray give up I would not listen to her podcast or eat anything she cooked she just looks disgusting
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I love Rachael Ray always have and I'm looking forward to this podcast it'll be so nice to see her again she has such a wonderful personality always gets my spirits up
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she just isn't the same rachael ray.just being honest. she looks different. I thi k that since moving to Italy she has just let go..
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I might be wrong here but I watched her show about the remodeling of her home in Italy and Rachael had a wine glass full of wine through out the show. In one episode she was carrying a wine bottle and glass around with her! Health concerns?! Some needs to just accept alcoholism as the health concern! Just saying, does no one see she is never without a wine glass full of wine?
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Yes I've been in a bar with her and her mother in past years. They both were swilling down some whiskey pretty hard.
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Speaking of unintelligent, check your spelling!
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I've ALWAYS though Rachel had some sort of problem. As someone who has many health issues, I can recognize it!
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Same here. We can see things in others that people without multiple health conditions can.
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People throw judgement without any knowledge of what is going on in her life . She still came out to entertain cook , show you how and all everybody does is throw monkey shit at her 😑
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I am definitely a fan of Rachael Ray. I will join in on her podcast. I like a lot of others like the TV programming
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She is a drunk and very washed up...she needs to hang it up
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I think we should all be careful of the stones that we throw
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You don’t have to be nasty! One day you will be old and not like new things!
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Thanks for a great show. If you have a health condition take care of yourself and I wish you good health. Look forward to hearing you are healthy and back cooking.
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It is obvious that she and her husband are alcoholics and that their marriage and careers are in jeopardy because of this. Why aren’t her friends and family doing an intervention? This is so sad. I will be praying for the both of them.
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It depends if it becomes political? She is liberal, & don't want to hear about politics. Enough disinformation out there. Stick to food, love, relationships, passions, etc.
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Wow, calling g someone an ol farther is rude.
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Trying again: calling someone an old fart is just plain rude.
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Aren’t you a ray of sunshine. Do you talk to your parents,grandparents,elderly neighbors like that? I bet you don’t have many friends. I’d love to be around when you’re an “old fart” in your little adult diaper bubble. Ahole
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Look forward to any of Rachael’s shows! She is real!
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You need to get a life! You are just mean!
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I think she stole the name of her podcast from Tim Walz' speeches.
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Yeah! Lol. Walz is great. Love that guy's energy.
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Yuk! He is so progressive, that it is unbelievable. Men really need tampons.
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He's a waste of air! He sat and watched Minneapolis burn, did nothing! He's a clown waiting for a circus.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Sleep_When_I%27m_Dead_(An_Anthology).
They both got it from Warren Zevon.
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She looks like she had Bell's Palsey. I did not hear any slurring of her words though.
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She really let her self go very sad
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Don’t believe everything that your mind tells you!!!!
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You should credit Warren Zevon with the title. He wrote the song RIP.
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I have watched her in the past but stopped. Doesn't have topics that interest me.
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I know Rachel loves to cook but there comes a time when you eat to live and not live to eat. I think we all fall in that category. God Bless!!!
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Does Jon Bon Jovi know you stole or used his song title?
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