Rachael Ray provided an update on her health following concerns raised after she appeared to slur her words in a cooking video last month. The 56-year-old chef disclosed on the inaugural episode of her podcast, “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” that she had recently experienced “a couple of bad falls.” “I’m a homemaker. I love chores. I love being in the kitchen,” Ray stated on the podcast episode featuring guest Jenny Mollen. “I always work with my brain every day, I’m always writing something, but I really like chores.”

“I like what people consider physical work,” she continued. “I like making dinner, planning dinners, making lists. I love physical labor, helping carry in the wood.” Ray added, “I’ve had a couple of bad falls in the last couple of weeks, so I haven’t been doing that in a while.”

The former host of “Rachael Ray Show” explained that she gets competitive with her husband, John Cusimano, 57, while doing physical tasks. “‘How many pieces of wood did John carry? Can I carry more? I don’t say that to John. I just say it to myself,” she shared. In early September, fans expressed concern about Ray’s health after she appeared to slur her words in an Instagram clip from her “Rachael Ray in Tuscany” series.

Ray made Tony Bennett’s favorite dish, ossobuco, while reminiscing about the time the late singer came over for dinner and slipped on her polished kitchen floor. However, fans were more focused on the way Ray was speaking in the video. “I love you but are you ok? I’m seriously concerned,” read one of the many comments about her health.

Other fans defended Ray, noting that “she’s aging like the rest of us” and could be on medication for a medical condition. Ray has yet to address the controversial video, even after announcing her first-ever podcast earlier this month. “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” according to an official description, will cover how Ray and her guests “face life’s challenges,” with a “melting pot” of conversations. The description also mentioned that “no topic is off-limits” on the podcast.

During the first episode, Ray also revealed she often gets into “huge screaming matches” with her husband, whom she’s been married to since 2005. However, Ray believes these fights are “healthy” for their relationship, and they rarely “apologize” to each other. “Eventually I pat him on his ass or he kisses me on the head, and that’s just sort of it,” she said. “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.”

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