Rachael Ray Reveals Upsetting Reason Why Her Podcast Is Still on Hiatus

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Rachael Ray fans were delighted when her podcast premiered in 2024, but they have been left wanting after a long break, and the celebrity cook is not happy about it either.

The 55-year-old hosted Mike Amazing Burger Bash at the 2025 South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach where she spoke with People about the state of her podcast during the first night of the four-day event on Thursday, February 20.

"I beat all of my team up about it all the time," Ray told the outlet in an article that was published on Saturday, February 21. Her podcast, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, premiered on October 22, 2024, and paused after the release of the eighth episode on December 10, 2025.

The outlet also reported that the Food Network star had "already done several [podcast episodes] that haven't been released yet," before she added, "The challenge is waiting for their a**es to put it on air."

A seemingly frustrated Ray then admitted, "I'm pi**ed at how long it takes them to put it up. That's all I'm pi**ed at."

During the interview, the 30 Minute Meals star also spoke about why she enjoyed hosting a podcast and said, "I never had the format on daytime to do long format with people I truly respect and care about." She also made a comment about her experience hosting so far and said that she liked "introducing people to new people, people that are new to my life, but I also reintroducing them to people I already love and respect, and being able to expand and expound on what I wish I had the time to do in formats I couldn't do it in before."

Ray also noted, "I had people on that are celebrated actors and people that I have known for a real long time, but that I never got to spend more than four or five minutes with. It's amazing."

Fans of the TV food personality can catch up on (or relive) the podcast on Ray's official website.