Anne Burrell shared perception into her life months earlier than her tragic loss of life on Tuesday.
The superstar chef was discovered unresponsive within the bathe at her residence in Brooklyn, New York earlier than being pronounced useless on the scene at age 55, police mentioned.
Simply three months prior, Burrell went on Tori Spelling’s “misSPELLING” podcast, the place she dove into marrying her husband Stuart Claxton in 2021. The couple had met on the courting app Bumble in 2018.
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star requested the “Worst Cooks in America” host if she purposely waited to quiet down.
“From when I was a kid, I don’t know why, but I always was like, I am not getting married until I feel like I have something in life to share,” Burrell defined, “until I have accomplished stuff.”
“I was living my best life!” she added about her 20s and 30s. “I was like, living the rock star chef life. I was working a lot, and I had a great social life.”
Then, in the future, Burrell’s perspective shifted.
“I just started to feel like, all right, you’re getting a little old to keep on doing this,” she recalled.
Together with a husband, Burrell additionally gained a stepson Javier.
“Kids were never on my radar, really,” the prepare dinner confessed. “I love being an aunt. I have nieces and nephews. So I’m like, [being a stepmom] is the perfect amount of parenting for me.”
Over time, Burrell has opened up about her relationship, lately telling the Each day Mail in April, “October will be four years. It seems like it’s been four minutes. I don’t know if it’s a honeymoon [phase] but I feel like it’s settled into married life days which I really enjoy.”
In honor of Valentine’s Day in 2022, the step-mom gushed over her different half, penning, “You make me the happiest girl in the world!!! I love you to the moon and back my sweet!!!”
As for assembly Mr. Proper, Burrell as soon as admitted Claxton additionally felt the moment spark between them.
“I don’t know if we had both thought of marriage, but we both were like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is something,’” Burrell instructed Folks in 2020. “‘This is really going to be real and this is going to turn into something.’”
“Once you get to be a woman of 50 years old, you don’t really think that marriage is going to be on the plate for you,” she detailed. “I was always really focused on my career and marriage was never a huge thing in my life that I was looking for. Then when I met Stuart, my opinion about all that changed.”
Giving followers glimpses into their lives through the years, Burrell posted a month after their marriage ceremony, in a 2021 Thanksgiving put up, “A new home, a wedding, a stepson, great family, great friends, good health, great fans and just so much more!!! Lots of love to all!!!”
Two years after their nuptials, the couple was nonetheless as in love as ever.
“I have to say, I love being married,” Burrell instructed Folks in 2023. “We’re together all the time because Stuart works from home. It’s the being together all the time, but it’s also the adventure together.”
“It’s been wonderful, to say the least,” echoed Claxton. “Anne and I hadn’t lived together before we moved in and got married, so it’s been a whole adventure, but very lovely at the same time.”
The businessman has but to deal with Burrell’s loss of life, nevertheless, her household confirmed the information in an announcement to Folks on Tuesday.
“Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother, and friend — her smile lit up every room she entered,” they shared. “Anne’s light radiated far beyond those she knew, touching millions across the world. Though she is no longer with us, her warmth, spirit, and boundless love remain eternal.”
A reason for loss of life has but to be revealed.
That very same day, cops shared that EMS “responded and pronounced her deceased on scene,” sharing that the 911 name was initially for a reported cardiac arrest.
On Thursday, sources instructed The Submit Burell’s physique was discovered subsequent to dozens of capsules. The creator’s loss of life remains to be an ongoing investigation.
Burrell is greatest recognized for internet hosting “Worst Cooks in America” on Meals Community for 27 seasons, from 2010 to 2024.
After her passing, a consultant from Meals Community shared with The Submit: “Anne was a remarkable person and culinary talent — teaching, competing and always sharing the importance of food in her life and the joy that a delicious meal can bring. Our thoughts are with Anne’s family, friends and fans during this time of tremendous loss.”
Throughout her time on the Meals Community, Burrell turned shut buddies with Rachael Ray — who judged “Worst Cooks” from 2015 to 2017 — and fellow chef Alex Guarnaschelli.
Each women paid tribute to Burrell, with Ray, 56, writing partly, “I’ll miss her friendship deeply. Everyone whose life she touched will miss her. Sending love to Stuart and everyone who knew and loved Anne. We’ve lost someone truly special.”
Guarnaschelli, 55, famous in her personal put up, “Make this moment about her. She’d want you to go out, raise a glass, sing karaoke (including this Sia song–one of her favorite “Worst Cooks” heat up songs) and be capable of say, like she does, #ilovewhatido –so do it for her. In her honor.”
