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Anne Burrell shared insight into her life months before her tragic death on Tuesday.
The celebrity chef was found unresponsive in the shower at her home in Brooklyn, New York before being pronounced dead at the scene at age 55, police said.
Just three months prior, Burrell went on Tori Spelling’s “misSPELLING” podcast, where she dove into marrying her husband Stuart Claxton in 2021. The couple had met on the dating app Bumble in 2018.
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star asked the “Worst Cooks in America” host if she purposely waited to settle 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 explained, “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, one day, 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.
Along with a husband, Burrell also gained a stepson Javier.
“Kids were never on my radar, really,” the cook 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 the years, Burrell has opened up about her relationship, recently telling the Daily 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 other half, penning, “You make me the happiest girl in the world!!! I love you to the moon and back my sweet!!!”
As for meeting Mr. Right, Burrell once admitted Claxton also felt the instant 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 told People 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 over the years, Burrell posted a month after their wedding, in a 2021 Thanksgiving post, “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 still as in love as ever.
“I have to say, I love being married,” Burrell told People 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 yet to address Burrell’s death, however, her family confirmed the news in a statement to People 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 cause of death has yet to be revealed.
That same day, police officers shared that EMS “responded and pronounced her deceased on scene,” sharing that the 911 call was originally for a reported cardiac arrest.
On Thursday, sources told The Post Burell’s body was found next to dozens of pills. The author’s death is still an ongoing investigation.
Burrell is best known for hosting “Worst Cooks in America” on Food Network for 27 seasons, from 2010 to 2024.
After her passing, a representative from Food Network shared with The Post: “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.”
During her time at the Food Network, Burrell became close pals with Rachael Ray — who judged “Worst Cooks” from 2015 to 2017 — and fellow chef Alex Guarnaschelli.
Both ladies paid tribute to Burrell, with Ray, 56, writing in part, “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, noted in her own post, “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” warm up songs) and be able to say, like she does, #ilovewhatido –so do it for her. In her honor.”