HEATON LOVED SOMETHING MORE THAN RAYMOND BOOZING!

RAY ROMANO'S TV wife Patricia Heaton hid a shocking secret from the world — sources say the actress was a serious booze guzzler for years until an embarrassing incident in front of her sons drove her to quit cold turkey in 2018!

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Before that, the 67-year-old says she was able to keep her drinking under control while shooting Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005.

But after the show ended, the mom of Samuel, 31, John, 29, Joseph, 27, and Daniel, 26 — with second and current hubby, actor and producer David Hunt, 71 — says she began looking forward to having that first drink at 5 p.m.