- Ina Garten, 76, revealed what she admires most about Martha Stewart, 83
- She explained that Stewart made household chores truly “valued” and “appreciated.”
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Ina Garten has revealed what she admires most about Martha Stewart as rumors of a reignited feud circulate, and some may find her answers quite surprising.
The two agreed that their friendship soured in the early 2000s, and Garten, 76, claimed they “lost touch” when she moved to Connecticut.
However, Stewart, 83, recently claimed during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that Garten actually stopped talking to her when she was sent to prison in 2004.
But despite the alleged bad blood between them, Garten gave an interview to The Wall Street Journalwhere they asked him what he admired most about the home magnate.
The Barefoot Contessa star was able to give a full answer and had plenty of praise to give Stewart.
Ina Garten has revealed what she admires most about Martha Stewart as rumors of a rekindled feud mount, and her answers are pretty surprising.
The two agreed that their friendship soured in the early 2000s, and Garten, 76, claimed they “lost touch” when she moved to Connecticut.
“You know, before Martha, house-sitting was something you just did, but she made it really valued and appreciated,” Garten told the WSJ.
“And I think people take pride in what they do, in cooking, in housekeeping and decorating, things like that, in gardening,” she continued.
“I really admire him,” Garten added.
According TIME Magazine, The two first met in The Hamptons, when Garten still owned a grocery store in East Hampton.
She admitted that Stewart played a big role in helping her launch her career.
“My desk was right in front of the cheese box and we ended up chatting,” Garten said during a 2017 appearance on How to Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black, according to the outlet.
“We ended up doing charity events together at her house and I was the caterer and we became friends after that,” Garten continued of Stewart.
Garten even shared that Stewart helped her connect with a publisher when she was working on her first book proposal.
“You know, before Martha, house-sitting was something you just did, but she made it really valued and appreciated,” Garten told the WSJ.
According to TIME magazine, the two met in The Hamptons, when Garten still owned a grocery store in East Hampton.
Unfortunately, it now appears that things may have gone wrong between the two of them.
Stewart’s appearance on Watch What Happens Live wasn’t the only time he inferred that Garten stopped talking to him when he went to prison.
He also talked about it in a September profile that The New Yorker did at Garten, but her publicist later told the magazine that she was “not bitter at all and there is no dispute.”
Meanwhile, Garten has “firmly” denied that Martha’s prison sentence had anything to do with their breakup.
This month, Garten released her memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens.
