Martha Stewart claimed in a new interview that her former friend Ina Garten stopped talking to her after she went to prison.
The housekeeping expert, 83, appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sunday, where she opened up about the rumors surrounding her friendship with the renowned American celebrity chef, 76.
While both culinary legends agree that their friendship soured in the early 2000s, they differ on the reasons for their disagreement.
Garten previously claimed that they simply lost touch when Stewart, who attended the premiere of her Netflix documentary Martha on Monday, moved away.
However, Stewart told Cohen that her friend stopped talking to her after she was sentenced to prison in 2004.
Martha Stewart, 83, claimed that Ina Garten, 76 (right), stopped talking to her after she went to prison; (L) Stewart seen at the premiere of her Netflix documentary Martha on Monday
Cohen asked Stewart, who was joined by Snoop Dogg during the show, if she had read Garten’s new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens.
“I’ve read parts of it,” he replied.
After he asked her if she had “read the parts about you,” she said, “Oh, yeah.”
‘What was your opinion?’ -Andy asked.
“She can write whatever she wants,” Martha replied.
After a confused Snoop asked what Ina had written, Andy explained, “Ina said they got into a fight because she moved to Connecticut.”
“That’s not true,” Stewart responded.
Meanwhile, Snoop added: “Martha don’t fight with people.”
Stewart later claimed that two stopped talking “after I went to jail.”
“Yeah, because that’s when I stepped in,” Snoop added humorously.
The homemaking expert appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sunday, where she opened up about the rumors surrounding her friendship with the famous American chef.
Cohen asked Stewart if she had read Garten’s new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens. ‘What was your opinion?’ asked. “She can write whatever she wants,” Martha replied.
After a confused Snoop asked what Ina had written, Andy explained, “Ina said they got into a fight because she moved to Connecticut.” Stewart responded: “That’s not true.”
Stewart later claimed that two stopped talking “after I went to jail.” Snoop humorously added, “Yeah, because that’s when I stepped in.”
Stewart previously addressed their fight in a profile of Garten in the New Yorker, saying, ‘When I was sent to Alderson Prison, she stopped talking to me. I found it extremely distressing and extremely unlikable’; the couple is seen in 1999.
Martha spent five months in prison in 2004 after being found guilty of charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the stock sale; pictured leaving court
Stewart previously addressed their fight in a New Yorker profile of Garten, saying: ‘When they sent me to Alderson Prison, she stopped talking to me. “I found that extremely distressing and extremely unfriendly.”
Her publicist later told the magazine that she was “not bitter at all and there was no enmity.”
Meanwhile, Garten “firmly” denied that Martha’s prison sentence had anything to do with their breakup.
Stewart and Garten met in the 1990s while living in the Hamptons.
Garten contributed a column to Martha Stewart Living, while Stewart played a key role in landing Garten’s first book deal by bringing an editor to Garten’s specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.
Martha spent five months in prison in 2004 after being found guilty of charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the stock sale.
On Monday, Martha wowed while attending the premiere of her Netflix documentary, titled Martha, at the Paris Theater in New York City.
She wore a lavender zipper jacket, metallic silver pants, and open-toed high heels. The star was joined by Sting’s wife Trudie Styler, 70, who cut an elegant figure in a cream coat and skirt.
Designer Tory Burch, 58, was also in attendance and looked stylish as always in an oversized black coat with a gold buckle.
Jamie Tisch, 56, wore a beaded snakeskin coat and matching heels for the occasion.
On Monday, Martha wowed while attending the premiere of her Netflix documentary, titled Martha, at the Paris Theater in New York City.
She was joined by Sting’s wife Trudie Styler, 70, who cut an elegant figure in a cream coat and skirt.
Trudie completed the look with brown suede high-heeled boots.
Designer Tory Burch, 58, looked as stylish as ever in an oversized black coat with a gold buckle. Jamie Tisch, 56, wore a beaded snakeskin coat and matching heels for the occasion.
Writer Candace Bushnell, 65, shined in a bright navy minidress and heels.
Martha seen posing with Jane Cha Cutler, RJ Cutler, Trevor Smith and Alina Cho
The upcoming documentary, premiering on Netflix on October 30, follows Martha from her teenage years until she became the first self-made female billionaire in the United States.
Writer Candace Bushnell, 65, shined in a bright navy minidress and heels.
Other attendees included Jane Cha Cutler, RJ Cutler, Trevor Smith and Alina Cho.
The upcoming documentary follows the lifestyle icon from her teenage years, when she worked as a model, to becoming the first self-made female billionaire in the United States, according to Netflix’s press release.
The film also “illuminates Stewart’s upbringing in a working-class family and forces us to reconsider the scandal that sent her to prison.”
‘I was a trophy for these idiots. They dragged me into isolation, without food or water. “Those prosecutors should have been put in a Cuisinart and turned up to full volume,” Martha says in the trailer.
The documentary will premiere on Netflix on October 30.
