Ina Garten is setting the document straight.
The Meals Community star, 76, addressed her fallout with Martha Stewart, 83, after the latter claimed Garten stopped speaking to her after she “went to jail” in 2004.
Talking at a stay Q&A with Folks on Dec. 5, the TV cook dinner mentioned Stewart’s declare isn’t true.
“Well, let’s just say her story isn’t exactly accurate,” Garten responded when requested about Stewart’s accusation about their estranged friendship.
“And, you know, that was 25 years ago,” she mentioned whereas laughing. “I think it’s time to let it go.”
The Publish reached out to Stewart’s rep for remark.
The well-known cooks’ friendship goes again to the ’90s. After the 2 met within the Hamptons, N.Y., Garten started writing a column for Martha Stewart Residing. That led to Stewart bringing a writer to Garten’s meals retailer, The Barefoot Contessa, which led to Ina inking her first guide deal, per Folks.
Garten, who just lately launched a memoir referred to as “Be Prepared When the Luck Occurs, instructed The New Yorker in Sept. that she misplaced contact with Stewart when she moved to Connecticut as Martha stayed in New York.
Nevertheless, Stewart’s recollection is slightly completely different.
“When I was sent off to Alderson Prison, she stopped talking to me,” the life-style doyenne beforehand recalled.
Martha doubled down on her accusations on an Oct. episode of “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen, which additionally featured her “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” co-star Snoop Dogg, 53.
When Cohen, 56, requested Stewart whether or not she had learn Garten’s guide, the “Martha” star admitted she learn the components the place her identify was talked about.
“She can write whatever she wants,” the house guru claimed.
When Snoop requested them to make clear what Garten wrote about Stewart, Cohen knowledgeable him of her Connecticut declare.
“That’s not true,” Stewart interrupted, including they allegedly stopped speaking “after I went to jail.”
“That’s when I stepped in,” the rapper responded after coming to his co-star’s protection.
“Martha don’t fall out with people,” Snoop mentioned throughout the section.
Stewart was despatched to Alderson Federal Jail Camp in 2004 after being convicted of conspiracy, obstruction and two counts of mendacity to federal investigators. She was launched from jail after 5 months and commenced her profession comeback.
Stewart beforehand instructed The New Yorker in an interview printed on Sept. 9, that she discovered Garten’s cut-off “extremely distressing and extremely unfriendly,” together with her supervisor telling the outlet that Martha is “not bitter at all” in regards to the fallout.
Garten “firmly” denied Stewart’s story on the time.
In the case of a reconciliation, Stewart mentioned she wouldn’t be holding her breath.
“She’s into her own thing. That’s okay,” Stewart instructed Folks on the premiere of her Netflix documentary, “Martha,” in Sept.
