What doesn’t Martha Stewart want right away?
A new friendship with Ina Garten.
In an exclusive interview with People while attending the New York premiere of her Netflix documentary Martha on Monday, Oct. 21, the 83-year-old revealed that she doesn’t think she and Garten, 76, are rekindling their friendship. He said no. .
And that’s perfectly fine with her.
“No, she’s crazy about herself, and that’s okay,” the lifestyle expert told People.
Back in the 1990s, the two celebrities met and became close friends in the Hamptons, New York, where they both lived. Garten later wrote a column for Martha Stewart Living and, with Stewart’s help, secured her first book deal.
Stewart’s curt response to his now-defunct friendship with a fellow TV chef came in 2004 during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, when Garten It came after she said he stopped speaking to her “since I went to prison.”
When the show brought up Garten’s new memoir, “When Fortune Happens, Be Prepared,” Stewart said that he had “read parts” of the book, but Cohen said that Garten did not know much about the book. I remember him saying, “We didn’t get along because my girlfriend moved away.” Connecticut. ”
“That’s not true,” Stewart joked, revealing his thoughts on when exactly Garten stopped communicating with the TV personality.
That’s what Stewart told The New Yorker in September. Mr. Garten vehemently denied these allegations to the press and reiterated that the two had not heard from each other since Mr. Stewart left.
A spokeswoman for Stewart told The New Yorker in September that she is “not bitter at all and there is no feud.”
Stewart was found guilty in 2004 of conspiracy to sell stocks and obstruction of justice, and was sentenced to five months in prison, five months of home confinement, and two years’ probation with supervised release.
She was released in March 2005 and resumed her television career, going on to branch out into several successful ventures.
The Netflix documentary “Martha” will be released on October 30th.
