Martha Stewart Claims Ina Garten Stopped Talking to Her 'After I Went to Jail'

Mar. 15, 2025

Martha Stewart; Ina Garten.Photo: Getty (2)

Martha StewartandIna Gartenhave a long history together.The two celebrity cooks met in the 1990s while living in the Hamptons, N.Y. Garten went on to write a column forMartha Stewart LivingandStewart helped Garten get her first book deal after taking a publisher to Garten’s specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.Now the state of their friendship is being debated. While appearing onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenon Sunday, Oct. 20, Stewart, 83, claimed that Garten, 76, stopped talking to her when she went to jail in 2004.Garten"firmly" denied this toThe New Yorkerin September.She said the two lost touch when Stewart moved away.On Sunday’sWWHL, whereSnoop Doggalso appeared as a guest, host Andy Cohen asked Stewart if she had read Garten’s new memoir,Be Ready When the Luck Happens. “I’ve read parts of it," she replied.He then asked Stewart if she’d “read the parts about yourself,” to which she responded, “Oh yes.”“Ina said that they fell out because she moved to Connecticut,” Cohen, 56, explained. Stewart said, “That’s not true.” Snoop chimed in: “Martha don’t fall out with people.“Stewart then alleged that the pair stopped talking “after I went to jail.”“Yeah, because see that’s when I stepped in,” Snoop added to laughs from all.Stewart appeared on the ‘Watch What Happens with Andy Cohen’ on Oct. 20.WWHN/Youtube8BIMStewart’s publicist toldThe New Yorkerin September that she was “not bitter at all and there’s no feud.”Stewart wassent to prison for five monthsafter being found guilty on charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the sale of a stock. She was also sentenced to an additional five months of home confinement and two years of supervised probation after her prison time.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Martha Stewart in court after her prison sentencing in July 2004.Spencer Platt/GettyNetflix’supcoming documentaryMarthalooks at the trial and her prison time.“I was a trophy for these idiots,” Stewart says in the trailer. “I was dragged into solitary, no food or water. Those prosecutors should have been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high.”

Martha StewartandIna Gartenhave a long history together.

The two celebrity cooks met in the 1990s while living in the Hamptons, N.Y. Garten went on to write a column forMartha Stewart LivingandStewart helped Garten get her first book deal after taking a publisher to Garten’s specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.

Now the state of their friendship is being debated. While appearing onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenon Sunday, Oct. 20, Stewart, 83, claimed that Garten, 76, stopped talking to her when she went to jail in 2004.

Garten"firmly” denied this toThe New Yorkerin September.She said the two lost touch when Stewart moved away.

On Sunday’sWWHL, whereSnoop Doggalso appeared as a guest, host Andy Cohen asked Stewart if she had read Garten’s new memoir,Be Ready When the Luck Happens. “I’ve read parts of it,” she replied.

He then asked Stewart if she’d “read the parts about yourself,” to which she responded, “Oh yes.”

“Ina said that they fell out because she moved to Connecticut,” Cohen, 56, explained. Stewart said, “That’s not true.” Snoop chimed in: “Martha don’t fall out with people.”

Stewart then alleged that the pair stopped talking “after I went to jail.”

“Yeah, because see that’s when I stepped in,” Snoop added to laughs from all.

Stewart appeared on the ‘Watch What Happens with Andy Cohen’ on Oct. 20.WWHN/Youtube8BIM

WWHN/Youtube8BIM

Stewart’s publicist toldThe New Yorkerin September that she was “not bitter at all and there’s no feud.”

Stewart wassent to prison for five monthsafter being found guilty on charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the sale of a stock. She was also sentenced to an additional five months of home confinement and two years of supervised probation after her prison time.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Martha Stewart in court after her prison sentencing in July 2004.Spencer Platt/Getty

Spencer Platt/Getty

Netflix’supcoming documentaryMarthalooks at the trial and her prison time.

“I was a trophy for these idiots,” Stewart says in the trailer. “I was dragged into solitary, no food or water. Those prosecutors should have been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high.”

source: people.com