The 'Barefoot Contessa' host Ina Garten revealed that she nearly divorced husband Jeffrey Garten to “get his attention.”
The"Barefoot Contessa" host revealed that she nearly divorced husband Jeffrey Garten during their decades-long marriage. And it all came down to the fact that she felt like she was playing the role of housewife.“There were certain roles that we played, and I found them really annoying,” Ina told People Sept. 17. “I felt that if I just hit the pause button, I would get his attention.”
"When I bought 'Barefoot Contessa,' I shattered our traditional roles — took a baseball bat to them and left them in pieces," she wrote in her memoir Be Ready When the Luck Happens — releasing Oct. 1."While I was still cooking, cleaning, shopping, managing at the store, I was doing it as a businesswoman, not a wife. My responsibilities made it impossible for me to even think about anything else.
And luckily, the couple is stronger than ever as they prepare to reach 56 years of marriage this December. As for where it all started, the two knew it was love at first sight after first laying eyes on each other in a college library. And that very same day, the Yale alum took her on their first date.
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