Ina Garten is opening up about her childhood. The 76-year-old celebrity cook opened up about suffering physical and emotional abuse from her late parents, Charles and Florence Rosenberg, for the first time in her memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, out on October 1.
In a conversation with People, she spoke about being afraid of her father, a surgeon, who would hit her and pull her hair if she did something he disapproved of. Keep reading to find out more… “I was terrified.
I was physically afraid of my dad. I literally remember thinking he would kill me if I did something. I was physically afraid of him.
And my mother just was unsupportive,” she said, adding that her brother Ken was also a victim of their father’s anger. “If there’s a threat of violence, you’re always afraid, even when it’s not happening.
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