Ina Garten hits back at Martha Stewart’s claim they fell out when she ‘went to jail’: ‘Her story isn’t exactly accurate’

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live Q&A with People on Dec. 5, the TV cook said Stewart’s claim isn’t true.“Well, let’s just say her story isn’t exactly accurate,” Garten responded when asked about Stewart’s accusation about their estranged friendship.“And, you know, that was 25 years ago,” she said while laughing. “I think it’s time to let it go.”The Post reached out to Stewart’s rep for comment.The famous chefs’ friendship goes back to the ’90s.

After the two met in the Hamptons, N.Y., Garten began writing a column for Martha Stewart Living. That led to Stewart bringing a publisher to Garten’s food store, The Barefoot Contessa, which led to Ina inking her first book deal, per People.Garten, who recently released a memoir called “Be Ready When the Luck Happens, told The New Yorker in Sept.

that she lost touch with Stewart when she moved to Connecticut as Martha stayed in New York.However, Stewart’s recollection is a little different.“When I was sent off to Alderson Prison, she stopped talking to me,” the lifestyle doyenne previously recalled.

Martha doubled down on her accusations on an Oct. episode of “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen, which also featured her “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” co-star Snoop Dogg, 53.When Cohen, 56, asked Stewart whether she had read Garten’s book, the “Martha” star admitted she read the parts where her name was mentioned.“She can write whatever she wants,” the home guru claimed.