Ina Garten recently spoke candidly about the time Jennifer Garner was passed over for her cooking show.
She shared this in her upcoming memoir. Be prepared when luck strikesIn it, she candidly shared the “instant connection” she felt for her friend Jennifer Garner, with whom she has been friends for more than 12 years.
“People who didn’t understand that the guests on my show were my friends in real life often wrote to me to see if they could cook with me,” the cooking show host wrote in her book, according to People.
While recalling when he sadly missed the opportunity to meet with the Electricity The star shared: “[My assistant] Barbara handled my correspondence and always sent me polite letters explaining how the program worked. One day, she dismissed a letter from Jennifer Garner without a second thought because she apparently didn't realize who I was.
“She seemed smart, funny and very down-to-earth, very un-Hollywood,” Garten praised. “I thought she was someone I could have fun with.”
Before concluding, she said: “I reached out to her when we were filming an episode in Los Angeles, we arranged a date to cook together and, as we both suspected, we felt an instant connection. We have been friends ever since.”
The Ina Garten Cookbook, Be Prepared When Luck Strikes: An Autobiography It will be released on October 1, 2024.
