Martha Stewart and Ina Garten are two of the most beloved celebrity chefs of today—and once upon a time, they were even friends. The ‘90s homemaking stars had a falling out in the early 2000s though, and the reason depends on who you’re asking.
On October 1, 2024, Ina Garten released her much-anticipated memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens. In it, the 76-year-old chef pens the reason for the end of her friendship with Martha as something as simple as an out-of-state move. In a conversation with Andy Cohen on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, however, Martha says that’s not the case.
During the episode, Andy asked Martha if she’d read Ina’s new memoir and she admitted to reading parts of it. “You read the part about yourself,” he jokingly stated and she confirmed.
When asked what her take was, Martha coolly said, “She can write whatever she wants.”
In the memoir, Ina reported that she and Martha lost touch when she moved to Connecticut and Martha remained in New York. Martha’s bestie, Snoop Dogg, who was also on the episode, chimed in, noting, “That’s weak. Martha don’t fall out with people.”
And Martha confirmed. The way she sees it, Ina stopped speaking to her after she went to jail.
Martha was famously convicted of felony charges for a high-level stock trading case in 2004. She served five months in jail and was on probation for two years thereafter.
During the episode, Martha seemed entirely unbothered by the subject. Perhaps that’s due to having a new celebrity BFF to mingle with. “See, that’s when I stepped in—real friends,” Snoop said, referencing the beginning of their friendship, which blossomed in 2008.
While fans were excited to have a reason straight from Martha’s mouth, they were even more thrilled with the way Snoop supported her on live TV, and the way she unwaveringly stood in her truth. “The way Snoop is so ready to defend her with the ‘what did she say.’ He’s like, ‘Not too much on my girl. Who do I need to handle?’” one fan wrote. “‘Martha don’t fall out with people.’ Love me some Snoop,” another fan commented. “Martha and Snoop are not TV friendship—that’s a real friendship,” someone else commented. “Her realness is highly flavored and likable. ‘...after I went to jail.’ She said that without an ounce of self-pity. Respect,” another fan wrote. “I love that she owns ‘when I went to jail.’ This is great,” someone else chimed in.
Here’s to more moments of Martha being Martha, Snoop being Snoop, and the duo being the celebrity best friends we never knew we needed.
Rebecca Norris is a full-time freelance writer living in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Over the past 10+ years, she’s heavily covered a range of lifestyle topics, including travel, home, beauty, style, wellness, and celebrity news. She is a graduate of George Mason University, where she earned a B.A. in Media: Production, Consumption, and Critique, along with a minor in Electronic Journalism. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling with her Jack-Chi, Cash, sipping iced matcha lattes, indulging in delicious cuisine, perusing farmer’s markets and antique sales, collecting colored glass, getting lost within the pages of a book, and exploring new bucket-list cities.
