Why Ina Garten Almost Divorced Jeffrey Garten During 55 Years of Marriage

Ina’s Garden She has proven to be more than just a stereotype.

the barefoot countess The broadcaster revealed that she almost divorced her husband. Jeffrey Garten During their decades-long marriage, it was all because she felt like she was playing the role of a housewife.

“There were certain roles we played that I found really annoying,” Ina said. the people September 17. “I felt like if I hit the pause button, I would get his attention.”

But the 76-year-old, who married Jeffrey in December 1968, shared her insight into the role her company played in the dynamic of their relationship after buying her specialty food store in Westhampton Beach.

“When I bought the Barefoot Contessa, I broke our traditional roles—I took a baseball bat and left them in pieces,” she wrote in her memoir. Be prepared when luck strikes.—Released October 1. “While I still cooked, cleaned, shopped, and ran the store, I did so as a businesswoman, not a wife. My responsibilities made it impossible for me to even think about anything else. There was no expectation about who got home from work first and what they should do, because I never got home from work!”