Food Network star puts her ‘barefoot’ in her mouth
Ina Garten, better known as the ‘Barefoot Contessa,’ denied a 6-year-old cancer patient his wish to meet her—twice—before making room in her schedule.
Ina Garten, the TV personality behind Food Network’s “Barefoot Contessa,” denied a 6-year-old leukemia sufferer his Make-A-Wish Foundation dream to meet the host.
Wait, wait, check that—she denied him twice.
The boy, whose name is Enzo, suffers with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and he wanted to meet the celebrity chef after watching her while he was sick in bed. But a rep for Garten said, “As much as [Garten] would like to, it’s absolutely impossible for her to grant every request she receives.”
Really? She has that many request from sick 6-year-olds?
The public outrage toward Garten was so intense—after Enzo’s mom wrote about in the family’s blog—that she finally relented, saying through a spokesperson:
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