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Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten said she had to face down her mother’s blunt disapproval before marrying her now-husband of 56 years, Jeffrey Garten.
In 1968, Garten’s parents paid her a visit to express their opinions ahead of Jeffrey’s impending proposal. “My mother walked into the room and said, ‘I don't think you should get married,’” Garten said on Tuesday in an interview with Hoda Kotb Today. “She thought she knew better for me,” she continued.
Garten said her response in that moment was the first time she’d ever stood up to her mother. She told her, “‘I’m very sorry,’ and I said this with as much love as I could—‘This is the first time I’m ever going to say this to you. I don’t care what you think, I’m marrying Jeffrey.’” Garten said it “took a lot of courage,” and her mother didn't take it well, as she left the room in silence. Garten's father, in contrast, called her marriage to Jeffrey the “smartest thing you’ve ever done.”
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