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The Barefoot Contessa Shatters a Little Boy’s Dream

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I know that on our website, we should be sticking to discussing people of importance, and a lot of you probably don’t know who Ina Garten is, but I’m here to tell you: she’s a cook on a cooking show and she’s a bitch. A straight-up, heartless bitch whose recipes really AREN’T EVEN THAT GOOD.

Garten, or the ‘Barefoot Contessa,’ was recently approached by a little boy at the Make-a-Wish Foundation.  The little boy, Enzo, is six years old and dying from leukemia. His one wish? To cook with Garten, as the little boy used to watch her show religiously while resting in bed with his mama after invasive medical treatments. The foundation approached the woman last year about the boy’s wish, and her team of handlers responded ‘no,’ because she was too tied up with a book tour. The boy, crushed, claimed that even though he was disappointed, he’d wait until she was free.

By a lucky chain of events, the little boy, Enzo, is alive a year later. Fast-forward to current time: MaW’s people approach Ina Garten once again, and this time her people come forward and simply say ‘No – a definite no,’ claiming that there’s just not enough time in the day.

First of all, she’s the FUCKING BAREFOOT CONTESSA.  HOW BUSY could she possibly be?  I had to Google this bitch’s real name so that I could refer to her properly. Second, she’s gonna turn down a little boy’s dying wish? How could someone be so heartless?

The little boy has since changed his wish, and will be swimming with dolphins in the coming months instead.

Fail, Barefoot Contessa.  I’ll stick to idolizing real chefs, thanks.

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  • My friend’s make a wish was to meet Steve Irwin. He said “No” too. Instead she went to Ireland with her whole family. And made a full recovery.

  • If it is her “people” that are saying no, do we know these requests are even making it to her? And trust me, I’m not trying to cover for her, I have always thought she was kind of a stuck up bitch from seeing her show. I’m just wondering.

    • yes, she’s a total stuck up biatch. he whole life is self-indulging, and dinner parties w/her snotty ass “friends”. barefoot “contessa”…what the heck is a contessa anyways? is she trying to project a hippy-esque feel to her condescending title? puh-leeze.

  • I’m such a sap, when passing on this latest evidence of the cruelty of the world to my boyfriend I actually began to cry. I’ll have to bake some muffins in order to stomach this one…..

  • what a bitch! i can tell she has obviously never had to go through something like that. her nose is so far up in her own ass she’s unaware she’s even in there. just, damn bitch? ya know? karma will come around and when its her time to ask for something it WILL be turned down. or sadly, when it’s someone the ugly spirited woman loves time to want something special they will be turned down. bc sadly its usually the ppl who don’t deserve to pay for our crimes who do and that may be why it hurts so bad. what this little boy needs to know, its that this was the worlds way of giving him a WAY better chance for a kick ass wish! everything for a reason ;)

  • wow….trying to think of a way this would be a reasonable response….it’s not like she’s wiley cyrus and gets a lot of these. yeah there is absolutely no reason. bitch.

  • Doesn’t sound like Ina – Enzo’s parents are probably chef-fuckers and want some sort of publicity…

  • Why didn’t she just invite the young boy to her swanky Hampton $100,000/plate charity event then? To whom much is given, much is expected. Apparently she hasn’t learned this.

    She couldn’t find time? She couldn’t have him join her on one of her shows? She couldn’t even find the time to do a video for him?

    She’s just a silly chef. She’s not a brain surgeon, heart surgeon or president of the US. She’s just a chef, and she couldn’t carve any time away from “food” to spend time with a sick child?

    Really? I don’t care if you’ve raised 20 mil for charities. The measure of one’s character is not what we do when people are watching, but what we do when no one is looking.

    Kudos to Michael Symon and Beau MacMillan for stepping up and offering. I’m sure they’re both much busier than she is, and they’re willing to find the time.

    If Bill Gates can find time for a MAW child, I’m more than certain this woman could have.

    No one demanded she be a “celeb” chef. She chose it. With that comes a heightened level of expectations. If you’re not prepared to meet those expectations, then be prepared to suffer the consequences.

    Someone who plays with food for a living that can’t find time for a sick boy’s request is someone who has an overinflated sense of their own self importance.

    The FN should cut the “Contessa” loose.

  • If she was the President of the United States, of course, very busy schedule. She is a small level cook show host. Not very famous. Only real cooks know her and a few of us who love the Foodnetwork channel. But, obviously, I am not watching her again, and if FN does not take her out, won’t watch the channel again. How can someone say they cannot be there for someone in need??? Let’s see what she tells God when she gets up there to be judged.

  • What a bitch….. Never heard of her till today and I hope this is the last I hear of this fat cunt.

  • This woman seems to have all the time in the world to fix complete meals to welcome home a myriad of wealthy friends who spend months abroad each year. She is married to Casper Milquetoast who does nothing but fawn over her, she spends all this time on these shows telling us what a good friend she is and how devoted she it to her causes and charities, then she pulls this? If people are going to call for boycotts of Whole Foods because the founder doesn’t like ObamaCare, how about boycott of this heartless, self centered pile of dung.

  • Kids probably too young for her. She being a huge supporter of abortions would be made uncomfortable by the youngster. Better off for the child not to be around such an evil person.