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Ina Garten Reveals Childhood Abuse by Father: ‘I Was Physically Afraid’
The ‘Barefoot Contessa’ star opened up about her difficult childhood in a new interview.
In an interview, the Barefoot Contessa star recalled growing up in Connecticut with her brother Ken and being afraid of her father, a surgeon who, she said, would hit her and pull her hair if she disappointed him. Garten described her mother as controlling and speculated that she might have had Asperger’s Syndrome because “she really didn’t know how to have a relationship.” The lack of connection between the two led the Daytime Emmy-winning celebrity cook to focus on maintaining strong bonds in her own life. Garten also opened up about suffering physical and emotional abuse from her late parents, Charles and Florence Rosenberg, in her memoir Be Ready When the Luck Happens, out on October 1.
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