Infinitely better!
Posted on 03/25/2011 1:15:17 PM PDT by inflorida
The Make-a-Wish Foundation had to break some bad news to a 6-year-old cancer patient this week ... when Food Network star Ina Garten informed them she was too busy to cook a meal with the boy ... TMZ has learned.
A family member involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation tells us ... a little boy named Enzo was approached by the organization after he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia three years ago.
Enzo told Make-A-Wish ... he really wanted to cook with the "Barefoot Contessa" host because he would often watch the show with his mother while resting in bed.
M.A.W. approached Garten with the wish last year ... but at the time, she was unable to meet with Enzo due to a book tour. The organization urged Enzo to pick another wish, but he told them he wanted to wait until she becomes available.
We're told the organization went back to Ina this year ... but her team responded with a "definite no" ... once again, citing scheduling conflicts.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
What does that mean? I know they are sick, but maybe some of them don’t understand the implications of their wishes, in which case the parents need to let them know they may not get their first wish.
Now there's another reason to skip over even the listings of the Food Network.
I think you nailed her well. She’s one of the few on The Food Network that I just can’t watch. She gives me the impression who doesn’t ever smell.
Typical liberal, all talk and no action.
Really good publicity, or poisonous publicity. The choice is yours, BareFAT C**tessa.
Barefoot Contessa, you're a pig, and you'd better hope that you're never in a situation like the one faced by the kid. Wow, a dying fan, and you essentially flipped him the bird.
Karma's a bitch.
I’m guessing something like this takes more than an hour or two. I know the easy position here is to bash anyone who doesn’t do backward somersaults for every person that wants a favor from a celebrity. We really don’t know her reason for turning down the request.
S*** Out Of (Pot) Luck Dinner.
So? If celebs HAD TO agree to every little tear jerker story they couldn’t possibly fulfill such obligations.
It’s hard to believe that someone with a 300 pound heft can be so one dimensional. This comports exactly with my impression of this woman. sd
I been on TMZ live right now one of Harvey Levin reporters totally badmouth her LOL!
Infinitely better!
This looks like thuggery on the part of the Make-a-Wish foundation. Are they such a sacred cow that they can demand that everyone accede to their requests? They asked a private person to sign on to an act of charity and she Dec.ined, and now they are publicizing this. It doesn’t appear that she backed out of a commitment that she made to them or that she showed any disrespect to the child or the organization.
This is a story? Isn’t charity work supposed to be voluntary? Are we going to start smearing celebrities every time they turn down an invitation to appear at a benefit or decline a request for a donation, regardless of how generous they may be with their time and money?
I feel bad for the child, but this has the feel of a shakedown.
It's not like she was asked to cancel her vacation to stay home and run a WAR, or anything. NOTHING she does can be that important.
I have seen Make-A-Wish in action, up close and personal. I have witnessed the difference it made in a child's short life. I hope the memory of what she has done haunts her for the rest of her wretched life.
Sorry to sound rude, but the “Barefoot Contess” doesn’t have to do this. Personally, I would try to bend over backward if someone from “Make a Wish” asked me to do something and it surprises me that this chef won’t do it, but I’m not going to damn her for it. The parents need to calm down and work with the child to come up with another wish. And the organization should not bad mouth this chef or leak damaging information—that just hurts the program.
Sorry to sound rude, but the “Barefoot Contess” doesn’t have to do this. Personally, I would try to bend over backward if someone from “Make a Wish” asked me to do something and it surprises me that this chef won’t do it, but I’m not going to damn her for it. The parents need to calm down and work with the child to come up with another wish. And the organization should not bad mouth this chef or leak damaging information—that just hurts the program.
Ina Rosenberg Garten also served as hostess of the 16th Annual Hudson Peconic benefit for Planned Parenthood! Nice. Not only is she a pig, but a ghoul!
My wife attended a trade show in NYC as a member of the media.
She asked “contessa” if she could get a photo with her. Contessa sat behind a table in her trade show booth and said, “just don’t touch my table.” She then refused to look at the camera. She’s a horrible woman - very rude and condescending at events where she is supposed to be promoting herself. I can’t even imagine how bad she is when not on her best behavior.
The press is going after her (Ina Garten) because she’s an awful rude person who mistreats the media worse than she abuses her fans.
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