Apparently, the romantic sparks are still flying between Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey Garten even after almost 54 years of marriage.
During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, which airs next Monday, the host of the Food Network show Barefoot Contessa admitted that her husband still sends her sexy messages, but that he “gets lost sometimes.”
She then went on to share how he once mistakenly sent one of his racy messages to “the wrong person,” who happened to be her friend and publicist.
Open book: Ina Gerten revealed on an upcoming episode of The Drew Barrymore Show the time her husband Jeffrey Garten mistakenly sent a sexy text message to the wrong person; They are pictured in Hollywood in November 2018
According to Entertainment Tonight, Garten was chatting with Barrymore about her husband when the subject of his racy texting mishap with her friend and publicist Kristina Felix came up.
“My dear friend who is also my publicist, he texted her and he meant her for me and he said ‘You’re going to be delicious tonight’ and it went to her,” revealed the 74-year-old garden while laughing.
‘She was like, ‘Woah.’ She sent back, “I don’t think that was meant for me.”
When Barrymore subsequently asked if Felix “blushed bright red” upon seeing the raunchy text, Garten replied, “I didn’t see it, but I’m imagining it.”
Hot text mishap: Jeffrey Garten, 76, thought he was texting his wife Ina when he wrote: ‘You’re going to be delicious tonight’ but it accidentally went to her publicist; her husband is pictured in a September 14 Instagram post
Oops: The Barefoot Contessa host said her publicist and friend Kristina Felix responded to Jeffrey Garten’s racy text, “I don’t think that was meant for me”; The couple will be seen in February
In an interview with Page Six earlier this year, the television personality opened up about her relationship with the 76-year-old economist, who currently serves as dean emeritus at the Yale School of Management.
“He’s quite fabulous,” she gushed before sharing some of his many attributes. “He’s simple, he’s extraordinary. He’s positive and supportive and happy and smart and has the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever known. He’s adorable. Well, I was really lucky.’
Ina’s resume includes work in government, beginning as a low-level assistant and then moving up the political ladder to work at the White House as part of the Office of Management and Budget.
Still going strong: The couple, who tied the knot back in 1968, will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary on December 22; This wedding day photo is from December 1968
Jeffrey also has government experience, having worked for the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations in both the White House and State Department. Eventually he moved to Wall Street and became CEO of Lehman Brothers and the Blackstone Group.
The couple, who tied the knot in 1968, will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary on December 22nd.
Fans can catch the full conversation when the episode of The Drew Barrymore Show with Ina Gerten airs next Monday, November 7th.
Foodie: Along with her Food Network show, the New York native has written more than a dozen Barefoot Contessa cookbooks dating back to 1999