Ina Garten Details Playing Beer Pong at a Taylor Swift’s After Party

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The Barefoot Contessa’s feeling 22, astatine slightest erstwhile Taylor Swift’s around.

“I’m brainsick astir Taylor Swift,” Ina Garten told WSJ. Magazine in her caller screen story. “After the amusement she invited america to spell to a enactment that she gave for each of the crew.”

And astatine said aft party—which appeared to be for Swift’s 1989 circuit successful 2015 based connected discourse clues—Ina said that she was asked to play brew pong erstwhile shot prima Abby Wambach, caller disconnected her World Cup win, approached her to service arsenic a mentor.   

“She said, ‘I’m gonna beryllium your advisor.’ And I was like, ‘Great! What’s your advice?’” Garten recalled. “And she said, ‘Get the f--king shot successful the f--king cup.’ And I said, ‘That’s your advice?’”

And portion she whitethorn person been caller to brew pong, Garten, who has her ain enactment of cocktail recipes, is nary alien to drinking games. In information successful February 2019, she participated successful Seth Meyer’s “Day Drinking” sketch for Late Night.

Cracking up astatine the late-night host’s antics, Garten quipped at the time, “I’m successful large trouble,” as Meyers downed galore cocktails successful wide daylight.

In summation to her emotion of cocktails, the Barefoot Contessa’s adoration for Swift has remained accordant done the years.

“Happy Birthday to 1 of the astir originative creator geniuses of our time!” the cookbook writer wrote connected Instagram successful a December 2021 day tribute to Swift. “You are specified an inspiration for anyone who wants to sail their ain ship. Sending love. @taylorswift.”

And successful 2022, Garten shared the root of her relationship with Swift, telling Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie connected the Today show, “I did a photograph sprout with Taylor and we cooked together, and I truthful fell successful emotion with her. She was 25.”