--- title: Ina Garten Dishes on Her Friendship With Taylor Swift description: Ina Garten revealed that she and pal Taylor Swift canonical: https://time.com/5430984/ina-garten-on-taylor-swift/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-22T17:22:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:34.278Z og:title: Ina Garten Dishes on Her Friendship With Taylor Swift og:description: They discuss everything from boyfriends to business og:url: https://time.com/5430984/ina-garten-on-taylor-swift/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00564e93e6166362/69893d2a096a94cb6a6a3bc6/ina-garten-taylor-swift-friendship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Ina Garten in Conversation with Danny Meyer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ina Garten Dishes on Her Friendship With Taylor Swift twitter:description: They discuss everything from boyfriends to business twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00564e93e6166362/69893d2a096a94cb6a6a3bc6/ina-garten-taylor-swift-friendship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ina Garten Dishes on Her Friendship With Taylor Swift: 'She Is Wise Beyond Her Years' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)Noam Galai—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 22, 2018 5:22 PM UTC Domestic goddess [Ina Garten](http://time.com/4838671/ina-garten-fantasy-dinner-party/) has no shortage of celebrity fans, but the vocal support of one famous admirer— [Taylor Swift, you may have heard of her](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/) — has blossomed into a deep and mutual friendship. In an interview with the [_Huffington Post_](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ina-garten-interview-barefoot-contessa-anthony-bourdain%5Fus%5F5bc8c047e4b055bc947e7844), the Barefoot Contessa revealed that the pair, [who have long been fans of each other](http://time.com/3823301/ina-garten-2015-time-100/), discuss a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: “Boyfriends. Businesses. Friends. Life.” Garten also had nothing but admiration for the _Reputation_ singer, going so far as to call her “extraordinary.” “She’s very smart and very interesting and she loves her friends,” she said. “She is wise beyond her years to say the least.” Perhaps this is a sign that Swift, who’s long been known for her wide and large friend group, is expanding her girl squad yet again. 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