>>She’s a pig.<<
From another news source:
According to TMZ, Food Network host Ina Garten turned down meeting the same six-year-old Make-a-Wish kid twice, citing scheduling conflicts (he’s diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). The Make-A-Wish foundation “noted that Ina is a ‘good friend’ of the foundation,” however. The kid’s going with his second choice: swimming with dolphins.
Scaling it down from whale to dolphins. ;) Seriously, awaiting the full story here and can understand that not every celebrity can accomodate every such charity wish (especially those in high demand such as certain sports stars). Yet have a hard time buying that this chef is in that kind of demand and can't fulfill such a request. At the least, she should have found it in herself to send him a thank you/inspirational note/vid message and some brownies, donate a few bucks toward leukemia causes (perhaps someone should've told her it was for a Dem campaign instead), etc.
That said, whoever brought this to the press (parents, MAW foundation, other), shouldn't have.