INA GARTEN STAYED UP UNTIL 3 AM TO BUY TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS & IS ALREADY PLANNING HER 'SPARKLY' OUTFIT

While Taylor Swift is no stranger to having celebrities in the audience (her VIP tent is always packed with A-listers and it is how she reportedly met Travis Kelce) the "Cruel Summer" singer can count another notable attendee to her Eras Tour: Ina Garten.

The Barefoot Contessa, who is gearing up for her highly-anticipated memoir release later this year, told People Magazine that she stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to secure tickets.

"I'm going to be in Paris in May, and I thought, 'Wait a minute, isn't she going to be in Paris in May?'" Garten told the outlet. "At 3:00 in the morning, I was online, seeing if I could get two good tickets, and I did."

"So we're going to go see the Eras Tour in Paris," she continued, while adding that Jeffrey didn't make the cut as her plus one this time. Instead, she's bringing a "very good friend" who lives in Paris.

Oh, and the next order of business? Her Eras Tour outfit. "I'm trying to figure out what I can wear that's sparkly," she added.

According to Ina herself, she is "totally a fan" of Swift, who she first met years ago. In fact, the celebrity chef has gushed of Taylor on Instagram, too.

"I met Taylor actually when Food Network Magazine asked rock stars 10 years ago who their favorite Food Network people were, and Taylor chose me," she said. "So she came for a photo shoot for the day, and then we saw each other for a while afterwards. She invited me to lunch and she came back for lunch one day in East Hampton. I just so admire her."

The feeling is mutual too. Swift has previously praised Garten as a "magnificent woman" that changed her entire outlook on cooking.

"My most potent memories of Ina come from when I first discovered her TV show. I was in my teens, and my life revolved around touring. On my rare days off at home, I barely ever cooked because it had always felt like a chore," Swift said, adding that "watching Ina prepare a meal changed" her perspective on the task and "reframed it as something relaxing."

"She made cooking feel like self-care," she added. "Ever since, cooking has been my escape from stress and one of the only ways I can truly calm myself on a rough day. I'll always be grateful to her for giving me that."

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