Martha Stewart admits to cheating on ex-husband Andrew during their 29-year marriage in new Netflix docu
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Martha Stewart is turning up the heat with a jaw-dropping revelation in the upcoming Netflix documentary 'Martha' by RJ Cutler.
The 83-year-old lifestyle mogul opened up about her past, confessing to an affair during her nearly three-decade marriage to ex-husband Andrew Stewart.
Martha Stewart was the first person in her family to get a divorce
“Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s–t,” Martha Stewart bluntly advised in the documentary's trailer, released Thursday, October 10.
“Get out of that marriage.” When a producer asked her, “Didn’t you have an affair early on?” Stewart casually replied, “Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”
The couple, married in 1961, welcomed their daughter Alexis in 1965 but got divorced in 1990. Reflecting on her split, Stewart shared, “Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family. And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful. But I’m very strong, and I’m very motivated to get on with life,” reported the New York Post.
Martha Stewart sheds light on her journey behind bars
The documentary promises intimate interviews tracing Martha Stewart’s journey from a teen model to America’s first self-made female billionaire in 1999. It also sheds light on her remarkable reinvention after serving prison time for insider trading in 2004.
“The cookie cutter house and the cookie cutter life, that was not for me,” Stewart stated. “I could’ve just been a miserable, has-been housewife, but I didn’t let that happen to myself.”
Stewart’s fiery resilience, both in life and business, comes through in her sharp commentary on her legal battles, “I was a trophy for these idiots… Those prosecutors should’ve been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high.”
Martha Stewart's 'ImClone' trade scandal led to her triumphant comeback
In December 2001, Martha Stewart sold her shares in ImClone Systems, a biopharmaceutical company, a move that quickly attracted the attention of investigators. By early 2002, both Stewart and her stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, were questioned about the sale, but they insisted that no insider information had influenced the decision.
Despite their claims, federal prosecutors later accused them of lying to authorities and acting on confidential knowledge when making the trade.
What followed was a highly publicized trial in 2004, resulting in Stewart being found guilty of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The media mogul was sentenced to five months in prison and two years of probation. “I had to climb out of a hole,” Stewart shared, reflecting on the experience in the documentary’s trailer.
Undeterred by the setback, Stewart confidently declared outside the courthouse, “I’ll be back. I will be back… I’m used to all kinds of hard work, as you know, and I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid whatsoever.”
True to her word, Stewart managed to keep her business empire intact during her incarceration. Less than a year after her release in 2005, she published a book and launched two new television shows, marking her triumphant return.
'Martha' hits Netflix on October 30, revealing the untold stories behind the media titan’s rise, fall, and comeback.
