Martha Stewart ‘tore her hair out’ and threatened to burn down home over husband’s affair with employee

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Martha Stewart recently opened up about the painful saga that led up to her 1987 separation and 1990 divorce from her husband, Andrew Stewart aka Andy, in the Netflix documentary 'Martha'.

In the documentary, Martha talked about the time when she discovered that her husband had an affair with a woman named Robyn Fairclough, who lived on their Connecticut property, reported Entertainment Weekly.

Martha Stewart talks about her husband Andy's affair

In the Netflix documentary, Martha Stewart revealed she remembers kicking the woman (Fairclough) out immediately. She asked her, "What the hell are you doing?" after finding out. She added, "Andy betrayed me right on our property. Not nice."

Martha's friend Kathy Tatlock explained the cheating scandal in the documentary. She said, "There were rumors floating around that Andy had some sort of involvement with the girl who was doing the flower arrangements at Turkey Hill Farm."

Kathy added, "Martha was picking up on everything and getting more and more upset. She would be frantic. Migraines and sleeplessness. At one point she showed me where she tore her hair out of her own head. She was mean to her staff."

Martha shared some letters that chronicle the dissolution of their relationship with intensity. One of the letters read, "Again, I feel betrayed and all alone. When you tell me that this is no longer your home, after all we did here together, why shouldn’t I say I’m going to burn it down? I am to go to San Francisco to talk about weddings and my wonderful life. I hope you’re enjoying your freedom, and I hope my plane crashes."

She explained, "Robin worked for me, and she had lost her apartment or something, and I said, 'You can move into the barn on the lower two acres.' We had a little apartment down there. When I was traveling, Andy started up with her. It was like I put out a snack for Andy."

Martha Stewart claims Andrew 'was the one who wanted divorce'

Martha Stewart also revealed in the documentary that her husband Andrew Stewart was "the one who wanted the divorce, not I." The former couple were married from 1961 to 1990 and have one daughter named Alexis Stewart, 59, according to the New York Post.

Martha said, "He was throwing me away. I was 40 years old. I was gorgeous. You know, I was a desirous woman. But he was treating me like a castaway. He treated me really badly. And in return, I guess I treated him badly."

Martha Stewart cheated on her husband Andy

Martha Stewart also revealed in the 'Martha' trailer that she had cheated on her ex-husband during their almost three-decade marriage.

She said in the trailer, "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. Get out of that marriage."

A producer asked her, "Didn’t you have an affair early on?" To which, she replied, "Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that."

During an intimate interview with director RJ Cutler, Martha also talked about the time she kissed a stranger in a cathedral during her honeymoon in Italy.

Martha recalled, "He didn't know I was married. I was this waif of a girl hanging out in the cathedral on Easter Eve. He was emotional. I was emotional. It’s just because it was an emotional place."

Martha shared a kiss with the stranger in the unexpected setting. It is an act she fondly remembers for its spontaneity. She added, "It was like nothing I had ever done before. And so why not kiss a stranger?"