Martha Stewart was seen for the first time on Friday since she admitted it was “very easy” to keep her infidelity a secret for 30 years.
The housekeeping expert, 83, confessed that she cheated on her ex-husband Andrew Stewart during their marriage in an explosive trailer for her new Netflix documentary, Martha, and speaking at her book launch party this week, she joked about adventure.
The star looked chic in a black jumpsuit paired with a burgundy cardigan and platform leather boots.
Her blonde bob had sleek waves and she sported a radiant makeup palette.
The star was seen leaning on a friend’s arm while walking.
Martha Stewart was seen for the first time on Friday since she admitted it was “very easy” to keep her infidelity a secret for 30 years.
Martha made the joke about her infidelity when her friend Lee Brian Schrager joked, “If you’re looking for ideas (for another book), maybe you could talk about how you (had) an affair that happened 30 years ago and you kept it a secret.” ‘How is that possible?’
Taking the microphone from Lee’s hand, Martha, who looked very glamorous in an elegant gold embroidered jacket and matching pants, responded with a smile on her face: “Very easy, you have to be circumspect.”
In the trailer for her documentary, Martha, who was married to Stewart from 1961 until their divorce in 1990, was giving advice to married women who had been cheated on, before a producer criticized her for being unfaithful.
‘Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts cheating on you, he’s a piece of s**t. Get out of that marriage,’ the television personality said.
‘Didn’t you have an affair from the beginning?’ The producer joked, to which Martha responded, ‘Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.’
Martha began dating Andy, who has been her only husband to date, when she was just 19 and he was 23, after they set up a blind date.
At the time he was a law student at Yale. He later moved into publishing and is currently editor emeritus of Fieldstone Publishing, a nature publisher.
The couple was married for nearly three decades after saying “I do” in 1961.
The star looked chic in a black jumpsuit paired with a burgundy cardigan and platform leather boots.
Martha admits to cheating on her husband Andrew Stewart in her upcoming Netflix documentary, and now says it was “very easy” to keep it a secret.
They welcomed a daughter, Alexis Stewart, now 59, in 1965.
The couple finally divorced in 1990.
After their divorce, Martha briefly dated Silence of the Lambs star Anthony Hopkins. She also dated software architect Charles Simonyi on and off for 15 years, from 1993 to 2008.
In 2023, Martha told E! News that she was single.
After their divorce, Andy married Martha’s former assistant, Robyn Fairclough, who was 21 years his junior. They have since divorced and he remarried Shyla Nelson Stewart.
In 2022, Martha called her divorce ‘terrible’ in an interview with People.
“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me, because we were the first to get divorced in my family,” she shared.
At one point in the clip, Martha was giving advice to married women who have been cheated on, before a producer criticized her for being unfaithful.
‘Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts cheating on you, he’s a piece of s**t. Get out of that marriage,’ the television personality said.
‘Didn’t you have an affair from the beginning?’ the producer joked, to which Marta responded, ‘Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.’
Martha began dating Andy, who has been her only husband to date, when she was just 19 and he was 23, after they set up a blind date.
The couple was married for nearly three decades after saying “I do” in 1961. They welcomed a daughter, Alexis Stewart, now 59, in 1965. They eventually divorced in 1990.
And the fact that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful. But I’m very strong and I’m very motivated to move forward with life.’
‘I have survived the rigors of time, of marriage, of having children, of building a business from scratch. I have survived very well and I think I make the most of it.
Martha’s mother, Martha Kostyra, previously said People that the divorce left her daughter “seriously hurt,” adding, “I don’t think she’ll ever get over it.”
The upcoming documentary follows the lifestyle icon from her teenage years, when she worked as a model, to becoming the first self-made female billionaire in the United States, according to the netflix Press release.
The film also “illuminates Stewart’s upbringing in a working-class family and forces us to reconsider the scandal that sent her to prison.”
