Martha Stewart is sharing her highs and lows in a new, self-titled documentary, including the revelation that she once had an extramarital affair.
“I was considered crazy, but it worked. Young women listened to my advice,” Stewart, 83, said in the Thursday, October 19, trailer for the Netflix program. “If you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s—. Get out of that marriage.”
Producers then asked her about her own affair, to which Stewart replied, “Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”
The TV star was married to ex-husband Andrew Stewart, with whom she shares daughter Alexis, between 1961 and 1990. Three years after their divorce, she debuted her Martha Stewart Living daytime series that inspired a magazine of the same name. Martha went on to host The Martha Stewart Show and authored a number of cookbooks.
Martha Stewart celebrated her 83rd birthday on August 3, but she has no plans to slow down. In fact, she’s busier than ever: Her home brand is in demand and her 100th cookbook, Martha Stewart: The Cookbook is out in November. “I try to balance a whole lot,” the mogul told Us while promoting Pure […] “What is more important? A marriage or a career?” Stewart asked in the trailer. “You tell me. I don’t know. The cookie-cutter house and the cookie-cutter life was not for me.” She added, “I had two mottos: Learn something new every day and when you’re through changing, you’re through. I could have just been a miserable, has-been housewife, but I didn’t let that happen to myself — and I’m so happy I didn’t.” Martha didn’t let anything stop her business success, which made her feel like she “was on top of the world,” until her 2004 arrest. The lifestyle maven was found guilty on felony charges of conspiracy to obstruct and of making false statements to federal investigators, later being sentenced to a five-month prison sentence and a two-year period of supervised release. She was released from jail in March 2005.
“I had to climb out of a hole,” she recalled, also referring to her resulting friendship with rapper Snoop Dogg and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit modeling gig.
The film, directed by R.J. Cutler, examines Martha’s career through the years.
A logline reads, “Through intimate and revealing interviews with the icon herself and those from her inner circle, R.J. Cutler’s definitive documentary on Martha Stewart traces her rise from teenage model to her reign as the original influencer and America’s first self-made female billionaire.”
Martha recently gave Us an exclusive peek into how she still does it all.
“I try to balance a whole lot,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in September. “In comparison with many of my friends, the busyness and creative work helps a lot.”
Martha premieres Wednesday, October 30, on Netflix.
