Martha Stewart Talks About Life In Prison In New Documentary

Martha Stewart is one businesswoman who has defied the odds. She reached her rock bottom, yet she found her way back to the top. A Martha Stewart documentary is in the works and the film would cover several aspects of the billionaire’s life, from marriage to her time in prison and how she challenged the “cookie-cutter life.” It’d trace Stewart’s life from teenage model to America’s first self-made billionaire.

On October 10, Netflix released the first trailer of R.J. Cutler’s documentary Martha. The movie, which will debut on October 30, has already got people talking about the twists in Stewart’s life and her unconventional approach.

Martha Stewart was convicted for multiple felonies

When asked about her time in prison, Stewart said, “I was a trophy for these idiots. I was dragged into solitary, no food or water.” Before she was convicted of multiple felonies, Stewart was an entrepreneur, author, and celebrity homemaker who made videos on cooking, baking, and decorating on TV.

The charges against her included conspiracy and obstruction of justice after she was connected to an insider trading investigation in which she lied about a stock trade. In December 2001, Stewart was said to have sold her stake in ImClone Systems, a biopharmaceutical company. In 2004, she served a five-month sentence in the Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, and was released in March 2005.

After she was released from prison, Stewart made her way back to the top in a short time. She made an appearance on TV in September 2005, and launched the Martha Stewart show. The show won three Emmys and aired for 7 years. She also posed on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2023.

Martha Stewart had an affair

The 82-year-old TV host also talked about her marriage, “I could’ve just been a miserable housewife. But I didn’t let that happen to myself, and I’m so happy I didn’t.” She married publisher Andrew Stewart in 1961 and the couple divorced in 1990. Viewers are hoping she would share more details about the separation in the documentary.

Stewart admitted that she cheated on her husband but claimed she does not “think Andy ever knew about that.” After which she gave advice to wives with cheating husbands, saying, “he’s a piece of s—. Get out of that marriage.” It looks like the Martha Stewart documentary will take the world by storm.