Who is Martha Stewart’s ex-husband, Andy Stewart? She speaks about him in new doc
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Martha Stewart says she cheated on her ex-husband, Andy Stewart, in a new documentary reflecting on her life and career.
In the first trailer for Netflix’s “Martha,” the lifestyle icon looks into the camera for a record-scratch moment.
“Young women, listen to my advice,” she says with confidence and certainty. “You’re married, and your husband starts to cheat on you. He’s a piece of sh–. Get out of that marriage.
“Didn’t you have an affair early on?” a producer interjects.
For a beat, Stewart’s veneer of authority seems to falter as she says, “I — don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”
Here’s what she has shared about her marriage. Read on for more about Andrew “Andy” Stewart, Martha Stewart’s ex-husband.
About Martha Stewart and Andy Stewart’s marriage
Martha Stewart married Andrew Stewart in 1961. Then 19, she was a student at Barnard College, and her ex-husband was a student at Yale Law School. He went on to have a career in publishing and was an executive at art publisher Harry N. Abrams, then founded his own publishing house Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
The former couple met through a blind date, she told People. Stewart described herself as being attracted to the fact that her future-husband was “extremely serious.”
They were married until Martha Stewart filed for divorce in 1990.
“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family,” Martha Stewart told People in a 2020 interview. “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.”
“I have survived the rigors of time, of marriage, of childbearing, of building a business from scratch,” she continued. “I have survived very nicely, and I think I make the most of it.”
They share a daughter
Their daughter, Alexis Stewart, was born in 1965.
Like her mother, Alexis Stewart is a graduate of Barnard College. She is also a television and radio host and co-author of the 2011 book “Whateverland: Learning to Live Here,” in which she penned an honest account of her childhood.
Alexis Stewart told TODAY co-host Savannah Guthrie in 2011 about her relationship with her mom.
“We’re incredibly close and we’re both very opinionated people. So while we can be together having a nice time, we can also have an animated discussion slash argument about something. Because that’s normal,” she said. “So if we agree on everything, how boring would that be?”
In 2011, Alexis Stewart welcomed a daughter, Jude, who was born via a gestational surrogate. Her son, Truman, was born in 2012, also through surrogacy.
Where is Andy Stewart now?
Today, Andrew Stewart is the publisher emeritus of Fieldstone Publishing, a publisher that specializes in field guides, gardening books, and more.
After his divorce, Andrew Stewart married painter Robyn Fairclough in 1993, per their New York Times wedding listing.
The two would later divorce, and Andrew Stewart would go on to marry Shyla Nelson, she shared on Facebook. Nelson is the CEO and president of Fieldstone Publishing.
