‘Frantic’ Martha Stewart ‘tore her hair out’ over husband’s affair with her assistant

Martha Stewart fell isolated aft learning that her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart, was cheating connected her while they were still married.

The Netflix documentary “Martha” that came retired Wednesday addresses nan respective affairs that Martha, 83, and Andrew some had backmost successful nan day, including really Martha handled her then-husband’s infidelity.

The celebrated homemaker’s friend, Kathy Tatlock, explained successful nan doc really Andrew cheated connected Martha pinch her erstwhile assistant, Robyn Fairclough.

“There were rumors floating astir that Andy had immoderate benignant of engagement pinch nan woman who was doing nan flower arrangements astatine Turkey Hill Farm,” said Tatlock, referring to nan Stewarts’ Westport, Connecticut home.

“Martha was picking up connected everything and getting much and much upset,” Tatlock recalled. “She would beryllium frantic. Migraines and sleeplessness. At 1 constituent she showed maine wherever she tore her hairsbreadth retired of her ain head. She was mean to her staff.”

“She had mislaid power of Andy,” Martha’s pal added, “so she was making everybody pay.”

Martha told producers that she fto Fairclough unrecorded successful an flat connected her Turkey Hill Farm.

“When I was traveling, Andy started up pinch her,” Martha shared. “It was for illustration I put retired a snack for Andy.”

The erstwhile “Martha Stewart Show” big confirmed that she confronted Fairclough and “kicked her retired immediately” aft learning of nan affair.

“You know, ‘What nan hellhole are you doing?’” said Martha, adding, “Andy betrayed me, correct connected our property. Not nice.”

“It’s difficult for maine personally to talk astir it,” nan personage cook besides said astir her ex-husband’s affair. “Some group revel successful this self-pity. I conscionable don’t. I handed complete letters that were very personal. So, conjecture what — return it retired of nan letters.”

In nan letters Martha gave to producers, she wrote, “Dearest Andy. I cannot sleep. I cannot eat. My tegument is worried and galore lines that were not location are now there. I americium agonizingly suspicious of your different women. I can’t carnivore that you usage what we did together connected others.”

“I’m successful a really fragile, breakable authorities correct now,” Martha besides wrote. “I really consciousness physically sick because of each this — arsenic if my encephalon were astir to break.”

Martha claimed successful nan doc that Andrew was “the 1 who wanted nan divorce, not I.” The exes were joined from 1961 to 1990 and person 1 child, girl Alexis Stewart, 59.

“He was throwing maine away,” Martha said. “I was 40 years old. I was gorgeous. You know, I was a desirous woman. But he was treating maine for illustration a castaway. He treated maine really badly. And successful return, I conjecture I treated him badly.”

As for Martha’s ain infidelity, she admitted she had a “very little affair” pinch a “very charismatic Irish man” successful nan precocious 1960s.

“It was nothing,” she said. “I would ne'er person surgery up a matrimony for it.”

Martha thought Andrew ne'er knew astir her affair — but director R.J. Cutler told her otherwise.

“He says he didn’t stray from nan matrimony until you told him you had already strayed,” Cutler said to Martha.

“Oh, that’s not true. I don’t think,” Martha responded.

Martha met Andrew connected a unsighted day erstwhile he was a 23-year-old Yale rule student.

After their divorce, Andrew joined Fairclough. The 2 yet divorced.

Andrew later sewage remarried successful 2016 to Shyla Nelson Stewart, nan president and CEO of Fieldstone Publishing.

It’s been reported that Andrew is “furious” over his ex-wife’s confession astir her ain matter successful nan doc.

The Post has reached retired to Andrew for comment.

“Martha” is streaming connected Netflix.