Martha Stewart’s ex-husband has thing to opportunity aft she dragged him done nan mud successful her Netflix documentary.
The manner queen, 83, was joined to patient Andrew (Andy) Stewart from 1961 to 1990. In nan precocious dropped doc, “Martha,” she accused him of blowing up their matrimony with “many different girlfriends” and cheating connected her pinch her ex-assistant.
However, Andy is now telling his broadside of nan communicative courtesy of his 3rd wife, Shyla Nelson Stewart.
Before nan documentary was available to watercourse connected Netflix, Andy and Shyla took rumor pinch nan “sensationalized” trailer — and fired disconnected their frustrations via Facebook.
Shyla wrote nan lengthy station but signed it connected her and her husband’s behalf.
Calling him “one of nan gentlest, astir soft-spoken, kind-hearted men” she’s ever known, Shyla gushed complete their matrimony earlier blasting nan national he shared pinch Martha.
“Prior to this happy section of his life, Andy had immoderate acheronian ones, including a achy and abusive matrimony to Martha (as in, Martha Stewart), which ended almost 40 years ago,” she wrote successful their connection dated Oct. 12.
Assuring everyone that Andy has “quietly moved connected and guardant pinch his life,” his woman claimed that “Martha continues to publically relitigate nan marriage, including comments successful a sensational trailer for an upcoming documentary connected Netflix.”
Shyla continued, “The juxtaposition of Andy’s early life pinch nan joy-filled, purpose-led, loving matrimony we unrecorded coming is striking. Every day, we openly definitive our gratitude for our emotion and for our life together.”
Andy and his woman ended their connection by wishing everyone, “including Martha herself, nan acquisition of loving and being loved profoundly and fully, and nan bid that comes pinch specified a love.”
The connection was signed, “Shyla and Andy Stewart.” The mates besides said it would beryllium their only nationalist remark connected nan matter.
Martha shared they “haven’t spoken” since their divorce successful 1990. She and Andy stock 1 kid — daughter Alexis Stewart, 59.
Martha went into awesome item astir the alleged infidelities successful her matrimony pinch Andy, including claiming he strayed from their narration pinch her assistant, Robyn Fairclough, who lived connected their Connecticut property.
“I don’t cognize really galore different girlfriends he had … but I deliberation location were rather a fewer … If you’re joined and you deliberation you’re happily married, and your hubby starts to cheat connected you, he’s a portion of s–t. Look astatine him arsenic a portion of s–t and get retired of it, get retired of that marriage,” Martha warned viewers.
Andy went connected to wed Robyn successful May 1993. He wed Shyla successful 2016.
Martha admitted to kissing a alien connected her honeymoon successful Italy erstwhile she was conscionable 19. She besides copped to different infidelity later successful their marriage.
“I had a very little matter pinch a very charismatic Irishman, and it was conscionable nothing,” she stated. “It was nothing. In position of … I would person ne'er surgery up a matrimony for it. It was nothing.”
Martha’s extramarital affairs weren’t nan only bombshells she dropped successful her documentary. When discussing her proceedings and situation stint pursuing nan insider trading scandal, nan erstwhile homemaker-turned-billionaire businesswoman blasted a erstwhile New York Post columnist who covered her ineligible battle.
“She had written horrible things during nan full trial. But she is dormant now, convey goodness,” Martha said.
But she’s very overmuch alive, penning a comeback article successful consequence to Martha’s comments pinch nan headline, “Hey Martha Stewart, you gloated astir nan decease of a Post columnist — but I’m alive, bitch!”
When Martha caught upwind of nan article, she playfully responded by calling nan New York Post “my favourite newspaper.”
In March 2004, Martha was recovered blameworthy connected charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justice. She was sentenced to 5 months successful situation and 2 years of probation, leaving her marque successful free fall.
When Martha was released successful March 2005, she rebuilt her estimation and career. She ne'er remarried.