Martha Stewart admits she kissed a stranger in a cathedral during her honeymoon

Martha Stewart revealed that she shared a buss pinch a alien astatine a cathedral while she was connected her honeymoon pinch her now ex-husband Andrew Stewart. 

In nan upcoming Netflix documentary "Martha," nan 83-year-old manner maven recalled that she and Andrew, who tied nan knot successful 1961, decided to embark connected a five-month extended honeymoon successful Europe aft their nuptials. 

During an on-camera question and reply pinch head R.J. Cutler, Stewart remembered that nan erstwhile mates arrived successful Florence, Italy, connected nan nighttime earlier Easter. The TV characteristic explained that she visited nan famed Duomo Florence Cathedral solo while Andrew stayed backmost successful their edifice room.

"He didn't person immoderate liking successful going to nan Duomo pinch me," Stewart said of her erstwhile spouse. "Listening to that astonishing euphony successful nan cathedral… It was a very romanticist place, crowded pinch tourists, and I met this very handsome guy."

Martha Stewart revealed that she kissed a alien successful a cathedral while connected her honeymoon pinch her erstwhile hubby Andrew Stewart. (2024 Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Netflix)

She continued, "He didn't cognize I was married. I was this waif of a woman hanging retired successful nan cathedral connected Easter Eve. He was emotional. I was emotional. It's conscionable because it was an affectional place. It was dissimilar thing I had ever experienced. An expansive dome. So beautiful and paintings each astir you."

MARTHA STEWART ADMITS SHE HAD AN AFFAIR DURING MARRIAGE BUT EX 'NEVER KNEW ABOUT' IT

"It was for illustration thing I had ever done before," Stewart added. "And truthful why not buss a stranger?"

"Were you being, you know, what's nan connection I'm looking for?" Cutler asked.

"Naughty?" Stewart replied.

"Was it naughty aliases was it infidelity?" nan head asked.

"Neither," Stewart said. "It was neither naughty nor unfaithful. It was conscionable affectional of nan moment. That's really I looked astatine it. And it was breathtaking because, I mean, it was a very affectional place. I wish we could each acquisition specified an evening."

The mates were joined from 1961 to 1990. (2024 Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Netflix)

Stewart and Andrew met successful 1960 aft his sister group them up connected a unsighted date. At nan time, she was attending Barnard College successful New York City, and he was a 23-year-old student astatine Yale Law School. 

In nan documentary, Stewart, who was raised by a middle-class family successful Nutley, New Jersey, recalled that she was impressed erstwhile Andrew picked her up for their first day successful a yellowish Mercedes sedan.

"It was for illustration thing I had ever done before. And truthful why not buss a stranger?"

"I had ne'er been successful a Mercedes before," she said. "We went retired to dinner. He was very polite and handsome, and he had traveled a lot. It was breathtaking to maine — a blase young man. And he had an American Express card, which was a very large woody successful those days. And he was conscionable intriguing and playful and nice. By nan extremity of dinner, I was madly successful love."

Stewart accused Andrew of being unfaithful during their marriage. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)

Stewart recalled that she visited Andrew each play while he was studying astatine Yale, and she had ne'er slept pinch a man earlier her early husband. The 2 tied nan knot aft a twelvemonth of dating. 

While speaking to Cutler, Stewart remembered that she was amazed by nan sights and cuisine successful Europe and dreaded their return to New York City aft their honeymoon.

"I was 19 years aged and I didn't want to spell home," Stewart explained. "We sewage backmost to New York and reality came crashing down."

Stewart and nan patient welcomed their only child, daughter Alexis, successful 1965. In nan documentary, nan businesswoman admitted that she initially had mixed feelings astir motherhood. 

"Back then, everybody was having babies truthful young," Stewart said. "That was benignant of for illustration nan style and I thought it was a earthy thing. And it turns retired it's not astatine each earthy to beryllium a mother."

The manner guru revealed that she besides had a little affair. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)

Andrew and Stewart separated successful 1987 and officially filed for divorcement in 1990. In an question and reply pinch Cutler during nan documentary, Stewart recalled that Andrew had galore affairs during their matrimony and revealed that she had besides been unfaithful to him.

"He was not satisfied astatine home," Stewart said of Andrew. "I don't cognize really galore different girlfriends he had during this time, but I deliberation location were rather a few."

"Young women, perceive to my advice, if you’re joined and your hubby starts to cheat connected you, he’s a portion of s---," she said. "Get retired of that marriage."

"But I couldn't do that. I couldn't locomotion away," she admitted.

"Didn't you person an matter early connected successful nan relationship?" Cutler asked.

"Yeah, but I don’t deliberation Andy ever knew astir that," Stewart answered. 

"He did opportunity he knew astir it," Cutler said.

"He did?" Martha asked.

"Yes, you had confessed to him," Cutler replied. "He says he didn't stray from nan matrimony until you told him you had already strayed."

Andrew and Stewart stock a daughter, Alexis. (Scott Morgan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

"Oh, that's not true. I don't think," Stewart responded.

"But what happened?" Cutler asked. "You had an affair."

"I had a very little matter pinch a very charismatic Irishman," Stewart shared. "And it was conscionable nothing. It was nothing. In position of— it would ne'er person surgery up a marriage. I would ne'er person surgery up a matrimony for it."

"It was nothing," she reiterated. "Nothing. It was for illustration nan buss successful nan cathedral."

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Stewart said that her matter was "nothing." (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

In "Martha," Stewart besides accused Andrew of cheating connected her pinch her erstwhile adjunct Robyn Fairclough. 

"Robyn worked for maine and she had mislaid her flat aliases something," she recalled. 

Stewart said that she told Fairclough that she could move into a barn connected nan spot that nan cookbook writer shared pinch Andrew.

MARTHA STEWART ADMITS SHE HAD AN AFFAIR DURING MARRIAGE BUT EX 'NEVER KNEW ABOUT' IT

"When I was traveling, Andy started up pinch her," Stewart said. "It was for illustration I put retired a snack for Andy."

When asked if she confronted Fairclough, Stewart confirmed that she did and "kicked her retired immediately."

"You know, what nan hellhole are you doing? Andy betrayed me. Right connected our property," Stewart said.

"Not nice," she added.

Director R.J. Cutler conducted interviews pinch Stewart for nan caller documentary "Martha." (Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Images)

Three years aft his divorcement from Martha, Andrew joined Fairclough, who was 21 years his junior, successful May 1993. However, they later divorced. 

Andrew is presently joined to Shyla Stewart. Shyla is nan president and CEO of nan publishing institution Fieldstone Publishing, while Andrew is its Publisher Emeritus, according to nan business's website. The mates stock 5 children, per People magazine.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to a typical for Andrew for comment.

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Stewart has not remarried, though she was successful an on-and off-relationship pinch billionaire Charles Simonyi for 15 years until they divided successful 2008. During a 2022 section of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Stewart revealed that she antecedently dated Anthony Hopkins but collapsed up pinch him because she "couldn’t extremity reasoning of him arsenic Hannibal Lecter."

"Martha" will beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Netflix connected Wednesday. (2024 Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Netflix)

Hopkins played serial slayer Hannibal Lecter successful nan 1991 scary thriller "The Silence of nan Lambs" and won an Academy Award for his performance.

In a caller question and reply pinch People magazine, Stewart revealed that she and Andrew person not spoken successful 2 decades.

"I haven't talked to him for complete 20 years," she told nan outlet. "Sadly."

"Martha" will beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Netflix connected Wednesday.

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