Martha Stewart documentary: Top 5 bombshells, from ‘bigot’ father's slap to affair with 'attractive Irishman'

Martha Stewart made a number of startling revelations astir her past successful nan caller documentary "Martha."

The Netflix movie follows nan soaring highs and demoralizing lows of Stewart's life, including nan improvement of her billion-dollar manner empire, her staggering downfall and her successful comeback.

"I knew that nan various narratives of her life communicative had been told successful different ways, but ne'er from her position — ne'er by her," head R.J. Cutler told nan Netflix Queue publication successful August.

Martha Stewart dropped a number of bombshells successful nan documentary "Martha." (Courtesy of Netflix)

In a bid of interviews pinch Cutler that were featured successful nan movie, nan 83-year-old pulled backmost nan veil connected her individual life, candidly opening up astir her childhood, her matrimony and her experiences during her five-month situation stint. 

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Here are 5 of nan biggest bombshells from "Martha."

Stewart's begetter slapped her and forbade her from marrying Andrew Stewart 

Stewart said her begetter slapped her erstwhile she told him she was marrying Andrew Stewart. ( 2024 Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Netflix)

In "Martha," Stewart recalled increasing up successful a middle-class family successful Nutley, New Jersey. She was nan 2nd of six children shared by Edward and Martha Kostyra.

The TV personality remembered she and Edward shared galore similarities. 

"It was very evident to everybody that I was his favorite. He thought I was much for illustration him than nan different children," she said. 

Stewart noted that Edward was a "perfectionist" for illustration her.

"He sewage nan occupation done that he group retired to do," she said.

However, Stewart recalled that Edward was a "failure astatine work" who struggled pinch his occupation arsenic a salesman and "couldn't support six children."

Stewart began modeling to gain money for her family. (Frank Horvat/Condé Nast via Getty Images)

Stewart began modeling to gain money for nan family and later attended Barnard College successful New York City, wherever she met 23-year-old Yale Law student Andrew Stewart. After a twelvemonth of dating, Andrew projected to Stewart.

"Andy was truthful nice. Not astatine each for illustration my father," she remembered.

Stewart recalled that her begetter had a convulsive guidance erstwhile she told him she planned to wed Andrew.

"I went location and told my dad, and my dada slapped me," she said. "Slapped maine difficult connected my look and said, 'No, you're not marrying him. He's a Jew.'

"I retrieve getting that slap," Stewart continued. "I was not astatine each amazed because he was a bigot, and he was impulsive. But I said, 'I'm going to get joined nary matter what you think.'"

Stewart and Andrew tied nan knot successful July 1961 and divided successful 1990.

Andrew and Stewart were some unfaithful during their marriage

Andrew and Stewart some had affairs during their marriage. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)

During her interviews pinch Cutler, Stewart recalled that she and Andrew some had affairs while they were married.

Early successful nan documentary, Stewart recalled that she and Andrew embarked connected a five-month extended honeymoon successful Europe and confessed that she kissed a alien during a sojourn to nan Duomo Florence Cathedral without her husband.

 "I was not astatine each amazed because he was a bigot and he was impulsive. But I said, 'I'm going to get joined nary matter what you think.'"

"It was a very romanticist place, crowded pinch tourists, and I met this very handsome guy," she remembered.

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

Stewart told Cutler that, from her perspective, nan romanticist brushwood was not an lawsuit of her being "unfaithful to Andrew,"

"It was conscionable affectional of nan moment. That's really I looked astatine it. And it was exciting," she said. "I wish we could each acquisition specified an evening."

The pair, who stock girl Alexis, divided successful 1990. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)

Later successful "Martha," Stewart recalled that Andrew had galore affairs during their matrimony and was "not satisfied astatine home."

"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."

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However, Stewart admitted she besides had an affair, though she believed her hubby was ne'er alert of her infidelity.

The businesswoman expressed astonishment erstwhile Cutler told her Andrew confirmed he knew astir nan matter and shared that Stewart had "confessed it" to him.

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

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

Stewart told Cutler she "had a very little matter pinch a very charismatic Irishman" but it was "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," she said.

"Nothing. It was for illustration nan buss successful nan cathedral."

Stewart made galore revelations during on-camera interviews successful "Martha." ( 2024 Martha Stewart/Courtesy of Netflix)

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

Stewart explained that she had offered for Fairclough to unrecorded successful a barn connected their spot erstwhile her adjunct needed a spot to stay. She claimed Andrew and Fairclough began an matter while she was distant traveling.

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"It was for illustration I put retired a snack for Andy," Stewart said. "Andy betrayed me. Right connected our property," Stewart said. "Not nice."

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

Andrew is joined to Shyla Stewart, nan president and CEO of Fieldstone Publishing. Andrew is its patient emeritus, according to nan business's website. The mates stock 5 children, according to People magazine.

Stewart wrote astir burning down their location and wishing her level would clang successful letters to Andrew

Stewart shared individual letters she wrote to Andrew during their marriage. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)

In nan documentary, Stewart shared a trove of individual letters she wrote to Andrew during their matrimony successful which she expressed her anguish complete his affairs.

"It's difficult for maine personally to talk astir it," Stewart said of Andrew's infidelity. "Some group revel successful this self-pity, etc. I conscionable don't. I handed complete letters that were very personal. So this was taken retired of nan letters.

"Dearest Andy, I cannot sleep. I cannot eat. My tegument is worried. And galore lines that were not location are now there. I'm agonizingly suspicious of your different life. I can't carnivore that you usage what we did together connected others," 1 missive said.

In different letter, Stewart wrote, "Dear Andy, I'm successful a really fragile, breakable authorities correct now. I really consciousness physically sick because of each this. As if my encephalon were astir to break."

"Dear Andy, possibly you are readying to wed her and support her pinch my money truthful that she tin overgarment herself successful portraits successful nan nude," Stewart wrote of an unidentified woman. 

"It is very titillating, isn't it? Maybe she will overgarment you successful nan nude besides and I'd emotion to spot that painting."

In nan letter, the cookbook author wrote she was "very concerned" astir her privateness and individual life and planned to show others Andrew was "away for awhile."

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Another missive said, "Dear Andy, I understand you're craving for activity pinch others. No 1 will ever attraction astir you for illustration I do nor will ever emotion you arsenic much. Give maine different chance, Andy. I'm truthful sorry astir truthful much. Why does it person to beryllium excessively late?"

In 1 letter, Stewart shared she felt "betrayed and each alone" and implied that she had threatened to pain down their house.

"When you show maine that this is nary longer your location — aft each we did present together — why shouldn't I opportunity I'm going to pain it down?" she wrote.

In 1 letter, Stewart mentioned burning down their Turkey Hill estate. (Debbie Egan-Chin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Stewart penned a missive to Andrew while walking to San Francisco, where, she said, she had to "talk astir weddings and my awesome life."

"I dream you're enjoying your state and I dream my level crashes," she wrote. "I'm sitting connected a level correct now crying, coughing, feverish, and truthful miserable. I cannot judge myself. I should beryllium vital, beautiful, intersexual and desirable. And present I am, a full wreck. I'm 45 years old. Worried and lonely. Alone. Hopeless. The early is simply a full blur."

Stewart told Cutler Andrew wanted nan divorce, but she did not, and she believed Andrew "was throwing maine away." 

"I was 40 years old. I was gorgeous," she told nan director. "I was a desirous woman. But he was treating maine for illustration nan castaway. He treated maine really badly. And, successful return, I conjecture I treated him badly.

"I didn't spell tally disconnected pinch people," Stewart added. "He was moving disconnected pinch people. I ever thought I was a swan. And I was.

"And, for illustration each swans, they are monogamous. And I thought monogamy was admirable. I do. I thought it was admirable. But it turned retired that it wasn't. It didn't prevention a marriage."

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

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Solitary confinement 

Stewart was sentenced to 5 months successful situation aft being convicted of charges related to insider trading. (Brian ZAK/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

During "Martha," Stewart recalled spending clip successful solitary confinement while imprisoned.

The "Martha Stewart Living" laminitis served 150 days astatine Alderson Federal Prison Camp successful West Virginia aft being recovered blameworthy connected charges related to insider trading, including obstruction of justness and conspiracy.

Stewart elaborate her situation acquisition successful letters she shared pinch nan accumulation squad that were featured successful nan documentary.

In 1 letter, Stewart shared really mortified she felt aft being portion searched connected her first time successful situation successful October 2004.

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"Physical exam, stripped of each clothes. Squat, arms out, cough — embarrassing," she wrote. 

"I had to do each that crap that you spot successful nan movies," she said successful an on-camera interview. "You can't moreover judge that that's what you're going through."

In 1 letter, she shared really she was disciplined aft interacting pinch 2 female guards.

"Today I saw 2 very well-dressed ladies stepping and I breezed by them, remarking connected nan beautiful lukewarm greeting and really bully they looked. When I realized from nan large metallic keychain that they were guards, I lightly brushed nan chain," she recalled. "Later I was called successful to beryllium told never, ever touch a defender without expecting terrible reprimand."

Stewart is pictured successful March 2005 aft being released from nan Alderson Federal Prison Camp.  (Debbie Egan-Chin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Stewart said she apologized and moved on, considering she thought "the incident was truthful insignificant erstwhile it occurred." However, she was past thrown into solitary confinement.

"I was dragged into solitary for rubbing an officer," Stewart claimed. "No nutrient aliases h2o for a day. This was Camp Cupcake, remember? That was nan nickname. Camp Cupcake. It was not a cupcake."

When reached for remark by Fox News Digital, nan Federal Bureau of Prisons refuted Stewart's claims.

"The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) does not person solitary confinement units. While immoderate accommodation person restrictive lodging units, Federal Prison Camp Alderson does not person one. In cases wherever it becomes basal to temporarily region an individual from nan wide population, FBOP accommodation whitethorn usage unafraid study areas nether nonstop supervision," nan bureau said.

"While successful these areas, incarcerated individuals are consistently provided pinch regular meals and entree to potable water. These allegations do not accurately bespeak nan conditions aliases nan procedures that would beryllium followed, arsenic nan FBOP remains committed to providing humane curen and ensuring basal needs are met astatine each times."

Stewart was released from situation successful March 2005. Along pinch situation time, Stewart had besides been sentenced to 2 years of supervised probation. Aft4er her release, Stewart served 5 months of location confinement during which she had to deterioration an ankle bracelet to show her movements.

‘Horrible’ breakup pinch billionaire Charles Simonyi

Stewart dated billionaire Charles Simonyi for 15 years. (Scott Rudd/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

After her divorce, Stewart had an on-and-off narration pinch Hungarian-American billionaire Charles Simonyi until 2008.

In "Martha," Stewart opened up astir her romance pinch Simonyi, who pioneered immoderate of package elephantine Microsoft's astir successful products, including Word and Excel.

"Total genius," Stewart said of Simonyi successful an on-camera interview. "We started to spell everyplace together. It was a different benignant of life. He had his ain jet, building a vessel successful Germany. And I started moving connected nan vessel pinch him. I wasn't anxious to spell making love and looking for different hubby anywhere. I conscionable continued working, thinking, doing arsenic I was ever doing."

Stewart explained that she seldom discusses feelings successful her romanticist relationships. 

"That's astir apt why I haven't had very galore individual relationships pinch men, for example, because I couldn't attraction less," she said. 

"I don't cognize what nan logic is," she added pinch a laugh. "It doesn't liking maine truthful overmuch to know, you know, ‘Charles, really do you consciousness nan second?' I don't care. Actually, I do attraction astir ‘Charles, what are you doing? What do you deliberation astir doing?’

"So, I benignant of gravitate towards group who are doing things each nan time. And I deliberation much astir everything that I'm doing, nan things that I'm moving on, things that I'd for illustration to activity on, things that I'd for illustration to accomplish. That's wherever I'm best."

In nan documentary, Stewart recalled that Simonyi fell retired of interaction pinch her during her clip successful prison.

"Charles Simonyi, 'First of all, really are you? I person not sewage an email aliases moreover a statement from you for truthful long. I'd emotion to perceive from you,'" Stewart wrote successful a missive to Simonyi.

When asked why Simonyi only visited her erstwhile during her situation stint, Stewart responded, "I don't deliberation he liked hanging retired pinch personification successful jail. He was retired connected his boat, flying astir nan world.

"That was distressing to me."

Stewart said he collapsed up pinch her successful furniture and told her he was marrying different woman. (Maxim Marmur/AFP via Getty Images)

Though Stewart and Simonyi continued to day aft she was released from prison, nan manner guru said her clip down bars changed her. 

"I was overmuch much agile anterior to situation and my life became a small little exciting," she said. "And I deliberation besides it affected my narration pinch Charles."

Stewart revealed that Simonyi abruptly ended their narration successful 2008 successful a measurement successful which she ne'er would person anticipated.

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"We had an elaborate travel planned," she recalled. "We were visiting nan president of Iceland, and we were successful bed, and he said, 'You know, Martha, I'm going to get married.' He said, 'I'm going to get joined to Lisa.' 

"I said, ‘Lisa who?’ And he hadn't told maine a word. [He said] 'And by nan way, her parents don't want maine to ever speak to you again.' I thought that was nan astir horrible point a personification could do. How tin a man who spent 15 years pinch maine conscionable do that? What a stupid point to do to personification that you really cared about," Stewart said.

"So, 2nd divorce."

In November 2008, Simonyi joined Lisa Persdotter, who was 32 years younger and nan girl of a Swedish business magnate.