Martha Stewart#Stock trading case and conviction

Martha Stewart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on August 3, 1941.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart Fast Facts|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/10/us/martha-stewart-fast-facts/|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=CNN|date=June 10, 2013}} She is the second of six children{{cite magazine|first1=Michelle|last1=Green|first2=Maria|last2=Speidel|first3=Jennifer|last3=Frey|first4=Eileen|last4=Daspin|first5=Maria|last5=Eftimiades|first6=Lisa Kay|last6=Greissinger|title=The Best Revenge|magazine=People|date=October 2, 1995|volume=45|issue=14|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101736,00.html|access-date=March 5, 2014|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822150129/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101736,00.html|url-status=dead}} born to parents Martha (née Ruszkowski; 1914–2007) and Edward Kostyra (1912–1979) and is of Polish heritage.{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/stewart.html|title=Ancestry of Martha Stewart|website=www.wargs.com}}Stated on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., May 6, 2012{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/martha-stewart-family-tree_b_1500321.html|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Martha Stewart's Family Tree|last=Smolenyak|first=Megan|work=The Huffington Post|date=May 8, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2012}} Her parents were teachers, with her father later becoming a pharmaceutical salesman.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-18-me-kostyra18-story.html |title=Martha Kostyra, 93: passed skills to her daughter, Martha Stewart |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Noland |first=Claire |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |url-access=subscription}} When Stewart was three years old, the family moved to Nutley, New Jersey.{{cite news|title=Fast Facts: Martha Stewart Timeline|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/fast-facts-martha-stewart-timeline|publisher=Fox News|date=March 4, 2005|access-date=November 17, 2008}}{{cite news|last=Curran |first=John |title=In her New Jersey hometown, Martha Stewart's downfall stings |url=http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/nation/20040314-1002-marthashometown.html |access-date=March 5, 2014 |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=March 14, 2004 |agency=Associated Press |quote=A straight-A student, she belonged to almost every club there was at Nutley High School. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017112350/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/nation/20040314-1002-marthashometown.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }} She adopted the name "Grace" for her Catholic confirmation name.{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=Benjamin|title=The Comeback That Wasn't|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/martha-stewart-2011-8/index5.html|access-date=December 24, 2015|newspaper=New York|date=August 8, 2011}}

When Stewart was 10, she worked as the occasional babysitter for the children of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Gil McDougald, all players for the New York Yankees.{{cite news|title=Things you didn't know about Martha Stewart|url=http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/01/03/10-things-didnt-know-about-martha-stewart/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103225908/http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/01/03/10-things-didnt-know-about-martha-stewart/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=Fox News|date=January 3, 2014}} Mickey and Merlyn Mantle had four sons, whom Stewart watched and for whom she organized birthday parties.{{cite book|last=Leavy|first=Jane|date=October 12, 2010|title=The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood|url=https://archive.org/details/lastboymickeyman00leav_0|url-access=registration|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-198778-6}} She also began modeling. At 15, Stewart was featured in a television commercial for Unilever.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart Stars in Unilever Ad -- 55 Years Ago|url=http://adage.com/article/special-report-cannes/martha-stewart-starred-unilever-tv-commercial-55-years-ago/228377/|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=Advertising Age|date=June 23, 2011|archive-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212170522/http://adage.com/article/special-report-cannes/martha-stewart-starred-unilever-tv-commercial-55-years-ago/228377/|url-status=dead}} She went on to appear in television commercials and in magazines, including one of Tareyton's "Smokers would rather fight than switch!" cigarette advertisements.{{cite news|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Martha Stewart|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-meal/5-things-you-didnt-know-a_b_4524906.html|access-date=March 5, 2014|work=The Huffington Post|date=January 2, 2014}} During her college years, she supplemented her scholarship money through "modeling jobs at $15/hour — which was a lot of money at that time."{{cite news | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/martha-stewart-modeling-career-photos_n_2783506.html | title = Martha Stewart's Modeling Career Photos Will Make Your Jaw Drop | date = February 28, 2013 | access-date = March 1, 2013 | newspaper = The Huffington Post | archive-date= March 1, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130301205528/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/martha-stewart-modeling-career-photos_n_2783506.html | url-status=live}} Among the companies she modeled for was Chanel.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart from Stars' Early Modeling Pictures|url=http://au.eonline.com/photos/8245/stars-early-modeling-pictures/267706|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=E! Online|date=March 11, 2013}}

Stewart's mother taught her how to cook and sew.{{cite book|last=Beck Paprocki|first=Sherry |title=Martha Stewart: Lifestyle Entrepreneur|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-604-13083-6|pages=17–18}} Later, she learned the processes of canning and preserving when she visited her grandparents' home in Buffalo, New York.{{cite book|last1=Demers, Ph.D.|first1=Elizabeth S. |last2=Geraci|first2=Victor W. |title=Icons of American Cooking|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38133-1|page=245}} Her father had a passion for gardening and passed on much of his knowledge and expertise to his daughter. Stewart was also active in many extracurricular activities, such as the school's newspaper and art club.{{cite book|last=Kerns|first=Ann|title=Martha Stewart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SIPeZPZ7O1wC&pg=PA19|access-date=March 6, 2014|date=October 24, 2006|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-8225-6613-7|page=19}}

Stewart graduated from Nutley High School.{{cite magazine|title=Martha Stewart - 1959|url=http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/transformations/photos/0,,20290122_20405938_20816548,00.html|magazine=InStyle|access-date=March 5, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122210143/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/transformations/photos/0,,20290122_20405938_20816548,00.html|url-status=dead}} She attended Barnard College of Columbia University, originally planning to major in chemistry, but switching to art, history, and later architectural history. To help pay her college tuition, she did fashion modeling for Chanel.{{cite book|last=Breeden|first=Jake|title=Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues|url=https://archive.org/details/tippingsacredcow0000bree|url-access=registration|access-date=March 6, 2014|date=January 16, 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-53190-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/tippingsacredcow0000bree/page/159 159]}} During this time, she met Andrew Stewart, who finished his law degree at Yale Law School.{{cite web|title=Martha's Datebook |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/troubled_companies/imclone/html/timeline_martha.html |publisher=CBS News |access-date=March 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013114230/http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/troubled_companies/imclone/html/timeline_martha.html |archive-date=October 13, 2013 }} They married in July 1961.{{cite journal|last1=Kasindorf|first1=Jeanie|title=Living with Martha|journal=New York|date=January 28, 1991|volume=24|issue=4|pages=23–30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WekCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=January 31, 2018|issn=0028-7369}}"EVERYWOMAN.COM" The New Yorker by Joan Didion, Published: February 21, 2000 She returned to Barnard a year after their wedding to graduate with a double major in history and architectural history.{{cite news|last1=Tyrnauer|first1=Matt|title=Empire by Martha|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/09/martha-stewart-200109|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=Vanity Fair|date=August 31, 2001}}

In 1967, Martha Stewart began a second career as a stockbroker, her father-in-law's profession.{{cite news|last1=Newenham|first1=Pamela|title=Martha Stewart: oasis of calm as she rebuilds household goods empire|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/martha-stewart-oasis-of-calm-as-she-rebuilds-household-goods-empire-1.1838406|access-date=January 31, 2018|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=June 20, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Michelle|title=The Best Revenge|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-best-revenge-vol-45-no-14/|access-date=January 31, 2018|work=People|date=October 2, 1995}} Meanwhile, Andrew Stewart founded a publishing house and served as chief executive of several others. Andrew and Martha Stewart moved to Westport, Connecticut, where they purchased and restored the 1805 farmhouse on Turkey Hill Road that would later become the model for the TV studio of Martha Stewart Living. During the project, Stewart's panache for restoring and decorating became apparent.{{cite news|last=Salzman|first=Avi|title=Martha Stewart Puts Farmhouse on Market|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/nyregion/02martha.html|access-date=March 6, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 2, 2006}}

In 1976, Stewart started a catering business in her basement with a friend from her modeling days, Norma Collier. The venture quickly became successful but soured when Collier alleged that Stewart was difficult to work with, and was also taking catering jobs on the side. Stewart soon bought Collier's portion of the business. Stewart was also hired as the manager of a gourmet food store, the Market Basket, but after a disagreement with the owners at the mini-mall she was forced out and opened her own store.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Martha Stewart|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/businesses/M-Z/Stewart-Martha.html|encyclopedia=Reference for Business: Encyclopedia of Business, 2nd ed|publisher=Advameg, Inc|access-date=October 29, 2010}}

{{stack|File:Martha Stewart David Shankbone 2010.jpg Gala in 2010.]]}}

Andrew had become the president of prominent New York City publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc.{{cite news|last1=McMurran|first1=Kristin|title=Martha Stewart Caters for the Newmans and Redfords, While Andy Cooks Up 'gnomes'|url=http://people.com/archive/martha-stewart-caters-for-the-newmans-and-redfords-while-andy-cooks-up-gnomes-vol-13-no-15/|access-date=January 31, 2018|work=People|date=April 14, 1980}} In 1977, he was responsible for releasing the English-language edition of The Secret Book of Gnomes series, by Dutch authors Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, which quickly became a blockbuster success and was on The New York Times Best Seller list.{{cite news|last1=Mantell|first1=Suzanne|title=PW: A Look Back At: 'Gnomes'|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19971110/26148-pw-a-look-back-at-gnomes.html|access-date=January 31, 2018|work=Publishers Weekly|date=November 10, 1997}} He contracted Stewart's company to cater the book release party, where Stewart was introduced to Alan Mirken, head of Crown Publishing Group.{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/businesses/M-Z/Martha-Stewart-Living-Omnimedia-Inc.html|title=Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. – Food Came First, New Fields to Conquer|website=www.referenceforbusiness.com}}{{cite news|last1=Puckett|first1=Susan|title=What's the Matter with Martha?|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-03-16/features/8901160882_1_rahn-seminars-books/2|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=Sun-Sentinel|date=March 16, 1989|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224110150/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-03-16/features/8901160882_1_rahn-seminars-books/2|url-status=dead}} Mirken was impressed by Stewart's talent as a chef and hostess and later contacted her to develop a cookbook, featuring recipes and photos from the parties that Stewart hosted. The result was her first book, Entertaining (December 13, 1982),{{cite web |url=http://www.marthastewart.com/264286/history-of-entertaining |title=History of Entertaining |publisher=Martha Stewart Entertaining |access-date=December 28, 2011 |date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173418/http://www.marthastewart.com/264286/history-of-entertaining |url-status=dead }} ghostwritten by Elizabeth Hawes.{{Cite web|url=http://adage.com/article?article_id=84085|title=referenced, Entertaining}}

Following the success of Entertaining, Stewart released many more books under the Clarkson Potter publishing imprint, including Martha Stewart's Quick Cook (1983), Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres (1984), Martha Stewart's Pies & Tarts (1985), Weddings (1987) (which was also ghostwritten by Elizabeth Hawes), The Wedding Planner (1988), Martha Stewart's Secrets for Entertaining (1988), Martha Stewart's Quick Cook Menus (1988), and Martha Stewart's Christmas (1989), among others. During this time, she also authored dozens of newspaper columns, magazine articles, and other pieces on homemaking, and made numerous television appearances on programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live.

Andrew and Martha Stewart separated in 1987 and divorced in 1990.

In 1990, Stewart signed with Time Publishing Ventures to develop a new magazine, Martha Stewart Living, for which Stewart would serve as editor-in-chief. The first issue was released in late 1990 with an initial rate base of 250,000. Circulation would peak in 2002 at more than 2 million copies per issue.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart Living to Increase Frequency to Twelve Issues Per Year and Add Additional Special Issue of Martha Stewart Baby|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/martha-stewart-living-to-increase-frequency-to-twelve-issues-per-year-and-add-additional-special-issue-of-martha-stewart-baby-72893967.html|access-date=March 6, 2014|publisher=PR Newsire|date=May 2, 2000}}

In 1993, Stewart began a weekly half-hour television program, also called Martha Stewart Living, based on her magazine. The show expanded to weekdays in 1997 and later to a full hour show in 1999 with half-hour episodes on weekends, and ran until 2004. Stewart also became a frequent contributor to NBC's Today Show and later to CBS's The Early Show, and starred in several prime time holiday specials on the CBS network.{{cite web |title=Case Study – Martha Stewart |url=http://www.entrepreneuressacademy.com/blog/case-study-martha-stewart/ |publisher=Entrepreneuress Academy |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805232519/http://www.entrepreneuressacademy.com/blog/case-study-martha-stewart/ |url-status=dead }}

On the cover of their May 1995 issue, New York Magazine declared Stewart "the definitive American woman of our time".{{cite news|last1=Lippert|first1=Barbara|title=Our Martha, Ourselves|url=http://nymag.com/news/media/48253/|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=New York|date=May 15, 1995}}

In 2019, it was reported that Stewart was entering the cannabis industry with her own brand.{{cite news|work=Associated Press News|title=Martha Stewart partners with Canadian cannabis firm|first=Dee-Ann|last=Durbin|date=February 28, 2019

|url=https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-north-america-pets-celebrities-health-c082c444b9a543ed88fdc274d5cd1c29}}{{citation|work=The Atlantic|title=America's Best Drug Dealers Are A-List Celebrities|first=Amanda |last=Mull|date=November 19, 2019|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/11/celebrities-legal-weed/602233/|quote=now she is developing her own range of products, starting with a line of dog treats made with cannabidiol}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=The buzz is true: Martha Stewart partners with Canadian cannabis company|first=Maura |last=Judkis|date=March 1, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2019/03/01/the-buzz-is-true-martha-stewart-partners-with-canadian-cannabis-company/}}

In September 1997, with the assistance of business partner Sharon Patrick, Stewart was able to secure funding to purchase the various television, print, and merchandising ventures related to the Martha Stewart brand, and consolidate them into a new company, named Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO). Stewart served as chairwoman, president, and CEO of the new company and Patrick became Chief Operations Officer. By organizing all of the brand's assets under one roof, Stewart thought she could promote synergy and have greater control of the brand's direction through the business's activities. That same month, Stewart announced in Martha Stewart Living the launch of a companion website and a catalogue business, called Martha by Mail.{{cite web |last1=Koncius |first1=Jura |title=R.I.P., The Catalog That Was Martha |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-09-30-0409280390-story.html |website=sun-sentinel.com |date=September 30, 2004 |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=June 13, 2022}} The company also had a direct-to-consumer floral business.

On October 19, 1999, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MSO. The initial public offering was set at US$18 per share ({{Inflation|US|18|1999|fmt=eq}}), and rallied to US$38 ({{Inflation|US|38|1999|fmt=eq}}) by the end of trading, making Stewart a billionaire on paper and the first female self-made billionaire in the United States.{{cite news|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|title=Martha Stewart's comeback trail|url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/stewart_fortune_111405/|access-date=March 6, 2014|publisher=CNNMoney|date=November 2, 2005}} The stock price slowly went down to $16 per share by February 2002. Stewart was then and continues to be the majority shareholder, commanding 96% control of voting power in the company.{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Constance L. |title=Page Two: March 14–20; Martha Stewart, Majority Shareholder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/weekinreview/page-two-march-14-20-martha-stewart-majority-shareholder.html |website=The New York Times |date=March 21, 2004 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}

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According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Stewart avoided a loss of $45,673 by selling all 3,928 shares of her ImClone Systems stock on December 27, 2001, after receiving material, nonpublic information from Peter Bacanovic, her broker at Merrill Lynch. The day following her sale, the stock value fell 16%.{{cite press release |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |author=Wayne M. Carlin |author2=Barry W. Rashkover |title=SEC Charges Martha Stewart, Broker Peter Bacanovic with Illegal Insider Trading |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-69.htm |date=June 4, 2003 | access-date=June 4, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608064339/http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-69.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2003}}

In the months that followed, Stewart drew heavy media scrutiny, including a Newsweek cover headlined "Martha's Mess".{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2002 |title=Martha's Mess |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newsweek-cover-marthas-mess-77960517.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212134/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newsweek-cover-marthas-mess-77960517.html |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |work=PR Newswire}} Notably, on June 25, 2002, CBS anchor Jane Clayson grilled Stewart on the air about ImClone during her regular segment on The Early Show. Stewart continued chopping cabbage and responded: "I want to focus on my salad."{{cite news|last=Naughton|first=Keith|title=More 'Ridiculousness'|url=http://www.newsweek.com/more-ridiculousness-147281|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=Newsweek|date=July 7, 2002}} On October 3, 2002, Stewart resigned her position, held for four months, on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, following a deal prosecutors had made with Douglas Faneuil, an assistant to Bacanovic.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart quits exchange board|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2298399.stm|access-date=March 5, 2014|work=BBC News|date=October 4, 2002}}

On June 4, 2003, Stewart was indicted by a grand jury on nine counts, including charges of obstruction of justice. Stewart stepped down as CEO and Chairwoman of MSLO but stayed on as chief creative officer. She went on trial in January 2004. Prosecutors showed that Bacanovic had ordered his assistant to tell Stewart that the CEO of ImClone, Samuel D. Waksal, was selling all his shares in advance of an adverse Food and Drug Administration ruling. The FDA action was expected to cause ImClone shares to decline.{{cite news|title=Stewart convicted on all charges|url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/03/05/news/companies/martha_verdict/|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=CNNMoney|date=March 10, 2004}}

Monica Beam, a shareholder of MSLO, also brought a derivative suit against Stewart and other directors and officers of the company. It went before the Supreme Court of Delaware in 2004 and was ultimately dismissed.{{Cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/de-court-of-chancery/1232674.html|title=FindLaw's Court of Chancery of Delaware case and opinions.|website=Findlaw|access-date=November 16, 2017}}

After a highly publicized six-week jury trial, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of felony charges of conspiracy to obstruct, of obstruction of an agency proceeding, and of making false statements to federal investigators and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five-month term in a federal correctional facility and a two-year period of supervised release (including five months of electronic monitoring).

Bacanovic and Waksal were also convicted of federal charges and sentenced to prison terms.{{cite news|last=Crawford|first=Krysten|title=Martha, out and about|url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/03/03/news/newsmakers/martha_walkup/index.htm|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=CNNMoney|date=March 4, 2005}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Landon Jr.|title=The Broker Who Fell to Earth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/business/13martha.html|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 13, 2006}} Stewart also paid a fine of $30,000.{{cite news|title=Stewart sentenced to five months in prison|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694573700.html|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 17, 2004|agency=Reuters}} The lead prosecutor of Stewart was James Comey.{{Cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Savannah |date=October 30, 2024 |title=The Martha Stewart Netflix Documentary Serves Up Some Bombshells |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-martha-stewart-netflix-documentary-serves-up-some-bombshells?srsltid=AfmBOoqoxt9LJZ0KopsevyL0MTARtz2sBCXqEJuxwFXrg9wHz39mT_LL |access-date=November 23, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}

In August 2006, the SEC announced that it had agreed to settle the related civil case against Stewart. Under the settlement, Stewart agreed to disgorge $58,062 (including interest from the losses she avoided), as well as a civil penalty of three times the loss avoided, or $137,019. She also agreed to a five-year ban from serving as a director, CEO, CFO, or any other officer role responsible for preparing, auditing, or disclosing financial results of any public company.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2006/lr19794.htm|title=Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic: Lit. Rel. No. 19794 / August 7, 2006|website=www.sec.gov}} In June 2008, the UK Border Agency refused to grant her a visa to enter the United Kingdom because of her criminal conviction for obstructing justice. She had been planning to speak at the Royal Academy on fashion and leisure industry matters.{{cite news|first1=Christopher|last1=Hope|first2=Alex|last2=Spillius|title=Martha Stewart refused entry to the UK|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2159979/Martha-Stewart-refused-entry-to-the-UK.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2159979/Martha-Stewart-refused-entry-to-the-UK.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=March 6, 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=June 19, 2008}}{{cbignore}}

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Despite Stewart's wish to be incarcerated in Connecticut or Florida, she was confined in Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia. In 2004, her lawyer said that the remoteness would make it difficult for her then-90-year-old mother to visit.{{cite news|last=Meier|first=Barry|title=Martha Stewart Assigned to Prison in West Virginia|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5D81538F933A0575AC0A9629C8B63|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 30, 2004}} Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum recommended to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that Stewart be given her first choice, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, or her second choice, Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman.{{cite news|title=Martha is now inmate #55170-054|url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/09/27/news/newsmakers/martha_inmate_number/index.htm?cnn=yes|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=CNNMoney|date=September 27, 2004}} However, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice said the BOP would not send her to FCI Danbury, because the news media could access the facility too easily. The bureau could not send Stewart to FCC Coleman because of complications from Hurricane Ivan: the Coleman complex had been filled with inmates from Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna. Therefore, the Federal Bureau of Prisons assigned Stewart to Alderson. The spokesperson said he was concerned the assignment to Alderson could be perceived as being vindictive. Stewart's daughter, Alexis, said she believed the BOP "may have made a point of sending her far away."{{cite web|title=Interviews with Alexis Stewart, David Chesnoff, Tatum O'Neal|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/22/lkl.01.html|work=Larry King Live|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 5, 2014|date=October 22, 2004}}

Stewart reported to FPC Alderson for her prison sentence on October 8, 2004."[http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipaprmsarrival.pdf Martha Stewart Begins Service of Sentence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826193726/http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipaprmsarrival.pdf |date=August 26, 2009 }}." Federal Bureau of Prisons. October 8, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2010.{{cite news|last=Vries|first=Lloyd|title=How Martha Coped At 'Yale'|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-martha-coped-at-yale/|access-date=March 5, 2014|publisher=CBS News|date=September 20, 2005|agency=Associated Press}} While in confinement, she took a job and became an informal liaison between the administration and her fellow inmates. The People special Scandals! That Rocked America stated, "Some expected America's goddess of domestic perfection to fall into terminal despair.""Martha Stewart: A Federal Case." Scandals! That Rocked America. Time, Inc. Home Entertainment, 2009, p. 70 Stewart was released from FPC Alderson at 12:30 AM on March 4, 2005."[http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/press_stewart.pdf Press Release]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20050512145324/http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/press_stewart.pdf Archive]). Federal Bureau of Prisons. March 4, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2010. She was placed in a two-year term of supervised release; during five of those months, she was placed in home confinement with electronic monitoring. Stewart served her home confinement at her residence in Bedford, New York.{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Joel |date=July 5, 2005 |title='M. Diddy' Stewart's Prison Tales |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/m-diddy-stewarts-prison-tales/ |access-date=March 5, 2014 |publisher=CBS News |agency=Associated Press}} She was allowed to leave her house for 48 hours per week for work-related visits. After her home confinement ended, but while her supervised release continued, she was required to remain employed and not to associate with people with criminal records. In addition, during the supervised release, she was required to receive permission from federal officials if she was going to leave the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.{{cite news|last1=White |first1=Ben |title=Unleashed: She's everywhere |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050906/news_1b6martha.html |access-date=December 24, 2015 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=September 6, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224112523/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050906/news_1b6martha.html |archive-date=December 24, 2015 }}

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Following her release from prison in March 2005, Stewart launched a highly publicized comeback and was once again involved in Martha Stewart Living. Offerings of her company's Martha Stewart Everyday line at Kmart were expanded to include a new line of ready-made home furnishings, and its mass market interior paint line became available at the larger Sears stores. However, the most heavily promoted aspect of her comeback was in television. Stewart returned to daytime television with The Martha Stewart Show and appeared in an adapted version of The Apprentice (called The Apprentice: Martha Stewart). Both shows premiered in September 2005, and both were produced by Mark Burnett. Her prime time Apprentice spin-off received poor ratings.{{Cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/19/martha-stewart-too-bad-do_n_77543.html | title=Martha Stewart: "Too Bad" Donald Trump Wasn't Slaughtered for His Meat| newspaper=Huffington Post| date=March 28, 2008| last1=Shea| first1=Danny}} The Apprentice: Martha Stewart was not renewed for a second season.{{cite news|last1=Citrano|first1=Virginia|title=NBC Declines to Renew Martha's 'Apprentice'|url=https://www.forbes.com/2005/11/14/martha-stewart-apprentice-cx_vc_1114autofacescan10.html|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=Forbes|date=November 14, 2005}}

In October 2005, Stewart released a new book, titled The Martha Rules, on starting and managing a new business,{{cite news|last1=Wyatt|first1=Edward|title=Martha Stewart's New Book Is Strictly Business|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E4D61330F936A25754C0A9639C8B63|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 15, 2005}} and a month later, her company released Martha Stewart Baking Handbook.{{cite news|title="Martha's Baking Favorites," the Newest Title from the Martha Stewart Home Entertainment Library, to Debut on DVD December 20, from Warner Home Video|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051129005840/en/Marthas-Baking-Favorites-Newest-Title-Martha-Stewart|access-date=December 24, 2015|publisher=Business Wire|date=November 29, 2005}} In October 2006, Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook, a reference book about looking after a house, was published by Clarkson Potter. She also is a regular contributor of cooking, crafts, and gardening segments on NBC's Today show. Stewart's daily talk show was nominated in six categories for the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards in 2006, including Best Host and Best Show.

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MSLO launched a line of houses that carry her name to be built by KB Home, initially in Cary, North Carolina, and ultimately in various other locations nationwide. The first homes, which were inspired by Stewart's homes in New York and Mount Desert Island in Maine, were completed in early 2006. Ultimately, 650 homes are planned, with prices from the low $200,000s to mid-$400,000s. A line of paper-based crafts for EK Success is also in development. In September 2007, she launched an upscale line of housewares for Macy's, which was the largest brand launch in Macy's history. Appearing in commercials for the line, Stewart stated she had designed more than 2,000 items exclusively for Macy's. The line includes bedding, bath, cookware, and dinnerware. In addition to television and merchandising, MSLO launched a 24-hour satellite radio channel with Sirius in November 2005, on which Stewart currently hosts a weekly call-in show.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Stewart also made a special appearance on the comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, in the November 16, 2006, episode "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral", in which she gave her friend Wilhelmina Slater (played by Vanessa Williams) tips on how to prepare a turkey.{{cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Rick|title=Sweeps guest star watch: Martha Stewart on 'Ugly Betty'|url=http://zap2it.com/2006/11/sweeps-guest-star-watch-martha-stewart-on-ugly-betty/|access-date=December 24, 2015|publisher=Zap2It|date=November 16, 2006|language=en-US|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104611/http://zap2it.com/2006/11/sweeps-guest-star-watch-martha-stewart-on-ugly-betty/|url-status=dead}} Justin Suarez (played by Mark Indelicato) is a fan of Stewart.

In July 2006, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced a multi-year agreement with FLOR, Inc., the eco-friendly manufacturer of high-style modular floor coverings, to manufacture and market a new line of Martha Stewart-branded carpet tiles. The Martha Stewart Floor Designs by FLOR{{Cite web|url=http://www.flor.com/service/flor/shop/collections/Martha-Stewart.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106014959/http://www.flor.com/service/flor/shop/collections/Martha-Stewart.html|url-status=dead|title=Flor.com|archive-date=January 6, 2009}} line debuted in 2007 with the distinctive design and color palette associated with the Martha Stewart brand. The agreement with FLOR was part of the Martha Stewart organization's growing home furnishings program, which includes a wide range of products such as furniture with Bernhardt, wall color with Lowe's, and floor coverings with FLOR.

On September 14, 2007, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced that it had signed a partnership with E & J Gallo Winery to produce a wine brand with label Martha Stewart Vintage (for sale in six cities, in January 2008, at $15). The 15,000 cases to be sold included 2006 Sonoma County Chardonnay, 2005 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2006 Sonoma County Merlot (for Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, North Carolina, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland, Oregon). Martha Stewart also signed a contract with Costco to offer frozen and fresh food under the Kirkland Signature label.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instituteofweddings.com/industry-news-martha-stewart-launches-brand-of-wines/|title=Martha Stewart Launches Brand of Wines |website=instituteofweddings.com|date=September 14, 2007}}

In July 2008, craft items under the names "Martha Stewart Celebrate" and "Martha Stewart Create", two divisions of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, premiered in Walmart stores. The deal came about, in part, due to the closing of more than 600 Kmart stores in the U.S.

In a move from broadcast television to cable, on January 26, 2010, Hallmark Channel and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced a multi-year strategic partnership. Her hour-long daytime television series Martha, formerly The Martha Stewart Show, moved to the Hallmark Channel on September 13, 2010. It aired on Hallmark for two seasons, before cancellation in early 2012, with the final episode airing on May 11, 2012.[http://tv.nytimes.com/show/174484/Martha-Stewart-Show/overview Martha Stewart Show series overview]New York Times {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904071735/http://tv.nytimes.com/show/174484/Martha-Stewart-Show/overview |date=September 4, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.themarthablog.com/2012/05/our-television-wrap-party-at-en-japanese-brasserie.html |title=Our Television Wrap Party at EN Japanese Brasserie |work=The Martha Blog |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2023}}

New York Magazine reported in 2011 that Martha Stewart Living had only made a profit in one of the previous eight years. That same year, Stewart debuted a new 30-minute show, Martha Bakes, on the Hallmark Channel.{{cite web|title=Martha Bakes – About the Show |url=http://hallmarkchannel.com/marthabakes/about |publisher=Hallmark Channel |access-date=May 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620091427/http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/marthabakes/about |archive-date=June 20, 2012 }}

Stewart made another foray into acting with a debut on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She played a private school headmistress in the episode entitled "Learning Curve" (airdate April 2012).{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Robyn|title=Exclusive: Martha Stewart, Tony Hale to Guest Star on Law & Order: SVU|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Martha-Stewart-SVU-1045122.aspx|access-date=March 21, 2012|newspaper=TV Guide|date=March 21, 2012}}

A new television series, Martha Stewart's Cooking School, debuted on PBS in October 2012. Each weekly, 30-minute episode covers cooking techniques and basics.{{cite web|title=Martha Stewart's Cooking School|url=https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/martha-stewarts-cooking-school/|publisher=PBS|access-date=May 5, 2013|date=October 2012}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 19, 2012 |first=Lisa |last=De Moraes |title=Martha Stewart hops to PBS with 'Cooking School' TV show |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/martha-stewart-hops-to-pbs-with-cooking-school-tv-show/2012/04/19/gIQA5fhFUT_story.html |access-date=April 22, 2012}} It is based on her eponymous book.{{cite book |title=Martha Stewart's Cooking School : Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook |isbn=978-0-307-39644-0 |oclc=250743785 |first1=Martha |last1=Stewart |first2=Sarah |last2=Carey |publisher=Clarkson Potter |year=2008 |url=https://archive.org/details/marthastewartsco00stew }}

In 2014, Stewart reportedly partnered with eBay to create the American Made Martha Stewart online store. This marketplace allows a platform to more than 400 American vendors and offers them a chance to grow their brand and popularize their products.{{cite web | url = https://hauteliving.com/2014/06/ultimate-domestic-goddess-quirky-crafts-mouth-watering-recipes-martha-stewart-made-taking-care-home-stylish-scrumptious-oh-sexy/496333/ | title = Martha Stewart Makes Taking Care of the Home Stylish, Scrumptious and Oh-So-Sexy | date= June 10, 2014 | access-date = September 24, 2020 | work = Haute Living | first= Jennifer |last=Kamm }}

In the fall of 2016, VH1 premiered a new show featuring Stewart and her friend Snoop Dogg called Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, featuring games, recipes, and musical guests.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/martha-snoops-potluck-dinner-party|title=Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party – Season 1 Episodes (TV Series) – VH1|website=VH1|access-date=November 9, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005184109/http://www.vh1.com/shows/martha-snoops-potluck-dinner-party|url-status=dead}} Snoop Dogg and Stewart also later starred together in a Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile during Super Bowl LI in February 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/02/martha-stewart-snoop-dog-friends-super-bowl-ad-t-mobile.html|title=Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart's Glorious Friendship Was Used in Super Bowl Ad|first=Tolly|last=Wright|website=Vulture|date=February 6, 2017 }}

Marley Spoon is a project of packaged and home-delivered ingredients and recipes for preparation at home. Stewart was originally a blind-tester and then joined CEO Fabian Siegel on a joint venture.{{cite web |title= Martha Stewart {{!}} Trusted Recipes for Healthy Living｜DIY |url= https://marleyspoon.com/martha-stewart?CLID=bing&v=BZKNSMOLZT&rx=NB%7C01%7Cmartha_stewart_002 |website= MarleySpoon.com |access-date= April 4, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=O'Hear|first1=Steve|title=Marley Spoon partners with Martha Stewart for U.S. re-launch of cook-at-home delivery service|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/marley-spoon-partners-with-martha-stewart-for-u-s-re-launch-of-cook-at-home-delivery-service/|website=TechCrunch|date=June 14, 2016 |access-date=April 4, 2017}}

In May 2018, Stewart was floated as a candidate for a presidential pardon,{{cite news | last=Diamond | first=Jeremy | title=Trump floats Martha Stewart pardon, Rod Blagojevich commutation | date=May 31, 2018 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/martha-stewart-rod-blagojevich-trump-pardons/index.html | work=cnn.com }} but ultimately was not selected, and later claimed she would have turned it down.{{cite news | last=Weinreich | first=Regina | title=Martha Stewart: "If Trump Had Offered to Pardon Me, I Couldn't Have Accepted" Because Friends Would Have Shunned Her | date=October 5, 2024 | url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2024/10/05/martha-stewart-if-trump-had-offered-to-pardon-me-i-couldnt-have-accepted-because-friends-would-shun-her | work=showbiz411.com }}

In June 2018, Stewart started appearing as a recurring judge for Chopped, a cooking competition on the Food Network.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/martha-stewart-joining-food-networks-chopped-as-a-judge/|title=Martha Stewart joining Food Network's 'Chopped' as a judge|last=Puhak|first=Janine|date=April 12, 2018|work=Fox News|access-date=June 11, 2018|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/martha-stewart-brings-luxury-to-food-network-as-new-chopped-judge/ar-AAyfIVV|title=Martha Stewart brings luxury to Food Network as new Chopped judge|last=Hall|first=Gerrad|date=May 6, 2018|website=www.msn.com|language=en-US|access-date=November 6, 2018}} In October 2018, she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show alongside Julia Roberts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/992056/julia-roberts-hilarious-tv-surprise-features-dermot-mulroney-fake-boobs-and-a-pie|title=Julia Roberts' Hilarious TV Surprise Features Dermot Mulroney, Fake Boobs and a Pie|last=Schnurr|first=Samantha|date=November 30, 2018|website=eonline|access-date=November 30, 2018}}

In February 2019, Canopy Growth (CGC), a Canadian marijuana company, announced that Stewart would join their company as an adviser.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/investing/martha-stewart-canopy-growth-trnd/index.html|title=Martha Stewart to advise cannabis company|first=Paul R. |last=La Monica|website=CNN|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019}}

A gardening show called Martha Knows Best premiered on HGTV on July 31, 2020. In it, Stewart provides gardening help to individual callers and to some of her celebrity friends. She also demonstrates some of the projects and improvements at her large (150 acre) estate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/gardening/a32959845/martha-stewart-gardening-show-hgtv/|title=Martha Stewart's New HGTV Gardening Show Will Feature Snoop Dog, Jay Leno, and More|last=Corbett|first=Kelly|date=July 24, 2020|website=HouseBeautiful|access-date=August 21, 2020}} A second season aired from October 28 to December 4, 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2020/10/martha-knows-best-returns-with-new-holiday-themed-episodes-how-to-watch-live-stream-tv-channel-time.html | title='Martha Knows Best' returns with new holiday-themed episodes | How to watch, live stream, TV channel, time |work=silive.com |last=Passero |first=Kathy | date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2023}} A continuation entitled Martha Gets Down and Dirty premiered on Discovery+ on July 1, 2021.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/martha-gets-down-and-dirty-review-stewart-steals-the-show-11624999692|title =Martha Gets Down and Dirty Review: Stewart Steals the Show | newspaper=Wall Street Journal |access-date=June 8, 2023 |date=June 29, 2021 | last1=Anderson | first1=John }}

In September 2020, Martha Stewart launched a line of CBD gummy supplements in association with Canopy Growth.{{Cite web |last=Stabile |first=Angelica |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Martha Stewart drops pumpkin spice CBD Wellness Gummies as limited-edition 'fall favorite' |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/martha-stewart-pumpkin-spice-cbd-wellness-gummies-limited-edition |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=FOXBusiness |language=en-US}} In September 2022, Oregon-based CBD producer Wyld filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement relating to the packaging of the line of products.{{Cite web |title=Martha Stewart Co. Accused Of Infringing CBD Packaging - Law360 |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1528482/martha-stewart-co-accused-of-infringing-cbd-packaging |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=www.law360.com |language=en}}

In June 2022, Martha Stewart announced that she would be launching her first original podcast, entitled The Martha Stewart Podcast, in partnership with iHeart Radio.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Martha Stewart Is Launching Her First Original Podcast (Podcast News Roundup) |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/martha-stewart-podcast-news-roundup-1235295318/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} On June 15, 2022, Stewart shared that Snoop Dogg would be the guest on the first episode of the podcast, which debuted on June 22, 2022.{{Cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Snoop Dogg to Be First Guest on Pal Martha Stewart's New Podcast|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/podcasts/martha-stewart-podcast-snoop-dogg-1235088395/|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|magazine=Billboard}} Stewart introduced three new shows on The Roku Channel in 2022: Martha Gardens, Martha Cooks, and Martha Holidays.{{cite web |url=https://www.marthastewart.com/8327731/martha-stewart-new-shows-roku-channel |title=Martha Has 3 New Must-Watch Shows Debuting on the Roku Channel—Here's How to Stream Them |website=marthastewart.com |last=Baker |first=Nashia |date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=June 8, 2023}}

In May 2023, Stewart appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as the cover model. At 81 years old, Stewart is the oldest model to feature on the cover.{{Cite news |first=Sian |last=Cain |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Martha Stewart, 81, becomes oldest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/16/martha-stewart-81-becomes-oldest-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-cover-model |access-date=May 16, 2023}}

In 2025, Stewart would co-host the reality cooking competition "Yes, Chef!" on NBC with José Andrés. The show involves twelve experienced chefs, nominated because of their cooking skills and "a problem getting along in the kitchen with others", overcoming their own personal struggles.{{cite news |last1=Shore |first1=Derrick |title=Martha Stewart and José Andrés serve up ‘Yes, Chef!’ on NBC |url=https://www.click2houston.com/houston-life/2025/04/28/martha-stewart-and-jose-andres-serve-up-yes-chef-on-nbc/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |work=Houston Life |date=April 28, 2025}}

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In 1961, she married Andrew Stewart, then a student at Yale Law School. Their only child, daughter Alexis, was born in 1965. The couple separated in 1987 and divorced in 1990. Stewart later revealed that she kissed a stranger during their honeymoon{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Brittany |date= |title=Martha Stewart reveals she kissed a stranger on her honeymoon after announcing affair |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/martha-stewart-stranger-kiss-affair-b2636244.html |access-date=November 25, 2024 |work=The Independent}} and that she had an affair early on in their marriage.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/martha-stewart-cheated-on-her-ex-husband-without-him-ever-finding-out |title=Martha Stewart Cheated On Her Ex-Husband |last=Murphy |first=Chris |work=Variety |date=October 11, 2024 }} Subsequently, Martha Stewart dated Anthony Hopkins but ended the relationship after she saw The Silence of the Lambs. She stated she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Stewart_Stopped_Dating_Hopkins_Because_of_Hannibal/3600693|title=Martha Stewart Stopped Dating Anthony Hopkins Because of Hannibal|date=December 19, 2006}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=11-10-2012|title=Martha Stewart on NPR's 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'|website=NPR}}

Stewart dated billionaire Charles Simonyi, who was an early employee of Microsoft and head of their software group, on and off for 15 years. She featured footage of him as a space tourist aboard Soyuz on her television show in 2007. They broke up around February 2008."Bill Gates in Sweden for High Society Wedding," The Local, Sweden's News in English, November 22, 2008.

Stewart is an animal lover. Her pets include champion show Chow Chow dogs, French Bulldogs, Himalayan cats, a Fell Pony named Ben Chunch,{{Cite web|url=http://www.themarthablog.com/2014/12/meet-the-new-pony.html|title=Meet the New Pony|website=www.themarthablog.com|date=December 2014|language=en-US|access-date=September 26, 2018}} and Friesian horses. After her daughter informed her about fur farming, Stewart ceased to wear real furs.{{cite news|last=Walls|first=Jeannette|title=Martha Stewart: Unlikely PETA spokesperson|url=http://www.today.com/id/9343165|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109165238/http://www.today.com/id/9343165|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=Today.com|date=September 20, 2005}}

Martha Kostyra, Stewart's mother, died at the age of 93 on November 16, 2007.{{cite news|title=Martha Stewart's Mother Dies|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161284,00.html|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=People|date=November 17, 2007|archive-date=July 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729021952/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161284,00.html|url-status=dead}} Kostyra, also called "Big Martha" by her family, had appeared on Martha Stewart Living numerous times.

Stewart resides in Katonah, a hamlet of the town of Bedford, New York. She also maintains a {{convert|35000|sqft|adj=on}} residence on Mount Desert Island in Seal Harbor, Maine, known as Skylands, the former summer estate of automobile designer and tycoon Edsel Ford, with gardens designed by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen (1922).{{cite web|title=From My Home to Yours|url=http://www.marthastewart.com/article/from-my-home-to-yours-june-2007|date=June 2007|work=Martha Stewart Living|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718024152/https://www.marthastewart.com/269037/from-my-home-to-yours-june-2007|archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|title=Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens|url=https://archive.org/details/jensjensenmakero0000gres/page/102|url-access=registration|last=Grese|first=Robert E.|year=1992|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8018-4287-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jensjensenmakero0000gres/page/102 102, 184]}}

In 2020, an appearance by Jimmy Kimmel on the TV show Finding Your Roots revealed that he and Stewart are cousins.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA5TR1Yqty0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/ZA5TR1Yqty0| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Jimmy Kimmel and Martha Stewart Are Cousins!|publisher=YouTube |date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

In 1995, Stewart received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business}}

In 1997, Martha Stewart was honored with an Edison Achievement Award{{cite web |title=Edison Awards – Honoring the Best in Innovation and Innovators |url=https://edisonawards.com/achievementaward.php |website=edisonawards.com |access-date=July 30, 2020}} for her commitment to innovation throughout her career.

In 2018, Stewart was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.{{cite news |url=https://njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2018-inductees/ |title=2018 Inductees|newspaper=The Star-Ledger |location=Newark, N.J.}}

In 2020, Stewart was inducted into the Licensing International Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title= Martha Stewart to be Inducted into the Licensing International Hall of Fame |date= January 14, 2020|publisher= Business Wire|url= https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200113005958/en/Martha-Stewart-Inducted-Licensing-International-Hall-Fame#:~:text=Martha%20Stewart%2C%20longtime%20brand%20licensing,Kmart%20in%20the%20late%20'90s.}}

Stewart has been portrayed and parodied in several forms of media. Two television films have been made out of her life story: Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (2003) and Martha: Behind Bars (2005). She was portrayed by Cybill Shepherd in both films.{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=Alessandra |title=Television Review: A Perfectionist With a Sledgehammer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/arts/television-review-a-perfectionist-with-a-sledgehammer.html |access-date=July 30, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=May 19, 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=Martha Behind Bars |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/martha-behind-bars-1200521627/ |access-date=July 30, 2020 |work=Variety |date=September 22, 2005 |language=en}} A character loosely based on her, Judy King, featured in the television series Orange is the New Black.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/78449-orange-is-the-new-black-adding-a-martha-stewart-esque-character-heres-why-martha-stewart-should|title='Orange Is The New Black' Adding A Martha Stewart-Esque Character & Here's Why Martha Stewart Should Play Her|website=Bustle|date=April 23, 2015 }}

She also made a cameo appearance in the fourth season of HBO's High Maintenance,{{cite web |title=High Maintenance S4E7: 'Hand' – TV Analysis |url=https://25yearslatersite.com/2020/03/21/high-maintenance-s4e7-hand/ |publisher=25YL |website=25yearslatersite.com| access-date=July 30, 2020 |date=March 22, 2020|first= Caemeron |last=Crain}} as well as the 2016 comedy film Bad Moms.{{cite news |title=How Martha Stewart's 'Bad Moms' Cameo Came Together |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-martha-stewarts-bad-moms-cameo-came-together-916646/ |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 12, 2024 |date=August 4, 2016}}

She is the subject of the 2024 documentary film Martha directed by R. J. Cutler.Vlessing, Etan, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/martha-stewart-netflix-documentary-trailer-1236029267/ "Martha Stewart Dishes on “Cookie-Cutter Life,” Insider Trading Scandal in ‘Martha’ Netflix Documentary Trailer: “Those prosecutors should’ve been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high,” the homemaking icon says in director R.J. Cutler's film set for an Oct. 30 release.], Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2024.Barnes, Brooks, [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/movies/martha-stewart-netflix-documentary.html "Martha Stewart Gives Netflix’s ‘Martha’ a Scalding Review: When a reporter phoned about her new documentary, the lifestyle star didn’t hold back: 'I hate those last scenes. Hate them.'"], New York Times, October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

• Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart, 2003 NBC TV movie
• Martha: Behind Bars, 2005 TV movie

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• {{cite magazine |last1=Didion |first1=Joan |author-link=Joan Didion |title=Everywoman.com |magazine=The New Yorker |date=February 13, 2000 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/06/magazine20000221everywoman-com |issn=0028-792X}} The essay was also included in Didion's 2021 book Let Me Tell You What I Mean.
• {{cite web|title=Mariana Pasternak's 'The Best of Friends'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/mariana-pasternaks-best-friends-martha/story?id=10105063|work=Good Morning America |publisher=ABC News|access-date=October 29, 2010|date=March 16, 2010}}
• {{cite book|last=Pasternak|first=Mariana|title=The Best of Friends: Martha and Me|year=2010 |publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-166127-3|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061661273}}
• {{cite news |last=Sellers |first=Patricia |title=Remodeling Martha|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/14/8360708/index.htm|work=Fortune|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 29, 2010|date=November 14, 2005}}
• {{cite journal|author=Stabile, Carol A. |title=Getting what she deserved: the news media, Martha Stewart, and masculine domination |journal=Feminist Media Studies |date=February 17, 2007 |orig-year=2004 |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=315–332 |doi=10.1080/1468077042000309964|s2cid=144405051 | issn=1468-0777}}

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