Shyla Nelson Stewart — who’s at present married to Martha Stewart’s ex-husband, Andrew Stewart — appeared desperate to defend her husband in the course of the lead-up to the current launch of the Netflix documentary “Martha.”
Forward of the Oct. 30 debut of the movie concerning the life-style mogul, Nelson Stewart printed a press release on Fb signed by her and Andrew relating to parts of the movie’s trailer. Within the teaser, Martha offers younger girls the recommendation: “If you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of shit. Get out of that marriage.”
Based on the couple’s Oct. 12 Fb submit, Andrew has developed since his marriage with Martha resulted in 1990. Within the submit, Nelson Stewart describes her husband as a “brilliant publisher, avocational naturalist and nature photographer, and one of the gentlest, most soft-spoken, kind-hearted men I’ve ever known.”
“Andy and I have built a life of beauty, meaning, productivity, and purpose, infused with true love,” Nelson Stewart writes within the joint assertion.
However Nelson Stewart factors out this wasn’t all the time the case for her husband.
“Prior to this happy chapter of his life, Andy had some dark ones, including a painful and abusive marriage to Martha (as in, Martha Stewart), which ended almost 40 years ago,” Nelson Stewart continued. “While Andy quietly moved on and forward with his life, it appears that Martha continues to publicly relitigate the marriage, including comments in a sensationalized trailer for an upcoming documentary on Netflix.”
Nelson Stewart, who married Andrew in 2016, added that the “juxtaposition” of her husband’s earlier life “with the joy-filled, purpose-led, loving marriage we live today is striking.”
“We both wish everyone, including Martha herself, the experience of loving and being loved deeply and fully, and the peace that comes from such a love,” Nelson Stewart concluded.
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Though Martha acts the a part of a scorned spouse within the trailer and the documentary, the movie implies that Martha initiated the previous couple’s sample of recurring dishonest.
Early within the documentary, Martha admits that she kissed a “very handsome guy” within the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower in Florence, Italy, whereas the couple had been on their honeymoon.
Martha explains within the movie that she felt she “had” to attend church on the time as a result of it was the day earlier than Easter, and her Jewish husband “didn’t have any interest” in going to the famed cathedral, often called the Florence Duomo.
Martha described the cathedral as “a very romantic place.”
“An expansive dome so beautiful and paintings all around you,” Martha recalled of her environment. “It was like nothing I had ever done before. And, so, why not kiss a stranger?”
When the movie’s director, R.J. Cutler, requested Martha how she’d describe that encounter, she responded, “Naughty?”
“Was it naughty, or was it infidelity?” Cutler requested.
“Neither,” Martha mentioned. “It is neither naughty or in… in… unfaithful. It was just emotional, of the moment. That’s how I looked at it.”
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Later within the documentary, Martha speaks about how she was properly conscious that Andrew had “quite a few” girlfriends throughout their marriage, which spanned from 1961 to 1990, however she felt she “couldn’t walk away.”
When Cutler asks Martha if it was true that she had one other “affair early on in the relationship,” Martha responded with: “Uh, yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”
“He did say he knew about that,” Cutler mentioned.
“He did?” Martha requested, sounding shocked.
“He said he didn’t stray from the marriage until you told him you had already strayed,” Cutler mentioned.
“Oh, that’s not true, I don’t think,” Martha mentioned. “I had a very brief affair with a very attractive Irish man. And, um, it was just nothing. … I would never have broken up a marriage for it. … It was like the kiss in the cathedral.”
