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    Martha Stewart’s father was against her marriage to a Jew

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    In a new Netflix documentary, Martha Stewart reveals that her father punched her when she got engaged to her fiancé, Andrew Stewart, because he was Jewish in articles published by Business Insider and The independent.

    She says, “I went home and told my father (about the engagement), and my father hit me. And he hit me hard in the face and said, ‘No, you’re not marrying him. He’s a Jew.’ I remember getting that blow.”

    Martha Stewart added of her father’s behavior, “I wasn’t surprised at all because he was a bigot.” And he was impulsive.” Despite her father’s disapproval, she made it clear that she was not calling off her engagement, telling her father, “I’m getting married, no matter what you think.”

    Martha Stewart and Andrew Stewart married in 1961 before divorcing in 1990. Looking back on her wedding day, Martha Stewart said, according to Business Insider and The independent.”

    The wedding day was very happy, very nice. It was the beginning of my life.” Her mother stepped in to help make her wedding dress, which Martha thought was “beautiful.” Martha Stewart and Andrew Stewart share one daughter, Alexis Stewart, who is 59 years old. Martha Stewart has confessed to having an affair during her marriage to Andrew Stewart.

    The Netflix logo can be seen on a TV remote control, in this illustration taken on January 20, 2022. (credit: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS)

    Opening up about childhood, the relationship with father

    In the documentary, Martha Stewart talks about her childhood and describes the complicated relationship she had with her father, Edward Kostyra. She said her drive for perfectionism came from her father, noting that there was a habit of being a “perfectionist” in the family that started with him. Reflecting on her relationship with her father, she says, “I was the ideal daughter. I wanted to learn, he had a lot to learn, and I listened.” She added: ‘It was very clear to everyone that I was his favourite. He thought I was more like him than the other kids.” Martha Stewart said, “I was the one who relied on ironing his linen shirts,” referring to her father’s trust in her.

    However, she also described her father as a “dissatisfied, unhappy person” who sometimes started the day with a glass of red wine with his coffee. She said this according to Business Insider and The independent ‘Is that an alcoholic then? Maybe. But he never looked like a drunk. He never tripped or threw things or broke things.” Martha Stewart described her father: “He had the Harris Tweed jacket and turquoise tie to match his beautiful blue eyes. My father was the most handsome father.” Despite his good looks, she claimed that although her father was a “perfectionist,” he was “a failure at work” because he was “stuck in a sales job.”

    Martha Stewart’s siblings also shared their experiences with their father. Her brother, Frank Kostyra, claimed that he and his siblings received their “oops” from their father with a “standard,” which they “feared.” He said their father would hit his children with a yardstick or the end of a belt. Another brother, Eric Scott, said their father was “unable to support six children” and they needed food. He added that when their father gave an order to his children and if they “failed to obey it, (they) would pay the penalty.” Eric Scott added, “To this day I despise gardening.”

    Martha Stewart claimed that her father was very critical of his children when they were gardening. She said: ‘He stood over you like a sergeant. Mean. Mean. “You’re not doing it right,” while pretending to be her father. She also said they had their gardens, and from there her family would trade things “for goods (they) couldn’t grow.” In the documentary she says about her father: “Dad made us all learn to garden. He could grow anything.”

    Martha Stewart’s sister, Kathryn Evans, also appears in the Netflix documentary. Her younger sister, Laura Plimpton, died in 2014 at the age of 59 after suffering a massive brain aneurysm. Her younger brother, George Christiansen, died unexpectedly in 2017 at the age of 64 after a suspected heart attack.



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