Martha Stewart and Andrew Stewart tied the knot in 1961, but their relationship eventually reached its boiling point. The couple welcomed their daughter, Alexis Stewart, in 1965, but they separated in 1987 and finalized their divorce in 1990. In 1995, Martha’s mother, Martha Kostyra, revealed to People that the divorce had deeply wounded her daughter, stating, “I don’t think she’ll ever get over it.” However, by 2020, the 83-year-old Martha shared with the outlet that she had moved on despite the lingering pain. “Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me, because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she confessed. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful. But I’m very strong, and I’m very motivated to get on with life.” She added, “I have survived the rigors of time, of marriage, of childbearing, of building a business from scratch. I have survived very nicely, and I think I make the most of it.”
In the Netflix documentary “Martha” by R.J. Cutler, the businesswoman admitted to being unfaithful to her ex-husband. “Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s–t,” Martha said in the doc’s trailer. “Get out of that marriage.” A producer then asked, “Didn’t you have an affair early on?” Martha admitted, “Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”
So, who is Martha Stewart’s ex-husband? The couple met on a blind date, and Martha was drawn to Andrew’s serious demeanor. After a year of dating, they married in 1961. Andrew, a 23-year-old Yale law student at the time, had graduated from the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from Yale. He also holds a master’s of law degree from Columbia University. Andrew pursued a career in publishing and is currently Publisher Emeritus of Fieldstone Publishing, a nature publishing company.
During their marriage, Andrew and Martha spent time renovating old homes. In 1971, they bought a fixer-upper in Westport, Connecticut, which they named Turkey Hill Farm. This property became the birthplace of Martha’s lifestyle empire, which catapulted her to billionaire status in 1999. The couple welcomed their only child, Alexis, on September 27, 1965. Andrew later expressed regret about their parenting, saying, “I think we did a poor job as parents.” He added, “We were too involved in our professional lives and fixing up the house. We were always making the home into a mythological place. But it wasn’t a home — we didn’t spend enough time with Lexi.”
Following their divorce, Andrew married Robyn Fairclough in 1993, who was 21 years his junior and Martha’s former assistant. They later divorced. In 2016, Andrew remarried to Shyla Nelson Stewart, the president and CEO of Fieldstone Publishing, and an environmental advocate and artist. Andrew and Shyla split their time between Pasadena, California, and Lake Champlain in Vermont.
