A live audience, crummy music, that was more like prison than being at Alderson."
As a result she was left with steep financial needs and very few avenues left to satisfy them.
“Had Martha not gone to prison, she wouldn’t have done the deal with Mark Burnett.
Martha Stewart in ‘Martha’.Netflix
She lost control, and the result wasn’t what she or the audience came to expect.
It just felt forced.”
Those damn TV shows were a creative malice."
Archival photo of Martha Stewart from ‘Martha’.Netflix
But Stewart, a legendary perfectionist, is still dissatisfied with the final product.
In 2023, Stewart became theoldest cover starof the covetedSports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue.
