Martha Stewart Shares Honest Thoughts on Meghan Markle & Gwyneth Paltrow Becoming Lifestyle Experts
Martha Stewart doesn’t knead a fancy title.
So much so, the cookbook author’s grandkids Jude Stewart, 14, and Truman Stewart, 13, simply call her by her first name.
“They’ve called me Martha since the day they were born,” the 84-year-old shared on the Nov. 30 episode of QVC+’s 50+ & Unfiltered podcast. “And all their friends call me Martha. None of them call me Mrs. Stewart. I’m not a Mrs. Stewart.”
And the reason has to do with Martha’s only child Alexis Stewart, who welcomed Jude and Truman through gestational surrogacy.
“My daughter calls me Martha,” Martha explained. “She’s always called me Martha.”
In fact, the domestic doyenne considers herself and Alexis—who she shares with ex-husband Andrew Stewart—to be more “friends” than mother-daughter.
“It’s better being a grandma,” Martha noted, explaining how she had somewhat of a fraught relationship with Alexis that led to their current dynamic. “Even now.”
She added of her daughter, “We’ve very different. I’m an extrovert, she’s not.”