Personal Life
Stewart was born in Manhattan. She graduated from Putney School in Putney, Vermont in 1983. She earned a bachelor's degree in English at Barnard College in 1987.
In 1997, Stewart married John R. Cuti, a lawyer. Cuti served as a trial lawyer during Martha Stewart's ImClone stock trading case, alongside her lead attorney Robert Morvillo. Stewart and Cuti separated before Martha Stewart was indicted in June 2003 but were not divorced until mid-2004, after the trial was over.
Stewart is a vegan.
On October 9, 2007, Stewart appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss her recent struggle to conceive a child naturally. On November 29, 2010, it was announced that Stewart had hired a surrogate mother and was expecting her first child in early March of the following year. On March 8, 2011, Stewart's daughter, Jude, was born. Stewart explained she named her daughter after SIRIUS Satellite Radio host Rude Jude. On March 9, 2012, it was announced that Stewart had a second child by surrogate, a son named Truman.
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