Andy and Martha Stewart
In 1987, when Martha Stewart’s lawyer husband Andy parted from her after nearly 27 years, she wisely had the divorce papers sealed. “She didn’t want her public image tarnished at a time when she was starting to become nationally known and loved by millions of fans,” said a source.
There was certainly enough to tarnish several kitchens-worth of pots and pans, because Martha, by some accounts, had been the wife from hell: badgering, threatening and downright cruel.
One Mother’s Day, when her hubby got up early to prepare her breakfast in bed, Martha allegedly took umbrage at something on the tray and threw the whole meal at him. Often she relegated him to busboy status in her catering business and yelled at him for the slightest infraction. “She treated him like a dog,” admitted her own brother, Frank Kostyra.
And when Andy announced that he was leaving her, Martha went into an overdrive of fury, reportedly sending poison-pen letters to his pals and storming into his office on several occasions, once threatening to shatter the window and throw things onto the street. What apparently galled her the most was that he’d been the one to end the marriage.
Andy chose an ironic moment to announce his departure – while Martha was making a publicity tour for her book Weddings, which she’d dedicated to him. This led someone at her publishing house to jokingly suggest changing the title to Martha Stewart Divorces.
