Meet Martha Stewart's family: All about her daughter and 2 grandchildren

Martha Stewart opened up about her path to motherhood and her daughter, Alexis Stewart, in a new documentary about her life.

Soon after , Martha Stewart welcomed her daughter. She said it took her some time to get used to motherhood because of her own upbringing.

“Feelings, we didn’t talk about stuff like that,” Martha Stewart said while recalling her own childhood. “That wasn’t part of our growing up. We were loved sort of obtusely when we were supposed to be loved. I mean, there was not a lot of affection in our house.

She said she doubted her own mothering at times. “How could I be a really great mother if I didn’t have the education to be a mother?” she said.

Alexis Stewart, meanwhile, also reflected on her childhood as the only child of Martha and Andy Stewart. The .

“I grew up in a very uncomfortable house. I learned to suppress most of my emotions,” Alexis Stewart said.

Alexis Stewart’s 2011 book “Whateverland: Learning to Live Here” was partially devoted to exploring their bond — which she described as “incredibly close.” Martha Stewart, in turn, has called her daughter “the perfect mother.”

Read on to learn more about Martha Stewart’s family.

Martha Stewart’s daughter, Alexis Stewart

Martha Stewart shares Alexis Stewart with her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart, whom she married in 1961 and filed for divorce from in 1990, according to a divorce filing seen by TODAY.com.

Alexis Stewart followed in her mother’s footsteps to become a writer and a television personality, and she has also hosted her own radio show.

From 2005 to 2010, Alexis Stewart co-hosted “Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer,” alongside Jennifer Hutt, on SiriusXM’s Martha Stewart Living Radio channel.

The pair later turned the show into a TV program on the Hallmark Channel, and went on to co-host the TV shows “Whatever” and  “Whatever, Martha!” which poked fun at her mom’s old television show, “Martha Stewart Living.”

What they’ve said about their relationship now

The two have been candid about their relationship’s highs and lows.

Alexis Stewart visited TODAY in 2011 to promote “Whateverland: Learning to Live Here,” which she co-wrote with Hutt.

Though she wrote comically of her mom’s perfectionist tendencies and aloof parenting style in the book — joking at one point that she “grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head” — Alexis Stewart in 2011 that she and her mom had a loving relationship.

“We’re incredibly close and we’re both very opinionated people. So while we can be together having a nice time, we can also have an animated discussion slash argument about something. Because that’s normal,” she said. “So if we agree on everything, how boring would that be?”

Martha Stewart in 2020 that she and Alexis Stewart have had a “difficult” but devoted relationship.

“Our relationship has always been a difficult mother-daughter relationship. Difficult, but she would do anything for me, and I would do anything for her,” she said.

Martha Stewart also told People her daughter inherited her hospitality skills. “One thing Alexis learned from that was how to cook. She’s a phenomenal cook and baker. I tried to involve her in everything, but the minute she could leave home and go to boarding school, she did,” she said.

Martha Stewart has opened up about her unorthodox parenting style

In 2018, Martha Stewart, where she opened up about her unorthodox parenting style.

The former “Chopped” judge recalled that during the 1970s gas crisis in the U.S., she once grew tired of waiting in a long of cars for gas so she made Alexis Stewart, then just a child, take the wheel.

“We were waiting in line to fill our car with gas on the post road in Westport and I was impatient. I said, ‘Move over. You drive. Keep moving in the line. And she was like 10, or 8,” Martha Stewart recalled, laughing.

“You got out of the car?” asked a dumbfounded Al.

“I got out and went shopping. I went to the grocery store and left her in the car to drive,” replied Martha Stewart, adding, “She did fine. She got to the pump.”

Martha Stewart’s grandkids, Jude and Truman

Alexis Stewart opened up about undergoing IVF treatment on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2007, three years after divorcing her ex-husband, lawyer John Cuti,.

At the time, she had experienced three failed embryo transfers but remained hopeful about becoming pregnant.

During her appearance on the show, Alexis Stewart told host Oprah Winfrey that her mother “desperately” wanted grandchildren and was helping to support her pregnancy efforts both financially and emotionally.

After five years of fertility treatments, Alexis Stewart welcomed daughter Jude in 2011 with help from a gestational surrogate. The following year, she welcomed son Truman, also with a gestational surrogate.

During a 2018 TODAY appearance, Martha Stewart laughed when Al asked if Alexis Stewart ever asks her mom for advice.

“Oh, she will not take any advice from me. Alexis? Are you kidding? She is the perfect mother,” raved Martha Stewart. “Those kids are so smart, so lovely, so advanced.”

She added that grandchildren “are much more fun than children.” She said she’d love to travel with her grandchildren: “I want to take the kids to places that I’ve never been so we can experience the oohs and the ahhs together.”

Though she’s head-over-heels for her grandkids, Martha Stewart also told Al that her daughter won’t let her be alone with them.

“She doesn’t let me have them by myself,” she explained. “I always have to have somebody with me because she says I used to forget her, (that) I didn’t pick her up at school.” “

After her documentary “Martha” came out, . Among her chief criticism? That her grandchildren weren’t mentioned.

“There’s not even a mention. And these grandchildren are utterly fantastic,” she said. “My daughter was very against the children being included. But I could have talked about them, and I did.”

Jude Stewart, 13

Jude Stewart, 13, is a budding jewelry designer.

In March 2022, Martha Stewart posted of reality star Kris Jenner especially for her.

“Kris Jenner sent Jude Stewart a big basket of @kyliecosmetics for her birthday! As a thank you, Alexis and Jude crafted a beautiful pearl necklace for Kris!! That’s the way to go!!!!!!” Stewart captioned the pic.

At 12, Jude taught a yoga class that Martha Stewart captured and shared on her Instagram Story.

In March 2023, Martha Stewart and her granddaughter when they attended the opening night of the Broadway play “Life Of Pi.”

Earlier the same month, the proud grandmother honored Jude’s 12th birthday when she posted a photo of Jude and her friends wearing facial masks while celebrating at a “sparty,” or a spa-day birthday party.

“Five beauties getting even more beautiful !” she captioned the shot.

In August 2023, Martha Stewart shared a pic showing her and Jude looking up at the moon together. In her caption, she wrote, “Jude Stewart and me on the upstairs terrace at four am trying to capture the sturgeon moon on our i phones.”

Truman Stewart, 12

Truman Stewart, 12, so far keeps a lower profile than his older sister.

In August 2019, Martha Stewart shared a photo of then 7-year-old Truman and 8-year-old Jude, and he previously appeared on his grandmother’s Instagram page months before in alongside his sister.

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