‘Frantic’ Martha Stewart ‘tore her hair out’ over husband’s affair with her assistant: ‘He was throwing me away’

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The Netflix documentary “Martha” addresses the respective affairs that Martha, 83, and Andrew both had back in the day, including how Martha handled her then-husband’s infidelity.

The famous homemaker’s friend Kathy Tatlock explained in the doc how Andrew cheated on Martha with her former assistant, Robyn Fairclough.“There were rumors floating around that Andy had some sort of involvement with the girl who was doing the flower arrangements at Turkey Hill Farm,” said Tatlock, referring to the Stewarts’ Westport, Connecticut, home.“Martha was picking up on everything and getting more and more upset,” Tatlock recalled. “She would be frantic.

Migraines and sleeplessness. At one point she showed me where she tore her hair out of her own head. She was mean to her staff.”“She had lost control of Andy,” Martha’s pal added, “so she was making everybody pay.”Martha told producers that she let Fairclough live in an apartment on her Turkey Hill Farm.“When I was traveling, Andy started up with her,” Martha claimed. “It was like I put out a snack for Andy.”The former “Martha Stewart Show” host confirmed that she confronted Fairclough and “kicked her out immediately” after learning of the affair.“You know, ‘What the hell are you doing?’” said Martha, adding, “Andy betrayed me, right on our property.

Not nice.”“It’s hard for me personally to talk about it,” the celebrity chef also said about her ex-husband’s affair. “Some people revel in this self-pity.