Martha Stewart and Anthony Hopkins were once a power couple, but she called it off, and it had everything to do with his role in !The 80-year-old lifestyle guru appeared on on Wednesday and took part in a segment dubbed «Where's the Lie,» in which the guest rattles off three noteworthy items about themselves and host Ellen DeGeneres has to guess which of the three nuggets is a lie.
The first clue in the second round of the game read on the screen, «I dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but broke up with him because I couldn't stop thinking of him as Hannibal Lecter.»DeGeneres practically blew off that clue, because she couldn't fathom the reason why Stewart would break up with the legendary actor.
Much to everyone's surprise, Stewart revealed it was, in fact, true.«I have a big scary house in Maine that's way by itself on 100 acres in the forest,» Stewart explained, «and I couldn't even imagine taking Anthony Hopkins there.
I couldn't. All I could think of was him eating, you know ...»DeGeneres then chimed in, «Wait, did you date him?» Stewart nonchalantly responded, «Yeah.» DeGeneres then wanted confirmation, «And you stopped because of that?» Stewart confirmed, «Yeah,» prompting the audience to erupt in laughter and applause.
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