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“I told him to get rid of these.”


“I told him to get rid of these.”

Martha Stewart opened up about her life with director RJ Cutler in her Netflix documentary Martha.

However, the media mogul is not entirely satisfied with the final cut of her documentary and accuses the director of not cutting out some scenes that she didn't like.

“Those last scenes where I look like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” Stewart told the New York Times. “And he refused. I hate these final scenes. Hate her.”

Although Stewart wasn't happy with the final scenes, she admitted that she loved “the first half of the documentary.”

Stewart also criticized the second half of the documentary, which focuses on the insider trading and obstruction of justice charges that landed her in federal prison.

“It wasn’t that important,” Stewart said. “The trial and actual incarceration took less than two years of an 83-year-old life. To be honest, I viewed it as a vacation… the process itself was extremely boring. Even the judge fell asleep. RJ didn't even include that. The judge was asleep on the bench. I wrote it in my diary every day.”

Stewart's other criticism, which she found “shocking,” was that the director used “very little” material from her personal archive. The celebrity chef also called out that her grandchildren weren't mentioned, saying, “That's not even mentioned.”

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Stewart also mentioned that she requested that rap music be used in the documentary, but the director did not honor that request.

“I said to RJ, 'A big part of the movie is that you play rap music.' Dr. Dre will probably make it, or (Snoop Dogg) or Fredwreck. “I said, 'I want this music.' And then he comes up with some lousy classical score that has nothing to do with me,” she said in the interview.

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Despite Stewart's criticism, she hopes the documentary inspires women about what she's already experiencing.

“So many girls – young women – have told me that watching it gives them a power they didn't know they had,” she said. “And that’s what I like best about the documentary. It really shows a strong woman standing up for herself, going through horror and achieving great success.”

Cutler has directed other documentaries starring the likes of Billie Eilish, Dick Cheney and Elton John, with the latter work set to premiere on Disney+ in December.

Although the director did not comment on Stewart's specific criticisms, he said, “I'm really proud of this film and admire Martha's courage in entrusting me with the production.” I'm not surprised that she finds aspects of it difficult to accept recognize.”

Cutler noticed this Martha is “a film, not a Wikipedia page,” adding, “It is the story of an incredibly interesting human being who is complicated, visionary and brilliant.”

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