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In an interview with the New York Times, the 83-year-old lifestyle mogul who grew up in Nutley had some choice words about the Netflix documentary, "Martha," which was made with her cooperation.
“R.J. [director R.J. Cutler] had total access, and he really used very little,” she told the Times referring to her personal archives. “It was just shocking.”
Stewart said the end of the film makes her look like a lonely old lady and said the movie had lousy music. Stewart, who counts Snoop Dogg as a close friend, said she wanted rap music, while the documentary has a "lousy classical score."
The documentary examines Stewart's life, much of which takes place in Nutley, which even gets a shoutout within the first 10 minutes. Nutley was where Stewart began modeling, at the urging of her neighbors after her father had lost his job with no money saved up and six kids to raise, Stewart explains.
Stewart made about $15 an hour to start out, and she gave it all to her mother, a schoolteacher who cooked 16 meals a day, Stewart said.
She would go on to earn a scholarship to Barnard University, where a classmate driven to school in a Rolls Royce asked to set her up with her brother, Andy — who would later become her husband.
Stewart did have some nice things to say about the documentary.
“I love the first half of the documentary. It gets into things that many people don’t know anything about, which is what I like about it," Stewart said.
The documentary is currently streaming on Netflix.
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