Inside The Sometimes ‘Difficult’ Relationship Martha Stewart Has With Her Daughter Alexis

Martha Stewart absolutely adores her family, and she doesn't hesitate one bit to show it. The 82-year-old television personality recently posted a video of her 12-year-old granddaughter Jude Stewart on her Instagram story.

The video showed Jude leading a yoga class on August 15, 2023. "Yoga class at Skylands by Jude age 12," she wrote in the video. Jude is seen standing in front of a class of students, striking a yoga pose as she leads everyone in the calming activity. She is one of Martha's two grandkids, the other being 11-year-old Truman Stewart.

Both kids belong to Martha's only daughter, 57-year-old Alexis Stewart. The two have a pretty close relationship, Alexis even describing their bond as "incredibly close."

Martha shares Alexis with her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart. The two were married for 29 years before divorcing in 1987.

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Alexis notably followed in her mom's footsteps, becoming a writer and television personality. From 2006 to 2010, she co-hosted Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on her mom's SiriusXM Living Radio channel.

After years of dealing with infertility, Alexis welcomed her daughter in 2011 with help from a gestational surrogate. The next year, she welcomed her son. Her mother, who deeply wanted grandchildren, helped to financially and emotionally support her pregnancy efforts.

During a 2011 interview on the Today show, Alexis shared, “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. So if we agree on everything, how boring would that be?”

In a 2020 interview, Martha described their relationship as difficult. “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.”

Today, Martha says her daughter is the "perfect mother." "Those kids are so smart, so lovely, so advanced," she said of her grandkids and how their mother has raised them.

Jude not only teaches yoga, but she also designs jewelry. Truman, on the other hand, isn't as much in the spotlight as his sister. But Truman has appeared in a couple of videos on Martha's Instagram page, alongside his sister.