Martha Stewart is the first woman in the United States to have become a self-made billionaire, according toFortune.
She created an empire that continues to sell the picture-perfect suburban dream.
However, all this success seems to have come at a cost to her family life.
Despite the strained relationship, Alexis has followed in her famous mom’s footsteps in some ways.
Here’s a closer look at the pair’s complicated mother-daughter relationship.
She explained that she lived in the shadow of her mom’s fame.
“It’s like the movie star with the boyfriend and nobody knows who he is.
That’s me.”
Alexis struggled to meet her mother’s standards
Martha Stewart’s perfectionism has been celebrated for years.
After all, the lifestyle guru built a brand based on making people’s homes look and feel beautiful.
According to Alexis, Martha also pressured her to meet her unreasonable expectations at home.
“Martha does everything better!
you’re able to’t win!
Alexis also lamented that Halloween was a disappointment.
“Other people had food.
I had no food …
There were ingredients but no prepared food of any kind.”
“I remember saying, ‘You know, now I have friends over!
you’ve got the option to’t do that anymore!
It’s gotta stop!
My friends’ parents don’t do it!
Give me a break here!
I don’t feel like being embarrassed!"'
Alexis claimed in “Whateverland: Learning to Live Here,” via ABC News.
Alexis felt that her mother’s vocal criticism of meals makes her an undesirable guest.
“My mother will occasionally complain that I don’t invite her over for dinner,” Alexis wrote.
“But can you blame me?
However, she has claimed that they still care deeply about each other.
“Our relationship has always been a difficult mother-daughter relationship,” Martha told People.
“Difficult, but she would do anything for me, and I would do anything for her.”
“When they spend time together, it’s rarely good,” the source toldNew York Magazine.
She’s deeply protective of her mother’s legacy.”
In 2011, her daughter Jude entered the world via a surrogate.
