Martha Stewart You know she’s iconic. ET spoke with the 82-year-old lifestyle expert on Sports Illustrated Swimsuitat her 60th birthday party on Thursday, and she explained why she is “of course” comfortable with the “icon” label.
“An icon!” she exclaimed. “You work hard and you get some prizes and some rewards.”
One of these rewards was being invited to pose on the cover of “Legends” magazine alongside names like Chrissy Teigen, Tyra Banks and others.
“We actually all got together and posed in these beautiful photos and everything looked great,” Stewart told ET. “It was a great achievement for the photographer and the editor. Very good.”
This was not Stewart’s first experience with Sports Illustrated. “We used to get Sports Illustrated. I had three brothers, they were kind of interested,” she said of her childhood.
Stewart had an even more personal experience last year when she was touched to cover the magazine.
“It’s been amazing the last year since appearing on the cover, and now gracing the big three folds! I’m happy. It’s so good. I can dress up,” she said, before reflecting on the previous photos, “(There went) no nerves. It was a lot of fun (editor in chief) MJ (Day) makes it a delight, a real delight.
Stewart celebrated her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit back on Instagram, with a post that read: “Martha is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover star – again!”
“After making history last year as the magazine’s longest-running cover star to date,” the post read, “our founder is being featured in a special collectible trilogy of covers for the 2024 60th anniversary issue.”
Watch the video below to learn more about Stewart.
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