Martha Stewart Reveals the 'Especially Attractive Actors' Who Have Left Her Starstruck Over the Years (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Martha Stewart.Photo:Getty Images

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Martha Stewartstill gets butterflies over certain stars.

The lifestyle expert, who is partnering with Pure Leaf for their latest campaign, tells PEOPLE that there are very few parts of her life in the spotlight that make her nervous.

“I’m not very fearful of anything. I like intermingling with people. I like going on television. I like being interviewed. I like all that stuff,” says Stewart, who is publishing her 100th cookbook,Martha: The Cookbook, on Nov. 12.

Martha Stewart said she has felt starstruck over Matthew McConaughey.Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party/Facebook

Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party/Facebook

“When Russell Crowe came on, he was still fit and gorgeous, just having done maybeGladiator.He was pretty attractive. Matthew McConaughey, he still is pretty attractive. Tom Cruise in his first movies was so cute and attractive,” she says. “There’s all those memories of especially attractive actors.”

The celebrity encounters that come with her stardom are particularly exciting to her grandson,Truman Stewart, 12.

Stewart attended the U.S. Open with hergrandsonon Sept. 8. At the sporting event, the duo mingled with fellow famous viewers, and Stewartposted photos from the day on Instagram. Commenters were quick to joke that she was the “Martharazzi.”

“They said I was better than TMZ," she tells PEOPLE, noting that that was not her intention. “I couldn’t believe it.”

Martha Stewart with her grandson at the U.S. Open on Sept. 8.John Nacion/Getty

John Nacion/Getty

“I was taking them for myself and Truman. He likes to send them all to his friends,” Stewart says of the pictures ofJon Hamm,Taylor SwiftandTravis Kelce.

At the U.S. Open, Martha and Truman posted for photos together and Stewart said the tween surprised her with his natural skills in front of a camera.

“He’s never been on a red carpet and he’s always pooh-poohing it. And I said, ‘Oh, come here, do the red carpet,’ and he ran right over,” she says. “I couldn’t believe he stood there with me. And he hugged me. It was crazy! He never hugs me.”

Martha Stewart is partnering with Pure Leaf on their new campaign.courtesy of pure leaf

courtesy of pure leaf

“It’s a very nice drink. I keep bottles of it in my car in the little cooler and in my fridge, for people who are visiting here or working here. They all love it,” she says.

source: people.com