Marta
Stewart is, on the whole, a popular figure with fans and followers from
all over the world.
Yet
she’s come under fire for a recent social media post during a trip to Greenland
that many are branding “tone-deaf”.
The
82-year-old was widely praised earlier this year after posing for the Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit issue in May, but her most recent Instagram offering has
failed to inspire the same sort of positivity.
On
Tuesday, August 29, Stewart uploaded a photo of herself from a cruise that saw
her take in the east coast of Greenland. The picture – one of several – shows
the businesswoman and TV personality enjoying a cocktail, along with the
caption:
“End
of the first zodiac cruise from @swanhelleniccruises into a very
beautiful fjord on the east coast of greenland. We actually captured a small
iceberg for our cocktails tonight.”
Harmless
though Stewart almost certainly intended her post to be, it soon evoked the ire
of followers who believed her using of the “small iceberg” for her drink was in
bad taste.
Before
long, Stewart’s comments field was filled with people hitting out at the fact
that she’d referenced a small iceberg when the “ice caps are melting”.
“Martha
the ice caps are melting don’t put them in your drink,” one Instagram user
wrote.
Another
added: “I generally love Martha and the excesses of her life because he’s
about beautiful gardens, homes, and food, but wealthy white people drinking
their iceberg cocktails while the planet is in flames is a bit tone deaf.“
“So
as the climate warms due to the profits of a couple thousand people,
billionaires vacation to the melting icebergs, scoop them up and use them to
keep their cocktails cold. That sounds like a line from a dystopian novel.
Can’t make this shit up lol,” a third quipped.
“Global
warming and melting ice caps but we need glacier ice for cocktails?! Talk about
tone def. Been a fan for years but I’ve seen enough caviar lately as I struggle
to buy groceries that I’m out,” said a fourth.
Back
in May, Stewart made history as she confidently posed in daring swimsuits for
cover of Sports Illustrated. The then-81-year-old also spilled the rigorous
wellness routine she implemented beforehand.
“I
didn’t starve myself, but I didn’t eat any bread or pasta for a couple of
months,” Stewart mentioned during an appearance on the Today show.
“I
went to Pilates every other day, and that was great; I’m still going to Pilates
every other day ’cause it’s so great. And I just, I live a clean life anyway –
good diet and good exercise and healthy skincare and all of that stuff.”
During
her keynote speech at the Las Vegas event, Stewart shared how fans responded to
the “authentic” cover.
“The
response to it was really encouraging because it made women of all ages feel
like, ‘If she can do it, then I can do it too,’” Stewart noted.
This
is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover featuring Martha Stewart, 81,
that will hit newsstands on Thursday,…Posted by The New York
Times on Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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