Martha Stewart mistakenly said that the journalist who covered her trial was “dead,” contrary to the reporter being “alive” and well.
In a recent film that aired on October 30, the 83-year-old Stewart, made a surprising remark about Andrea Peyser, a New York Post columnist known for her coverage of Stewart’s high-profile trial in 2004.
Stewart commented that Peyser was “dead now, thank goodness.”
However, Peyser was quick to respond, using her latest column to clarify her status with a cheeky rebuttal, “I’m alive, b*tch!”
Peyser, who has been with the New York Post since 1989, has continued her work with at least eight articles published in 2024.
Stewart’s 2004 trial led to a conviction for providing false information to the FBI amid an insider trading investigation, a case that remains one of the most memorable moments in her career.
“Guilty, guilty, guilty on all these counts of whatever,” she said in Martha. “My daughter, she fainted when they read the verdict. Poor child.”
In the film, Stewart referred to Peyser as the “New York Post lady.”
Stewart recalled spotting Peyser in the courtroom as her verdict was read. In response, Peyser confirmed in her latest column that she had indeed penned numerous pieces for the Post throughout Stewart’s high-profile legal proceedings.
“New York Post lady was there, just looking so smug,” said Stewart. “She had written horrible things during the entire trial. But she is dead now, thank goodness. And nobody has to put up with the crap she was writing all the time.”
And the very much alive Peyser responded.
“News of my passing came as a shock,” she said of her “uncredited cameo appearance.”
“But rather than feeling angry or worried that Martha has offed me, or to seek an emergency order of protection, I am overwhelmingly sad in the face of Martha’s bitterness.”
