Alexis Stewart

Alexis Gilbert Stewart
Born	(1965-09-27) September 27, 1965 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Radio personality, television host
Spouse	John Cuti (m. 1997-2004)
Children	Jude (b. 2011)

Alexis Gilbert "Lexie" Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is the only child of Martha Stewart and her husband Andrew. She is the co-host of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Sirius Satellite Radio. Stewart also currently co-hosts a TV show on Hallmark Channel called Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer, where she chats with celebrity guest stars and co-host Jennifer Hutt.

Biography

Early life

Stewart was born in New York City. She is the only child of Andrew and Martha Stewart. Stewart graduated from The Putney School in 1983 and received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College, her mother's alma mater. She was raised in New York and at her parents' homes in Westport, Connecticut and East Hampton, New York.

Career

Stewart currently co-hosts Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Sirius Satellite Radio and as of September 13, 2010 also on television on the Hallmark Channel. Stewart and radio partner Jennifer Hutt talk about topics ranging from pop culture to personal relationships. The show is billed as being about "whatever" the two women are thinking, reading, or hearing.

Stewart and Hutt's TV show, Whatever, Martha, premiered on the Fine Living Network on September 16, 2008. The second season premiered on September 23, 2009. On Whatever, Martha, Stewart and Hutt make fun of old Martha Stewart Living episodes and attempt to cook or create one of Martha Stewart's projects to see how difficult the projects are to complete. In one episode, Martha appears on the show and makes fun of herself and her guests.

The third season of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer will premiere in January 2011 on the Hallmark Channel, and Whatever, Martha with return on the Hallmark Channel in March.

Personal life

Stewart married John R. Cuti, a lawyer, in 1997. Cuti served as a trial lawyer during Martha Stewart's ImClone stock trading case, alongside her lead attorney Robert Morvillo. Stewart and Cuti separated long before Martha Stewart was indicted in June 2003 but were not divorced until mid-2004, after the trial was over.

Stewart and her mother have reportedly had a difficult relationship at times, but they became closer with the passage of time. Their relationship became stronger during her mother's legal battles and the time she spent in federal prison at Alderson, West Virginia. Stewart was a frequent visitor to the prison and she and her mother made a high-profile exit on her release on March 4, 2005.

Stewart is a vegan.

On October 9, 2007, Stewart appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss her recent struggle to conceive a child naturally.

On November 29, 2010, it was announced that Stewart had hired a surrogate mother and was expecting her first child in early March of the following year. On March 8, 2011, Stewart's daughter, Jude, was born. Stewart explained she named her daughter after SIRIUS Satellite Radio host Rude Jude.

External links

• Alexis Stewart at IMDb