Two fellow inmates imprisoned alongside Martha Stewart is opening up about the lifestyle gurus behavior while behind bars.
In 2004, Stewart was found guilty on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the sale of a stock. She was sentenced to five moths in prison as result.
Now Meg Phipps and Susan Spry, two women who were incarcerated at the same time as Stewart are opening up about the time she spent behind bars with the homemaker, People reports.
According to Phipps, they first started to communicating with each other via notes before Stewart suggested they meet. “How we communicated was by note, a handwritten note and someone from that cottage or dorm, you had to wait for someone to take that in for you,” Phipps revealed.
The note Martha Stewart sent, suggesting they meet, was also accompanied by a baked apple. “Which meant she had already tackled the idea of cooking in your dorm or cottage by using the microwave and what resources that you could find — because the baked apple had caramel on it and probably some cinnamon.”
And while Phipps appreciated the treat, she admitted that it was against the rules, adding that sneaking food was “prohibited.” “I suspect some of this may have come from the cafeteria, which we’re not supposed to do.”
Susan Spry added that despite it being against the rules, it was the only way to cook. “Everyone smuggles food out of kitchens. I mean what else are you going to make? Unless it’s smuggled food.”
In addition to using her culinary skills, Spry revealed Stewart’s job was inside the administration building. “She kept it clean. She cleaned toilets. She cleaned the warden’s toilet.”
On Stewart’s final day in prison, Phipps revealed they threw a potluck for her. Stewart made a caramel flan, something that still bewildered the other inmates.
“I don’t know how she made it. It’s a big part about what made prison tolerable is that fellowship of cooking and celebrating someone going home. She thanked people for making her time there go as well as it did.”
In the end, Martha Stewart was remembered as a kind person by the others incarcerated with her. “She said ‘I don’t think I had enough time with you girls’ and she said to me, ‘I will see you again.’ So I’m still waiting, but I know I’ll see her again.”
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