Martha Stewart is \u201cspeaking up\u201d about ICE.<\/p>\n
And the original homemaking influencer said her 14-year-old granddaughter, Jude, inspired her to do so in a new Instagram post<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cMy granddaughter Jude wrote me a note yesterday, I took it to heart and posted,\u201d Stewart wrote over a screengrab of a message exchange. The text from Jude read, simply, \u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s excusable to not be speaking up right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI am disheartened and sad each and every day that we cannot demonstrate our sympathy for the beleaguered, that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from, are unwelcome,\u201d Stewart wrote in text inserted over the exchange. <\/p>\n \u201cThat we cannot show our frustration in peaceful demonstrations, and that we can be attacked and even killed by Federal troops. Things must and have to change quickly and peacefully,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n The Daily Beast broke the story<\/a> of Stewart quietly endorsing Kamala Harris in September 2024, breaking a long tradition of remaining neutral on political matters. \u201cKamala,\u201d Stewart said when asked who she would be voting for at the Retail Influencer CEO Forum that year. Her reasoning, she said, was that she wants a president \u201cwho doesn\u2019t hate New York\u201d and \u201cdoesn\u2019t hate democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Stewart, 84, has been critical of Trump since his The Apprentice<\/i> days, when they both had variations of the reality series airing at the same time. Stewart endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, when Trump ran the first time, telling CNN<\/a>, \u201cWe just can\u2019t have a country run by someone who is totally unprepared for what comes.\u201d<\/p>\n After Trump won that election, Stewart walked back her comments<\/a> and said she looked forward to what it would be like to have a \u201ctrue entrepreneur in the White House.\u201d <\/p>\n Stewart has kept her criticisms of Trump in the years following his election wins to herself\u2014but the recent killings of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, 37, as well as suburban mom of three, Ren\u00e9e Good, also 37, activated the star\u2019s granddaughter, who Stewart wrote Monday is \u201csensitive to what is going on in our country, as we all should be.\u201d<\/p>\n Stewart\u2019s comments come at a time when some fans are looking to their favorite celebrities to condemn Trump\u2019s ICE deployments across the country, which have resulted in the deaths and detainments of U.S. citizens. Pop star Billie Eilish called out her fellow stars<\/a> in a post over the weekend, asking, \u201cHey, my fellow celebrities, u gonna speak up? Or\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on <\/i>Substack<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>YouTube<\/i><\/a> for even more coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Martha Stewart is \u201cspeaking up\u201d about ICE. And the original homemaking influencer said her 14-year-old granddaughter, Jude, inspired her to do so in a new Instagram post. \u201cMy granddaughter Jude wrote me a note yesterday, I took it to heart and posted,\u201d Stewart wrote over a screengrab of a message exchange. 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