Martha Stewart, the famous lifestyle expert, recently slammed millennials and said that they are lazy, self-indulgent, and lack the initiative to be successful.
Stewart, a 74-year-old multi-millionaire, expressed her criticism is a recent interview with Luxury Listings.
“I think every business is trying to target millennials, but who are millennials? Now we are finding out that they are living with their parents. They don’t have the initiative to go out and find a little apartment and grow a tomato plant on the terrace,” Stewart said.
Martha Stewart began her professional career as a model at Chanel while studying at Barnard College in New York City. After completing her degree, Stewart became a stockbroker before publishing a cookbook, which started her career as a lifestyle expert and TV personality.
Stewart is also famous for going to prison after being convicted of securities fraud and obstruction of justice in 2004.
“I understand the plight of younger people … The economic circumstances out there are very grim. But you have to work for it. You have to strive for it. You have to go after it. I got married at 19, and I immediately got an apartment and I fixed it up. I was very proud of everything I did. I got the furniture at auctions for pennies.”
Stewart said that restaurateur David Chang encouraged her to focus on educating young people during a recent dinner at her farm in Bedford, NY.
“David Chang kept saying, ‘Martha, you know so much and the millennials have to know this stuff! They don’t know anything and they have to learn. They want to learn but they have grown up without teachers. They know how to make money and how to develop software, but they don’t know how to plant a tree. They don’t know how to grow spinach,’” Stewart said.
