Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart reveals that she broke up with Sir Anthony Hopkins because she couldn’t separate him from his Hannibal Lecter character in ‘Silence of the Lambs’. Image via Twitter @WalesOnline/@kurri_jari

Martha Stewart’s creepy reason for breaking up with Anthony Hopkins

Martha Stewart ended her relationship with Sir Anthony Hopkins because she ‘couldn’t stop thinking about him’ as Hannibal Lecter.

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart reveals that she broke up with Sir Anthony Hopkins because she couldn’t separate him from his Hannibal Lecter character in ‘Silence of the Lambs’. Image via Twitter @WalesOnline/@kurri_jari

Martha Stewart ended her relationship with Sir Anthony Hopkins because she “couldn’t stop thinking about him” as Hannibal Lecter.

The 80-year-old lifestyle guru admitted she dated the veteran actor in the 1990s but ended their romance because she struggled to separate him from his serial killer character in the classic movie Silence of the Lambs.

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MARTHA STEWART CONFIRMS HOPKINS BREAK-UP STORY ON ELLEN

In a game of ‘Where’s the lie?’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Stewart confirmed as true a statement which read:

“I dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but broke up with him because I couldn’t stop thinking of him as Hannibal Lecter”.

“I have a big scary house in Maine that’s way by itself on 100 acres in the forest and I couldn’t even imagine taking Anthony Hopkins there. All I can think of was him eating… you know…” she added.

MARTHA STEWART’S THREE LIGHTNING STRIKES

Martha also revealed she’d been struck by lightning three times in her life, with at least two of the incidents happening at home.

“Once, it came out of my water faucet. I was leaning against an iron sink. I saw the lightning go down the pipe out in my garden and then it came back up through the water and hit my right in my stomach — threw me on the floor! My [ex-husband Andrew] found me, I was alive but not very comfortable,” she recalled.

“[The second time] A lightning bolt came through my skylight in my house… “I just attract electricity. I’m so powerful.”

Martha Stewart didn’t explain what had happened the third time, but confirmed being struck felt “horrible”.

However, she jokingly also said:

“I think it actually is good for you. If it doesn’t kill you, I think it’s good for you!”

MARTHA STEWART SAYS NO TO TATTOOS

In the segment, one false statement was that Martha has a tattoo of her dog inked on her foot as she admitted she “wouldn’t think” of having body art.

“I have no tattoos. I wouldn’t think of having a tattoo,” she said

Ellen replied: “I wouldn’t either, but I just thought, you’re tough.”

But Martha explained: “It’s not about being tough, it’s about growing old with tattoos that get stretched out and ugly.”

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