Martha Stewart blames ‘horny guys’ for success of Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina candle
Talk about a sick burn.
Martha Stewart reignited her feud with fellow domestic goddess Gwyneth Paltrow on Thursday night’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,” during which a caller asked her to weigh in on Goop’s viral “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle.
Despite its $75 price tag, the product — whose “funny, gorgeous, sexy, and beautifully unexpected” aroma comes from a blend of geranium, citrusy bergamot, cedar, Damask rose and ambrette seed, per its product description — swiftly flew off shelves, and is now out of stock.
“I’m sure it sold out,” Stewart, 78, said. “She does that kind of irritating … she’s trying to zhush up the public to listen to her. And that’s great, I mean, let her do her thing. I wouldn’t buy that candle.”
Asked Cohen, 51, “What does it say about America that the candle is now sold out?”
“I think it’s not America,” Stewart replied. “I think it’s a lot of guys who are horny.”
It’s far from the first time Stewart has thrown shade Paltrow’s way. Back in 2014, the lifestyle guru said the star should stick to acting, telling Net-a-Porter, “She just needs to be quiet. She’s a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn’t be trying to be Martha Stewart.”
“I’m so psyched that she sees us as competition,” Paltrow later responded.
The pair have also traded barbs in their respective publications, with Stewart poking fun at Paltrow’s split from ex Chris Martin with a “Conscious Couplings” spread in her magazine and Paltrow including a recipe for “Jailbird Cake” — a possible dig at Stewart’s 2004 prison stint — on Goop.com.
During a presentation at the National Retail Federation at NYC’s Javits Center Tuesday, the Oscar winner-turned-CEO addressed the “good controversy” created by launches like the polarizing candle, saying, “If you are in the news and it’s driving traffic to your site, it’s not a bad thing.”
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