玛莎·斯图尔特(Martha Stewart)在社交媒体上分享了一张自己万圣节装扮成无家可归者的照片后道歉。
这位女商人和生活方式专家在周日的一份声明中称她的服装“麻木不仁且不好笑”。
“当你真的搞砸了,很难承认,”斯图尔特在她的Instagram feed上发表声明说,署名为“玛莎”“我先前的声明还不够。我知道许多人在经济上遭受损失。像我这样穿戏服是不明智的,也不好笑。非常抱歉。”
斯图尔特是命名的今年8月,他成为福布斯250位最伟大的白手起家的美国人之一。这位企业家建立了一个媒体帝国,并根据她的生活方式和娱乐专业知识推出了多个品牌。
斯图尔特后来被删除的照片显示,她穿着一件破烂的毛衣和牛仔裤,脸上涂着化妆品,举着一个牌子,上面写着:“我饿了。帮我,”根据网上分享的照片截图。
这张照片在网上引发强烈反对后,斯图尔特最初在《纽约邮报》的第六版上发表了一份声明,称她的服装“旨在让人们更多地关注无家可归这个非常严重的问题。”
斯图尔特当时说:“我很难过,我昨天的万圣节服装是为了让人们更多地意识到无家可归这个非常严重的问题,但却冒犯了人们,这绝不是我的本意。”。
她继续说,“无家可归仍然是美国最大的挑战和持续的危机之一,这是我非常关心的事情,我已经花了大量的时间和精力支持慈善机构与这种持续的社会流行病作斗争。”
这位85岁的老人随后在Instagram上发布了她的第二份声明,这引起了她在线粉丝的不同反应。
一位评论者写道:“对你的服装感到疯狂的人比真正疯狂到帮助无家可归者的人还要多。”
另一个人写道:“这件事让人们意识到,富人与大多数人是多么脱节。”
ABC新闻已经联系了斯图尔特的代表进行评论。
2025年1月的一个晚上,美国有超过745,000人无家可归,根据美国住房和城市发展部今年5月发布的2025年度无家可归评估报告。
根据该机构的数据,美国的无家可归者在2013年至2025年间增加了27%,同期,无保护的无家可归者(即露宿街头的人)增加了36%。
Martha Stewart apologizes for homeless person Halloween costume
Martha Stewart is apologizing after a photo she shared of herself dressed in costume as a homeless person for Halloween drew backlash on social media.
The businesswoman and lifestyle maven described her costume as "insensitive and not funny" in a statement Sunday.
"It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up," Stewart said in a statement posted on her Instagram feed and signed "Martha." "My earlier statement didn't go far enough. I know many people are suffering economically. Wearing a costume like I did was insensitive and not funny. I am very sorry."
Stewart wasnamedin August as one of Forbes' 250 greatest self-made Americans. The entrepreneur built a media empire and has launched multiple brands based on her lifestyle and entertaining expertise.
Stewart's since-deleted photo showed her wearing a tattered sweater and jeans with smeared makeup on her face while holding a sign that said, "I am hungry. Help me," according to screengrab of the photo shared online.
After the photo sparked backlash online, Stewart initially issued a statement to the New York Post's Page Six, saying her costume was "intended to bring more awareness to the very serious subject of homelessness."
"I am distressed that my Halloween costume yesterday, which was intended to bring more awareness to the very serious subject of homelessness, has offended people, which was never my intention," Stewart said at the time.
She continued, "Homelessness continues to remain one of America's greatest challenges and ongoing crises, something that I care deeply about and I have spent a significant amount of time and effort supporting charities that combat this ongoing social epidemic."
The 85-year-old then took to Instagram to post her second statement, which drew a mixed reaction from her followers online.
"There's more people mad about your costume than people mad enough to actually help homeless people," one commenter wrote.
"The only thing that this brought awareness to was how disconnected wealthy people are from the majority of the population," wrote another.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Stewart for comment.
More than 745,000 people were homeless in the United States on a single night in January 2025,according tothe 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this past May.
According to the agency, homelessness in the United States increased 27% between 2013 and 2025, with unsheltered homelessness -- those living on the street -- increasing 36% during that same period.





