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The lifestyle mogul's tasteless choice to dress up as a homeless person has fans questioning her judgment

Published November 2, 2026 5:30PM (EST)

Martha Stewart attends a 2018 Halloween by Michaels (Brian Ach/Getty Images for Michaels)

Of all the celebrities I’d bet on botching their Halloween getup, Martha Stewart would have been the longest shot . The doyenne of gracious living’s holiday game is legendary , which NBC’s “Today” acknowledged by hosting her on Oct. 30 as half of an Olympics-themed couples costume, with Craig Melvin dressed as Snoop Dogg .

The next day, Stewart, who has an estimated net worth of $400 million, proudly showed off on Instagram that in 2026, she decided to cosplay a poor person. Not just any old poor, a dirty one.…