Martha Stewart is Sports Illustrated’s newest Swimsuit cover model

Okay, we can't wait any longer and neither can Martha ladies and gentlemen you ready. I'm ready hit it introducing this year's sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model Martha Seeing it for the very first time Martha. What do you think? I like that picture? I would say love you want to come over and Love It's so I'm sort of shaking yeah, because you know It's it's odd to go to an island and then get changed into nine different bathing suits in one day in front of all those people and And it turned out okay. Well turned out more than okay. Okay, just back up a little bit. So Sports Illustrated calls you up and says hey we have an idea in November Yeah, tell us and I said in January end of January you have to be ready to pose for the cover of Sports Illustrated and You know that that was a kind of a request that I've never had And to be on the cover at my age was was a challenge and And I I think I met the challenge in what way well I I Didn't starve myself, but I didn't eat any bread or pasta for a couple months I went to Pilates every other day and that was great the Pilates I'm still going to Pilates every other day because it's so great And and I just I live a clean life anyway you know good diet and good exercise and and Healthy skincare and all of that stuff, but it was kind of fun Come on, I mean they were prodding me and pinching me and pulling over my head What are some of the tricks and stuff that they do while they're on a photo? There's no tricks actually no tricks I mean they they tell you you look okay I mean that that's nice. They sort of reinforce that it's okay to be doing what you're doing you look incredible Thank you.

Thank you and and it is for me it is a Testament to good living and I think that all of us should think about good living successful living and not about aging The whole aging thing is so boring By the way You're here. You know what I mean? Yeah, talk about that. That's important Well, well, I have a hospital called the Center for Living at Mount Sinai I have I started this hospital with Mount Sinai and it's all about Growing old gracefully. Yeah, and we don't think about aging we think about successful living Yes, and we and we try to instill in people the desire to eat well to exercise well to Have friends to have pets to do all the things that make you happy as you as you get older So that's what that's what I'm all about. Mm-hmm and my mom was my role model I posted a picture of her yesterday after four kids. She was still wearing a two-piece bathing suit Now we know where you get a good gene and she still had two more after that and she was still wearing a two-piece bathing suit So, you know, that's pretty fabulous and so my genes are good And and and you look good in jeans So, I mean, but it had to be kind of surreal I mean to be the swimsuit Both of you could well I was the afterthought I'm okay with that Maybe with some heavy heavy retouching. I mean you're just so I think a lot of people are gonna be super inspired Yeah, well, I hope so.

I hope all women really get it together I mean we've gone through women have gone through a tough time for the last ten years and and and recently with the pandemic and the Michu movement and all of that stuff We've really sort of been battered around and taking care of the families how the responsibility Working at home, you know, it's been tough. So I I hope it does give people women especially an opportunity to revisit their lives and and get with the picture one thing that that picture shows me It's beautiful, but it also shows confidence. I feel like confidence can come no matter how you actually physically look But there is something about that that I feel like you've you've carried throughout your life And that's not something you can just pick up like that No, but I think you can instill it in children early on and my dad was one of those people who you know You can do anything Martha just put your mind to it That's what he said and yes, and that was really great and and you know go to the library and read and read and educate yourself Yeah, and he didn't say get educated. He said educate yourself. Yeah and learn and and my early modeling career was really helpful I mean I went on Saturdays to model at Bonwood teller and then I started doing Photography and television commercials that put me through college and paid for everything and it was very good to learn how to Pose in front of a camera and it was you know night a nice job, right? And you went from 50 cents an hour of babysitting to $50 an hour You know posing it was great. You know the thing about you Martha. I was just sitting here listening to you're so fearless Yeah, so I guess you know what you're 81 years old.

How about you're gonna be on the cover of sports illustrating your swimming suit Yeah, you said yes a couple years ago. You're like, you know what I'll try online dating. Yes, your answer is so often Snoop Dogg Yes, what other people might think? Yeah, no, I don't know. No, no, no Don't you and you're through changing your through this one of my models You know that when you're through changing your through that's right. And so change is very good Evolution is very good. Just trying new things being fearless is very good. It's don't be afraid Don't be afraid of anything Yeah, that feels good.

Thank you so much. You ladies are fabulous. We're so excited that you came here to share it with us You look beautiful should mention by the way You're one of four Gracie the cover of this year's sports illustrating swimsuit issue. So actually we get to release We're gonna show off for okay. Let's go. Let's see who you're a good company. Okay.

Hello. I don't Megan Fox Wow Brooks Nader, uh-huh. Look how great we all look you really do hot hot. Thank you Martha And speaking of Kim by the way, she'll be taking over the plaza for a summer concert next month So Martha again, thanks again sports illustrated swimsuit edition hits news dance on Thursday. It's gonna sell out that one Hey, thanks for watching don't miss the today show every weekday at 11 a.m. Eastern 8 Pacific on our streaming channel today all day To watch head to today comm slash all day or click the link right here.

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