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Martha Stewart recalls ‘bastard’ parole officer preventing her from hosting ‘SNL’

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Martha Stewart was “pissed” her “bastard” parole officer once blocked her from hosting “Saturday Night Live” after she got out of prison.

The former “Martha Stewart Show” host appeared on the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday when Fallon asked her if she had any interest in hosting the hit comedy show.

“I wanted to, and they asked me as I was coming out of Alderson –– that camp that I was in for awhile,” she said while Fallon laughed and buried his face in his hands.

Martha Stewart talked about having to turn down “Saturday Night Live” on Monday’s episode of the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
The lifestyle mogul recalled being asked to host the sketch series after she was released from prison in 2005. Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Stewart, 83, spent five months in the early aughts in the Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, W. Va., where she served her sentence for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators.

“My parole officer wouldn’t give me the time to do it,” she explained. “I was allowed to be out of my house eight hours a day.”

The lifestyle entrepreneur slammed the parole officer as a “bastard” and admitted that she still remembers “his name and his number.”

However, Stewart’s parole officer didn’t allow her to accept the gig. Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
The former “Martha Stewart Show” host called the officer a “bastard.” Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

“I’m so pissed, but maybe someday,” Stewart dreamed.

Fallon agreed and told Stewart that she’d be “fantastic” as a host.

“Oh, I would,” she quipped. “I would be amazing!”

Although Stewart has yet to host the live comedy sketch series, she has become one of the most frequently impersonated people over the years.

Stewart said that she’d be an “amazing” host. Rolling Stone via Getty Images
The television personality has been impersonated several times on the comedy show. NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Stewart has previously spoken about her experience behind bars after she was released in March 2005. In addition to her five-month sentence, she also had to spend the following five months under house arrest and the next two years under probation.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model described her stay as “terrible” and specifically had a problem with the “very poor quality of the food.”

“I had to do all that crap that you see in the movies,” she said in her “Martha” documentary. “You can’t even believe that that’s what you’re going through.”

Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators. AFP via Getty Images
Stewart served out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, W. Va. WireImage

However, Stewart quickly pulled herself up and monetized her experience by releasing a book titled, “The Martha Rules,” and launching two new TV shows.

Stewart told Katie Couric in 2017 that she does “not want” her time in prison to be “the major thing of [her] life.”

“It’s not a good experience and it doesn’t make you stronger,” she said at the time. “I was a strong person to start with and thank heavens I was. And I can still hold my head up high and know that I’m fine.”



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