{"id":821286,"date":"2026-11-02T01:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821286\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:52:14","slug":"martha-stewart-85-breaks-silence-after-homeless-person-halloween-costume-sparks-outrage-never-my-intention-to-offend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821286\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha Stewart, 85, breaks silence after &#8216;homeless person&#8217; Halloween costume sparks outrage: &#8216;Never my intention to offend&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The caption made no reference to the costume, reading simply: &#8220;My QVC candles are perfect for Halloween!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though the image was quickly scrubbed from Instagram, users had already captured screenshots, which soon spread across Reddit and other platforms. A similar post reportedly remained visible on her Facebook page as of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction online has been furious, with many social media users branding the costume &#8220;offensive,&#8221; &#8220;gross&#8221; and &#8220;out of touch&#8221;, especially given Ms Stewart&#8217;s net worth stands at $400 million (roughly \u00a3320 million).<\/p>\n<p>Several critics took particular issue with a multimillionaire dressing as someone experiencing homelessness at a time when many Americans continue to grapple with an affordability crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The caption made no reference to the costume, reading simply: &#8220;My QVC candles are perfect for Halloween!!!&#8221; Though&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}