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Lifestyle icon Martha Stewart turns 83 today, making her nearly two years older than President Joe Bidena year older than actor Harrison Fordand a full decade younger than media mogul Rupert Murdoch. And yet she seems happier than many of those contemporaries. Is that because she celebrated her birthday 1) in Paris, 2) at the Olympicsand 3) with Snoop Dogg, a Muppet, and a cake made of macarons? Perhaps!
Stewart, who joked in 2022 that she was too busy to datespent the day before her birthday on the interview circuit, appearing on Access Hollywood with omnipresent Paris Olympics superfan/“ambassador of happiness” Snoop Doggwith whom she shared a 2010s-era TV show.
In the Friday interview, Martha Stewart and Snoop’s on-camera appearance was interrupted by Cookie Monster, a Muppet who’s previously matched wits with John Oliver, Sesame Street neighbor Big Bird, and E.T. But his appearance Friday was anything but contentious, though he snuck up behind Stewart as the interview progressed.
“Martha! Hi! Happy birthday,” the Muppet called, according to a video posted to TikTok by Access Hollywood. “Cookie Monster, what’s happening baby?” Snoop exclaimed.
After shouting “Bring it in” to an off-camera helper, the Muppet presented Stewart with a cone-shaped cake fashioned out of macarons, a meringue-based cookie known as a favorite of French Queen Catherine de’ Medici.
As Stewart once noted on her show, Martha Bakesit wasn’t until the 1900s that the current version of the filled, sandwich-cookie came into vogue. Stewart skipped the history lesson on Friday, however, digging into one of the cookies after subtly adjusting their plated presentation.
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart arrive at the dressage events at the Paris Olympics on August 3, 2024.
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On Saturday, her actual birthday, Stewart was still hard at work. With Snoop again at her side, the alleged Trump bird-flipper rolled into Versailles in full equestrian gear, where the duo provided commentary for that day’s Olympic dressage event.
“Snoop called me, and he knows I love horses,” Stewart told Today of her birthday gig. “We’re going to have so much fun.”
