When asked recently about Meghan Markle’s foray into the lifestyle world, Martha Stewart was gracious — mostly.

“I don’t mind. Good luck,” she told Yahoo News Australia.

She went on to praise Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop empire as “quite an interesting body of businesses” and added, “She’s admired. She won an Oscar, for heaven’s sake, as an actress! She’s pretty powerful.”

As for Markle, Stewart’s words carried a sharper edge: “Meghan, I don’t really know very well, and I hope she knows what she’s talking about. Authenticity, to me, is everything, and to be authentic and knowledgeable about your subject matter is extremely important.”

Call it the Martha problem: we keep waiting for a new one, and she keeps reminding us she’s still here. In a career that’s stretched from catering gigs to a me

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