Martha Stewart’s holiday photos were nearly picture-perfect, but fans couldn’t stop obsessing over her hand—or, to be precise, the absence of it. Some fans accused her of making a majorPhotoshop failin her vacation snaps.

The 83-year-old businesswoman was holidaying in Namibia for Christmas and made sure to keep her fans updated about her African adventures.

In one series of pictures, she was captured standing next to a rock formation in the country’s west side.

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Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

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Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Netizens noticed something unusual as she stood with one hand in her pocket and another supposedly resting against the large rock.

“In western Namibia, not far from our @sanctuary_retreat  there are incredible rock formations,” she wrote in the caption. “Beautiful, mysterious and eternally remote.”

To the surprise of many, thehomemaking expert’s hand appeared to have vanished into thin air.

“Martha, where is your hand?” one asked while another echoed, “Where is your left hand?”

“Beautiful, mysterious and eternally remote,” the culinary star wrote in the caption of her Namibian holiday post

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

“I think Martha is missing a hand,” another said.

“NO left hand/arm??” question one netizen. “Photoshop. Shame.”

Some claimed the puzzling detail was simply anoptical illusion.

“It’s behind the rock,” one suggested.

“Love you Martha! And your missing hand,” one fan commented on her photo

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

The lifestyle icon shared several posts from her trip to Namibia, including one wishing her fans a “happy new year.”

“Happy new year to all of you and thank you for a very great year 2024 and hopefully an even better 2025!!!!!!!!” she wrote.

TheNamibian holidaymarked the end of an eventful year for Stewart, who releasedher Netflix documentary titledMarthain 2024.

She made several wild confessions in the documentary, revealing secrets about herself and her husband Andy Stewart’saffairs during their 30-year marriage.

The Namibian holiday marks the end of an eventful year for Stewart, who shared bombshell revelations in a 2024 documentary

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

“He was not satisfied at home,” thecookbook authorsaid in the documentary. “I don’t know how many different girlfriends he had during this time, but I think there were quite a few.”

“Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s—,” she added in the doc’s trailer. “Get out of that marriage.”

On the other hand, Andy Stewart told producers he “didn’t stray” until she had. The formercouple divorcedafter 29 years of marriage.

“He’s the one who wanted the divorce, not I,” she said. “He was throwing me away. I was 40 years old. I was gorgeous. You know, I was a desirous woman. But he was treating me like a castaway. He treated me really badly. And in return, I guess I treated him badly.”

The homemaking queen opened up about her regrets in a reflective NYT piece in 2024 as well

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Among other revelations she made this year, she also said she regretted not having more children over the years.

Mother to only one child, daughter Alexis, the culinary star said: “Maybe I regret not having had more children. Maybe I regret that my marriage ended abruptly. We’d been together 27 years,” she said in a reflective piece she wrote for theNew York Timesin April, 2024.

She also wondered what it would have been like if she tied the knot once again.

“Maybe I would have liked getting married again. I didn’t, but I don’t mind,” she added. “Still, I’m curious about what could have been.”

“Where is your left hand? Even without it u look stunning,” one fan said

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

Martha Stewart Accused Of Making Embarrassing Photoshop Fail: “Where Did Your Hand Go?”

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