Martha Stewart confronted Jalen Brunson nearly one year after he broke her toe at the New York Knicks game against the Indiana Pacers in May 2025
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The lifestyle mogul recalled the painful interaction when she appeared on Brunson's podcast with his teammate and cohost Josh Hart in March 2025
She revealed that he's since apologized to her and gifted her a signed basketball to give to her grandson
Martha Stewartis addressing her broken toe mishap.
The lifestyle mogul, 84, confrontedJalen Brunsonin person afterhe "broke" her toenearly one year ago when he landed on her during a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, on May 21, 2025.
Stewart was recently a guest on Brunson's podcast,The Roommate Show, alongside his teammate and costarJosh Hart, theMarthastar looked back on the courtside collision and shared an update following their painful interaction.
Stewart was quick to take blame off the three-time NBA All-Star, who said he apologized immediately after the incident that went down during the Knicks 135-138 loss to the Indiana Pacers in overtime and sent a basketball to her for her grandson.
"You didn't know. It's not your fault, it's my fault for wearing open-toe shoes to a basketball game," said Stewart, who recalled the exact moment and feeling when Brunson toppled onto her on the sidelines.
"You don't sweat... your arm was cold," Stewart told Brunson on the podcast. "You had fallen, and you jumped up really fast. I remember saying to you, 'It's okay.' You had no idea that you had hurt me. I didn't say you hurt me, but I said, 'It's okay'."
"It wasn't okay at all," she added with a laugh.
Stewart then said she went to the Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan after the game to get her toe checked out.
"They've named it the 'Stewart-Brunson fracture,' " she shared. "I have an X-ray, I'm going to leave you a picture of it... it was actually a break, so anyways, it's better now."
When asked by Hart how he feels about hearing that story from Stewart, Brunson admitted that he could be better.
"I don't feel too great. I don't feel too great," he shared on the show.
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"I look back at it as just something silly, stupid and funny," said she said, adding, "It was stupid of me."
Stewartfirst brought the injury to lightwhen she appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonin December 2025, when she spilled the beans on Brunson for accidentally fracturing her toe during the last five minutes of the Knicks-Pacers game in May.
When hostJimmy Fallonwhipped out a photo of Stewart sitting courtside, she instantly regretted her footwear choices.
"See those open-toe shoes? Never, ever wear open-toe shoes to a game like that when you're sitting on the floor," Stewart said on the show. "That's why I'm wearing open-toe shoes [now], because that's the only kind of shoes I can wear now."
If that wasn't enough, Stewart added that because the game went into overtime, she "couldn't get up and leave to go take care of my toe," which made things "more painful."
"I knew it was broken immediately. And he sat on my lap, comes crashing down...." she continued, explaining that 29-year-old Brunson wasn't aware of the situation.
At the time, Stewart didn't tell Brunson about the break, but she did tell his parents, including his dad and former Knicks player turned assistant coach,Rick Brunson, and that they thought it was "so funny."
"All I got out of it was a signed basketball for my grandchild," she joked.
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