Martha Stewart Reveals , Why She Ended Relationship, With Anthony Hopkins.<br />Martha Stewart Reveals , Why She Ended Relationship, With Anthony Hopkins.<br />Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart says she had her reasons for once breaking it off with actor Anthony Hopkins.<br />Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart says she had her reasons for once breaking it off with actor Anthony Hopkins.<br />While appearing on 'The Ellen Show,' Stewart said she had to break up with Hopkins after seeing his grave performance as Hannibal Lecter in 1991's 'The Silence of the Lambs.'.<br />While appearing on 'The Ellen Show,' Stewart said she had to break up with Hopkins after seeing his grave performance as Hannibal Lecter in 1991's 'The Silence of the Lambs.'.<br />While appearing on 'The Ellen Show,' Stewart said she had to break up with Hopkins after seeing his grave performance as Hannibal Lecter in 1991's 'The Silence of the Lambs.'.<br />Hopkins' critically-acclaimed performance may have afforded him an Academy Award for <br />Best Actor, but ended up costing him his relationship with Martha Stewart.<br />I dated Sir Anthony Hopkins <br />but broke up with him because <br />I couldn't stop thinking of him <br />as Hannibal Lecter, Martha Stewart, via 'The Ellen Show'.<br />Stewart admitted she took caution, saying she was worried that life would imitate art when it came to Hopkins' chilling alter-ego.<br />I have a big, scary house in Maine that's way by itself on 100 acres in the forest, , Martha Stewart, via 'The Ellen Show'.<br />... and I couldn't <br />even imagine taking <br />Anthony Hopkins there. , Martha Stewart, via 'The Ellen Show'.<br />I couldn't — all I could <br />think of was him eating, <br />you know, Martha Stewart, via 'The Ellen Show'.<br />When questioned by DeGeneres if she had quit pursuing a relationship with Hopkins "because of that," Stewart replied: "Yeah.".<br />Stewart previously spoke of her fling with Hopkins in 2014 while appearing on <br />'The Meredith Vieira Show.'.<br />Stewart said the two "went out to dinner" <br />a few times, insisting<br />"a girl should kiss and never tell."
