The lifestyle magnate on Monday posted a video on her verified Instagram account showing her being vaccinated near the Martha Stewart Center for Living in Mount Sinai Downtown in New York.
Stewart, 79, explained that she had not received any special treatment. States have struggled to administer the vaccine amid a record-breaking number of infections and deaths.
“To allay your concerns that I jumped, you should know that I am in the approved age group for this group of vaccines and that I have been waiting in line with others,” reads the caption.
Stewart was “so proud and grateful for the doctors, nurses and medical staff who are blown away by the red tape and confusion over the distribution of these very important vaccines,” she said.
“I’m excited to receive my dose and look forward to the booster,” she said. “The doctors told me that 10,000 applications had been received by Mount Sinai just after the state released this group of vaccines.”