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Martha Stewart<\/a><\/strong> just got brutally honest about social media \u2014 and yes, she has opinions. The 84-year-old lifestyle legend says she actually learns a lot from Instagram, but there\u2019s one thing she simply can\u2019t stand: that voice.<\/em><\/p>\n On Monday<\/a>, February 16, Stewart joined Lauryn <\/strong>and Michael Bosstick<\/strong> on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast<\/a><\/em>, where she was asked what she sees online that feels untasteful. Stewart didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s that voice. That guy\u2019s voice. I hate his voice so much,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, the guy who is giving instructions all the time, that high kind of high-pitched voice. It\u2019s the voice of a robot. That voice… that is an awful voice.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac <\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n She added that the sound is everywhere \u2014 even on content she otherwise likes. \u201cI don\u2019t like that that same voice is used for so many, sometimes really good projects,\u201d the Emmy-winning TV host said, noting that it feels like an announcer\u2019s voice that\u2019s been pushed into something harsher and less natural. \u201cIt was based on a person\u2019s voice\u2026 but it\u2019s worse than any voice that was ever on the radio.\u201d<\/p>\n While it\u2019s not entirely clear which specific voice Stewart is referring to, her description fits a style most people recognize: that AI text-to-speech \u201cinstruction\u201d narrator you hear over everything from recipe tutorials to motivational<\/a> clips to random fact videos. As reported by Shopify<\/a>, the text-to-speech feature took off around 2020 after launching as an accessibility tool, but its rollout didn\u2019t stay straightforward.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4 <\/strong>SIGN UP for our The Voice newsletter to get access to exclusive news, interviews, insider info, sneak peeks & more<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfa4<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2021, voice actor Beverly Standing<\/strong> sued TikTok<\/a>\u2019s parent company ByteDance, alleging the platform used a robotic version of her voice without permission, according to the BBC<\/em><\/a>. Not long after, \u201cJessie\u201d \u2014 voiced by Canadian radio host and voice-over artist Kat Callaghan<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 became one of the app\u2019s most recognizable voices.<\/p>\n Since then, both TikTok’s built-in options and third-party AI voice generators have flooded social media with synthetic narrators, and the male AI voiceover Stewart is describing has become one of the most recognizable \u2014 and, for some viewers, most polarizing \u2014 sounds online.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Feb 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment<\/a> section. 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