Sandra Lee tells Us Weekly exclusively that she’s ready to ‘fuel and feed’ her future after the ‘heartbreak’ of Andrew Cuomo divorce and a cancer battle
Ten years ago, Sandra Lee had it all: a woman raised in poverty who’d become a massively successful entrepreneur, starring in her Emmy-winning TV show, Semi-Homemade Cooking. The upbeat queen of pantry hacks, 58, was also the longtime partner of handsome and dynamic politician Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York. And then her life — a seemingly perfect mix of elegance and suburban sensibility akin to her iconic tablescapes — derailed rapidly.
Lee pauses to sip her iced tea, her makeup-free face radiant in the natural light. She stares out of her window, tears in her eyes, as she takes in the view: the Pacific Ocean sparkling calmly as a pod of dolphins makes its way up the coast. “I would say,” she continues, finally, “that I’ve had the most challenging decade of my life.”To call her assessment an understatement is putting it mildly. But the Sandra Lee of today is ready to get back to the business of living.
In cancer treatment, any birthday is significant, a marker of personal success against the disease. “I spent the day by myself. I was sitting on my lawn alone,” Lee says. “My birthday was a precious day to me, especially that one. I’m not someone who feels sorry for themselves, but that day was a bit much for me.” Lee adds he eventually came home and they went out for dinner, but the damage was done.
Lee still refuses to discuss her painful split from Cuomo in detail, saying only, “When you live separate lives, you are not creating a life together.” Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef attend Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in March 2024.
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