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NY Mag Paints Sandra Lee As A Manipulative Control Freak
Posted on March 30th 2011 by Jillian Madison

Sandra Lee was featured in NY Mag this week. If you have 12 years to spare, head on over to their website and read the 9-billion word, 8-page write up for yourself. If not, allow me to break it down for you:

PAGE ONE told the story of how Sandra Lee used the NY Mag reporter’s presence to strong-arm a Tyson representative into donating more meat to various food banks. The NY Mag referred to the Tyson rep as having been “trapped.”

PAGE TWO had a quote from Kathleen Finch, a Scripps executive, who referred to Sandra Lee as “the real person’s Martha Stewart.” Unfortunately, I was laughing too hard to really focus on the overly-told story of “Sandra Lee’s difficult rise to success” on pages THREE-FOUR (but page four did hint that Sandra was a homewrecker, getting involved in a romantic relationship with Bruce Karatz who was married at the time).

PAGE FIVE had a quote from a producer, who hinted that Sandra Lee treated the people who worked with her very badly (we’ve heard similar stories). And remember Denise Vivaldo? The woman who wrote the now-deleted article on Huffington Post (we covered it here) admitting that she wrote the recipe for the infamous Kwanzaa cake? She was mentioned on PAGE FIVE as well, and noted she stopped working with Sandra Lee because of her “lack of appropriate boundaries and her control issues.” Ooooh. Burn.

PAGE SIX revealed Sandra’s culinary training consisted of a 2-week course at Le Cordon Bleu in Canada. It also noted that Sandra’s made fun of on websites like Semi-Horrible and AOL’s Television Without Pity. They failed to mention Food Network Humor’s Sandra Lee archives! The horror!

On PAGE SEVEN, the NY Mag reporter asked her why Denise Vivaldo’s article on Huffington Post was mysteriously deleted for “violating terms and service” just a few days after it was posted. She replied, “I DON’T KNOW.” Really? Because the truth is, her lawyer sent them a letter threatening to sue them if they didn’t remove it. But Sandra “DIDN’T KNOW.” Riiiight.

PAGE EIGHT said she refers to Andrew Cuomo’s kids as her “semi-homemade daughters.” Because in the end, everything is all about her, isn’t it?

There are some funny comments over at NY Mag as well, but my favorite was from someone named shanavelour:

The dish that turned me off on her cooking was her “burger dog,” a wiener crafted from hamburger meat.  I knew about her early years of hunger and poverty, and salute her self-made fortune, but I didn’t know about her going after married men. Perhaps her ambition has a dash of ruthlessness. Here’s to serving Velveeta Triscuit Pie at the Governor’s Mansion!

Indeed!

[Thanks to Ian for the photo!]


Other posts on Food Network Humor:

---Origins Of Sandra Lee’s Horrifying Kwanzaa Cake
---Angelina Jolie Made A Semi-Homemade Cake (Yeah, Riiiight)
---Sandra Lee Is Everywhere, No One Is Safe
---FNH EXCLUSIVE: A Detailed Look At Sandra Lee’s Brain
---THREE CAPTIONS: Sandra Lee Edition

    50 Responses

  1. D says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    BITCH DON’T DESERVE EIGHT PAGES

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  2. Mary says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Simply stated – this woman is pure evil.

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  3. Zoinks! says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    In the posted photo is looks as if someone ripped a bloody hole in her abdomen – maybe it was all that soooper simple food she makes trying to escape.

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  4. Silvio says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Did they mention that the reason Cuomo keeps her around was for the weekly gubernatorial pickle wash ?

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    • imbri38 says:
      March 30, 2011 at 1:40 pm

      LOL!!! I’ve had a crappy day today, and your comment made me laugh out loud. Thank you! : )

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      • coffee-n-toast says:
        March 31, 2011 at 5:14 pm

        Ditto. God, this made me laugh so hard. I will not get the words “gubernatorial pickle wash” out of my head EVER.

        So much info has come to light about Aunt Sandy, and it always makes me think the same thing: She is very strange.

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  5. Chucks says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    Those poor kids of his probably HATE her. She is so wicked Step-Mother.

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    • bunny69 says:
      March 30, 2011 at 2:31 pm

      I remember when she used to feature her former step kids on the show. There was a step-kid she used to refer to as “Brucie” of all things! I actually enjoyed those episodes because Sandy came across as almost human! Wonder if she sicked her lawyers on FN to prohibit future broadcasts of those step-episodes?!

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  6. baker lady says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    Chucks, she’s not even a step-mother – she’s just a live-in (semi ho).

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  7. boke1 says:
    March 30, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    I almost feel bad for her. She doesn’t know her ass from her elbow yet loves the spotlight. If ignorance was cornflakes, she’d be Kellogg’s. If self-promotion and conceit were soup, she’d be Campbell’s. If she’s so concerned about the health of kids nationwide she should stop making cakes and foods made with high sodium, sugar and processed ingredients and try some fresh ingredients for a change. Speaking of change, her assinine show about saving 3 cents on a bag of flour must be stopped. That kind of fast food crapola is why the childhood obesity rate is so high. Just because they’re full doesn’t mean theyare getting any actual nutrition. Sorry to get all preaachy on this otherwise really fun board but hypocrites like her really bake my scrod!

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  8. Ta says:
    March 30, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    Can’t wait to hear that her lawyer sent a letter to the NY Mag demanding the article be removed from their website.

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  9. bunny69 says:
    March 30, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    You know the more I hear about her rags to riches story, the more I have to question the validity of her upbringing. She sure uses her life story as a means of garnering sympathy while clawing her way up to the top. Her story reads more like some old Judith Krantz novel…Hell, Ms. Krantz’s novels were a lot more believable!

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    • laura says:
      March 30, 2011 at 4:42 pm

      I agree with you, Bunny69. I’ve seen pictures of her as a very small child and standing beside her table overflowing with food. What a crock and some people believe her.

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  10. Mystrich says:
    March 30, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Isn’t the “real persona’s Martha Stewart,” Martha Stewart?

    Martha Stewart was also broke as a kid and made her own fortune

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    • boke1 says:
      March 30, 2011 at 4:19 pm

      I prefer “The Android’s Martha’s Stewart.” Eats batteries and drinks rocket fuel. At least Martha went to jail and paid her debt to society. Sandra is still a “super simple” public nuisance.

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  11. Daria says:
    March 30, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    I skimmed over the article I admit, but to me it seemed they highlighted her very poor background and contrasted it to the life she lives now as a huge achievement for her.

    This quote struck me, ” Before the inauguration, she went to lunch with Anna Wintour, seeking her advice on what the girls should wear for the occasion. While there, she wangled an internship at Teen Vogue this summer for Michaela, Cuomo’s 13-year-old daughter.”

    Can you imagine Sandra having lunch with Anna Wintour?? I just can’t.. even.. fathom. Since she now lives in a Governer’s mansion, wears designer clothes and appears in Vogue she has lost touch with her original cause. The millions she has made keep her out of touch with reality, which I think explains her ludicrous tablescapes that no ordinary person could pull off, and the fact that she has recipe writers.

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    • Plumpy says:
      March 30, 2011 at 7:16 pm

      She probably wrangled that internship just to keep the kid out of the house more often so she could play hide the cannoli with the Gov on one of her tablescapes.

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  12. Teentabean says:
    March 30, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    After reading the article, I have to say, I loathe this woman. She thoroughly disgusts me. I wasn’t a fan of hers before, but now I would just like to punch her on principle.

    However, I did chuckle at Albany being referred to as the “world capital of boring”. :)

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    • Sam says:
      March 31, 2011 at 8:45 am

      Heh, I didn’t read the article. But as someone who went to school right around Albany, I can kinda fully attest to the ‘world capital of boring’. I mean, you could find stuff to do, but it took effort…

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  13. Joy says:
    March 30, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Are my eyes deceiving me, or does the shirt Sandrunk is wearing have a huge blood stain on it?

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  14. Tom says:
    March 30, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    I don’t doubt anything said about her, she looks the part of an over manipulative vodka queen. But nevertheless, I’d still like to rub EVOO all over those milk duds… hmmmmm.

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  15. Kyle says:
    March 30, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    Okay, the bit about strong-arming the Tyson chicken guy into giving more chicken to a food bank was pretty good. I guess being a bitch isn’t all bad.

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  16. Sarina says:
    March 30, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Don’t know much about Sandra, but I like the part about “how Sandra Lee used the NY Mag reporter’s presence to strong-arm a Tyson representative into donating more meat to various food banks. The NY Mag referred to the Tyson rep as having been “trapped.”

    Good for Sandra. What’s wrong with trapping a big corporation into giving a bit more than they intended, if you have the opportunity? Now, if she was strong-arming them into buying her diamonds, I would find that objectionable.

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  17. Deaner says:
    March 31, 2011 at 5:28 am

    Aunt Sandy looks like she had a recent visit from the chestbursting thingy from Alien (oh, if only….)

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  18. JackEughlayte says:
    March 31, 2011 at 7:06 am

    So this broad is scum? Is that pretty much it?

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  19. My name says:
    March 31, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Umm…. Wrong person!

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    • Dave says:
      April 1, 2011 at 1:50 pm

      Definitely he wrong person. Unfortunately, I’m sure Oprah had Ray Ray totally background checked before giving her that show. So I doubt any dirt is going to come out about her anytime during The Big O’s lifetime.

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  20. anon says:
    March 31, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Most of what is written isn’t surprising at all. I also don’t believe her poverty background. She has a long habit of trying to become whatever she feels the situation calls for, which makes her totally fake. Date this guy…poof…I’m Jewish now. Did she just walk in and tell the rabbi she is Sandra Lee and if he would make her Jewish, she’d redo his altar in a new tablescape? Leave him, get with Cuomo….poof,,,I’m Catholic now. (or at least attending Church with him) I wonder if she’s given the priest a Semi-Homemade recipe for the Eucharist!

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  21. SriRini says:
    March 31, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Well Sandra Lee is just the same with Madame HRH Ina Garten.

    One with the drunken bitch blood, other with snob blue blood wannabe.

    Sandra lee’s cooking is supersuper simple, while Ina’s how easy is that? Fuckn rethorical.

    Sandra lee dated gov, Ina married the mogul/harvard.

    Sandra lee hypoc with children (Brycer, Cuomo’s), Ina just falling ankward (gays and snob priority club).

    Sandra lee wear snuggies, while Ina fun with shent.

    Sandra lee drunky laugh, Ina nervous giggle.

    Sandra lee brother is gay, well Ina would like to invite him (70% chance).

    Well..that’s for now..;p

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  22. foodismyfriend says:
    March 31, 2011 at 10:02 am

    You think with all of her wealth she would spend a few bucks and have her girls picked up off of her belly.

    I’m glad she never spawned her own mini Martha Lite’s…..one of her is beyond plenty. Oh, and Sandy – don’t purport to support Michelle Obama plus others healthy eating mission if you can’t fucking cut out all of the processed shit you try to shove down our throats. Hypocrite.

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  23. LJS0208 says:
    March 31, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Nice message, Sandy. If you grow up poor, just hook up with rich guys, make shitty food, and create tablescapes that look like the Dollar Tree threw up on your table, and you TOO can be successful!

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  24. coffee-n-toast says:
    March 31, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    I gotta say, these are some of the funniest comments I’ve ever read. The pickle-wash, the hide-the-cannoli, the super simple public nuisance. You guys are seriously killing me.

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  25. su z q says:
    April 1, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    wow,
    I can’t believe how nasty women can be…You are all going on hear say. Sounds like you are all a bunch of nasty vendictive woman. To bad everybody bites into all the gossip.

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  26. Um... says:
    April 3, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    Don’t you mean ‘buys’ into all the gossip?

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  27. nefter says:
    April 11, 2011 at 10:08 am

    WOW! You people really are moronic and vile. Seriously you just don’t get it. This is a person who has been doing good charitable work for years and takes care of everyone in her life and has done since she was a child. She is a brilliant business woman!! it’s a brand, perhaps if you came up with your own hook you could get off this hateful blog. You talk about how nasty she is? you don’t even know her. Yet you take the time to put such negative energy into the world, your the nasty ones.
    @ sarina: She took the opportunity to triple the give from Tyson and gave freely of her time. This is what charity is all about, and good business. I don’t think it will hurt Tyson’s bottom line. and her “strong arming” will feed a lot of children. Do you do charitable work?
    @ Teentbean: Loathe? really? you must be a pretty hateful person to begin with if you allow loathing in life towards someone you don’t know. and you would like to punch her? that’s nice
    @laura: if you read the book then you would know that those photos were from the happiest time in her life before she was taken back by her unfit parents from her grandmothers care.

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