Sandra Lee lurks at home she once shared with Andrew Cuomo to publicly roast new owner’s ‘lazy’ landscaping

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Key points

• Lee had moved to Los Angeles after her split from the former New York governor in September 2019.
• Cookbook author Sandra Lee visited the Westchester County home she once shared with ex-boyfriend, former Gov.
• Lee is facing backlash over an Instagram post she created this week concerning her former estate, known as Lily Pond.
• But apparently Lee is no fan of an unkempt bush and saw botanical catastrophe.
• Lee continues as she films what appears to be a freshly mowed lawn, whining regarding weeds and lamenting dramatically, It's awful.

Cookbook author Sandra Lee visited the Westchester County home she once shared with ex-boyfriend, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo – to publicly roast its current owners over their "lazy" and "tragic" landscaping. And it's not even the first time she's pulled the stunt.

Lee is facing backlash over an Instagram post she created this week concerning her former estate, known as Lily Pond. It she sold in 2020 for $1.85 million.

"Makes me sick! So not cool-I can't even imagine what the inside looks like. #lazyowners #tragedy #notcool, " Lee captioned the video showing what appeared to be a mostly pristine lawn with minimal overgrowth.

Lee complains in the clip that the lily pads and wisteria are "overgrown, " and claims there is a "tree half cut off, " showing a pine with a branch missing, most probable due to recent storms.

Lee continues as she films what appears to be a freshly mowed lawn, whining regarding "weeds" and lamenting dramatically, "It's awful. It makes me so sad. Look at this disaster. I can't believe it."

Bizarrely, she notes "you can't even see the boxwood, " despite a number of sizeable boxwoods being clearly – even prominently – visible.

Lee has now deleted and disabled the comments on the video after plenty of called her out for publicly criticizing the homeowners, not to mention trespassing.

"So you're not only trespassing but shaming the owners? Let's hope they're not going through a crisis that caused a shift in their priorities, " remarked one. Plenty of others seconded that take, representing scenarios in which they may not be able to care for the lawn – which Page Six thinks, for the record, looks great! Another simply informed her, "It's frankly none of your business."

Lee had moved to Los Angeles after her split from the former New York governor in September 2019. She additionally purchased a home in Lake Balboa, California.

When she once again stomped her way onto her former property along with paparazzi agency Splash News, a source informed Page Six in 2023 that Lee was angling to purchase back the house.

In practice, a source close to the "Semi Homemade" author informed Page Six at the time that Lee was "sobbing" and "visibly shaken" over what she believed were the "ruins" of her landscaping work.

Taken together, the developments around sandra Lee lurks at home she once shared with Andrew Cuomo to point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.