Dr. Pimple Popper is known worldwide both for her pimple-popping videos and TLC reality
show, but most people don't know much about Sandra Lee herself — like the fact that
she's married. Here's the truth about her marriage.
Dr. Sandra Lee is married to another dermatologist, Dr. Jeffrey Rebish. Their skin-based romance
began straight out of a Grey's Anatomy plot line: locking eyes on day one of med school.
Rebish told Refinery29,
"We were both at medical school in Philadelphia to become dermatologists. Sandra walked into
the room on orientation day, and I knew right away that she was the one."
From there, the dermatologist couple started building a life together, dating all during
school and moving to Lee's hometown in California upon graduation.
Lee and Rebish aren't just married, either — they're also business partners.
As Rebish explained,
"Together we took over [her dad's] practice, and we've been working in our office in Upland
— running the business as partners, while raising a family — ever since."
Rebish also dished on the drama that comes with being Mr. Pimple Popper, saying,
"As a married couple and business partners, we definitely discuss work at home. [...] But
besides those occasions, Dr. Pimple Popper is pretty separate from Sandra as a wife and
mother at home."
"So I didn't see you this morning and I haven't seen your bramblebush you got here. What the
heck is this? It's growing out. It's coming in."
Lee's immediate family doesn't end with her husband. As reported by Distractify, they
also have two sons. The two boys are Irish twins, which means they were born less than
12 months apart.
Interestingly enough, despite how willing Lee is to share her dermatology skills on
reality TV and social media, she doesn't like to share her family. There are very few pictures
posted of her sons online, and many of those that do exist are back-facing or from when
they were much younger.
This is probably because the famous doctor and her husband want to keep their children
grounded. And, if another interview with Distractify is any evidence, they're succeeding — maybe
too much.
Lee told the publication,
"I once said to them, 'You know, your mom is a YouTuber. And they were like, 'Mom, you
are not a YouTuber. Please, don't ever say that.'"
"Oh, hello, I must be going in here!"
Lee is all about social media. According to an interview she gave to Refinery29, posting
videos to her YouTube and Instagram was how she got her reality TV start. But Rebish,
on the other hand, isn't into social media — not even a little.
Lee wrote in a Facebook post,
"Getting my husband to take a photo with me is like trying to pop out a scarred cyst.
Difficult!!"
While he doesn't like participating in social media himself, Rebish is more than willing
to help out with his wife's frequent posting.
Lee told Distractify,
"If I ask for his opinion about something, and he thinks it's the stupidest thing, he'll
tell me it's stupid and I respect that. I know he cares about me."
If he's not snapping selfies or filming popping videos, how does Rebish fill his time?
He told Refinery29 that he handles the administrative side of their practice, while also seeing
his own patients. Plus he's a dad, so you know he's busy.
Rebish has been there for each part of Lee's Dr. Pimple Popper journey — even if he didn't
always know it was happening.
He told Refinery29,
"Sandra [is] the kind of person who can't sleep through the night. We'll be in bed,
and she's up on her phone."
He added that initially, he didn't know what she was doing, telling the publication,
"About four years ago, she was regularly up pretty late. Come to find out, she was actually
posting these videos of her surgeries to YouTube under this alias she created called 'Dr. Pimple
Popper.'"
Later, Rebish said, she spilled the beans.
He told the publication,
"Once YouTube was paying her and the videos were actually bringing in money, she filled
me in."
And it's a good thing she did because, according to that same interview, it was shortly thereafter
that Lee's videos blew up and she got the call from TLC.
"I'm Dr. Lee. It's really nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.”
Does Lee bring her work home? According to her husband, she tries not to. He told Refinery29,
"Dr. Pimple Popper is pretty separate from Sandra as a wife and mother at home."
However, that doesn't mean that they don't discuss their business. He continued,
"As a married couple and business partners, we definitely discuss work at home. Especially
if Sandra's worried about a patient's outcome — if there's a big surgery with a risk of
bleeding that definitely weighs on her."
While Rebish is open about discussing work and popping at home, he draws the line at
letting his wife's squeezing fingers anywhere near his skin.
He elaborated,
"I mean, she's never popped anything on my skin, which might be a little disappointing
to her fans — because a husband-wife surgery would certainly make for good TV."
Lee and Rebish aren't just husband and wife — they're also business partners. The dermatologist
couple own and operate their own dermatology practice in Southern California. But, as many
husbands and wives will attest, it's hard enough being married without adding work drama
to the mix. So, how do Lee and Rebish make it work? Lee told Distractify,
"He's the brains and I'm the personality. We complement each other well, we have different
things we do at the office."
But that's not Lee's only tip. She told Distractify,
"The big thing, I think for everyone who works with their husband or a family member is the
hierarchy. We would never be able to work together if I worked for him or if he worked
for me."
Lee concluded by saying that she and her husband are equals at work, which allows them to cultivate
trust and keep, quote, "each other's best interest at heart."
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