Ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had ideas about getting over his breakup
with Sandra Lee. Cuomo and Lee dated for 14 years before splitting up in 2019
amid rumors of the governor's cheating. An ex-aide told the New York Post:
"It was an open secret. Andrew was sleeping with at least one other woman who wasn't Sandra."
The outlet reported that multiple aides believed Cuomo had, quote, "intimate relationships" with
staffers while living with Lee. The celebrity chef reportedly wanted to marry Cuomo, but the
ex-governor said he couldn't marry her because he was Catholic. Cuomo told Lee that it wouldn't be
proper to remarry as a divorced man, according to the Daily Mail. Of course, Cuomo's infidelity is
now back in the headlines after sexual harassment allegations forced the governor to resign in 2021.
"How would you describe Governor Cuomo?"
"He is a textbook abuser."
Lee hasn't commented about Cuomo's scandal directly, but sources told the New York Post
that Lee is concerned about the situation's impact on Cuomo's three daughters. However,
Lee has since moved on, relocating from New York to Malibu, California, and is dating
actor Ben Youcef, who is 13 years her junior. So how has Cuomo attempted to move on from Lee?
After his breakup from Lee, Cuomo said he wanted to date a, quote, "fit" woman,
according to the New York Post. Documents released on November 29, 2021 included testimony from Cuomo
adviser and lawyer Steve Cohen. Cohen disclosed that he had heard gossip about
Cuomo's involvement with his staffers but that he thought it was an unproven rumor. Additionally,
RadarOnline reported in November 2021 that a female trooper told investigators she
also heard about Cuomo "making out" with aide Melissa De Rosa. However, the trooper added,
"I didn't witness this. I wasn't even here at the time. But that's what I had heard."
Because Cuomo and Sandra Lee were together so long, it may take the former New York
governor more time than he realizes to move on. In August, a source told the New York Post that
Lee considers Cuomo's three daughters like her own. The inside source told the Post,
"Sandra has spent her whole life advocating for women [...] She is a woman's woman and
a mother first and foremost and her love is with Andrew's daughters."
In April 2021, the ex-governor called Lee a, quote, "godsend" and praised her for
playing a big role in helping him raise his daughters, per the New York Post.
The 64-year-old former governor shares his daughters with his ex-wife of 15 years,
Kerry Kennedy. Kennedy, who is Bobby Kennedy's seventh child, divorced from
Cuomo in 2005 after Cuomo discovered his wife was having an affair with one of his friends,
polo player Bruce Colley, according to the Daily Mail.
The outlet noted Cuomo met Lee at a Hamptons cocktail party in late 2005,
they grew serious the following year, and the celebrity chef moved to New York from California.
To sum up, Cuomo was married for 15 years,
divorced, and got into a serious relationship with Lee the same year. Given everything the
former New York leader has going on right now, it may be the time for some solitude.
It might also be healthy for Cuomo to focus on other parts of his life
and put his love life on the back burner as he is now facing new legal challenges. On December 3,
2021, federal prosecutors announced they had broadened their scrutiny of former Governor Cuomo
to include a civil rights investigation, per The New York Times. Cuomo's spokesman Rich Azzopardi
responded to the latest legal allegations against the ex-governor, telling the Times,
"Our understanding is that the Civil Division opened an inquiry in August
based upon the A.G.'s politically motivated sham report and we have heard nothing since."
In addition, the ex-governor is possibly devoting some of his
attention to his younger brother. Chris Cuomo was fired from CNN on December 4,
2021 after the network discovered "additional information" about the help the CNN anchor gave
to Andrew, regarding the sexual harassment allegations against his older brother.
Another bombshell dropped on December 5, 2021, when news broke that a sexual
misconduct allegation against Chris was another reason CNN fired the primetime anchorman.
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