--- title: Sandra Lee on Paul Ryan Fox and Friends Interview description: Sandra Lee wasn't shy about saying how she really felt about House Speaker Paul Ryan, who hails from her native Wisconsin. canonical: https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-16T19:07:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:32.064Z og:title: Sandra Lee Says She 'Cannot Tolerate or Stomach' Paul Ryan og:description: "I just do not stand for anything he stands for" og:url: https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba6938179d602a5/6988cd7f0b72e3365a6edce0/sandra-lee-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sandra Lee Says She 'Cannot Tolerate or Stomach' Paul Ryan twitter:description: "I just do not stand for anything he stands for" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba6938179d602a5/6988cd7f0b72e3365a6edce0/sandra-lee-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sandra Lee Says She 'Cannot Tolerate or Stomach' House Speaker Paul Ryan ## Video: What to Know About the Republican Health Care Bill [Watch (HLS stream): What to Know About the Republican Health Care Bill](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YzXQOoMd.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2017-05-04. House Republicans voted on Thursday to repeal Obamacare, making good on a seven-year campaign promise that could reshape health care in the United States and dramatically reduce the number of Americans with health insurance._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 16, 2017 7:07 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - MAY 12: Chef Sandra Lee attends the 2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party at Park Avenue Armory on May 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 12: Chef Sandra Lee attends the 2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party at Park Avenue Armory on May 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)Noam Galai—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 16, 2017 7:07 PM UTC [Sandra Lee](http://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/), food television host and longtime girlfriend of Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo created a stir in the television kitchen of _Fox & Friends_ last week when she reportedly wouldn’t let [House Speaker Paul Ryan](http://time.com/4775184/paul-ryan-fbi-director-james-comey-compromised/) join her cooking segment. Now, Lee’s raising her voice about her feelings about Republican House Speaker Ryan known. In an interview with [_Page Six_](http://pagesix.com/2017/05/15/sandra-lee-cant-stomach-paul-ryan/), Lee confirmed that she’s not very fond of the politician. “At first what occurred to me is that we are both from Wisconsin,” Lee said. “And I realized he is the one thing from Wisconsin that I cannot tolerate or stomach. I just do not stand for anything he stands for. I was so angry I was shaking, and I never had that experience before in my life or on any show. I love _Fox & Friends_. That was the only time that happened to me. I do not get angry for too long. He left the set, and I was back to Sandra Lee.” Lee, for her part, hadn’t anticipated the reaction from the public to her views. “I have been really surprised about the reaction…I think it is because I have never stated my opinion. Just because I chose not to state my opinion does not mean I do not have one. When it comes to health care or childhood hunger issues, I am not going to be quiet, tolerant or silent about my experiences or my convictions.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/"},"headline":"Sandra Lee Says She 'Cannot Tolerate or Stomach' House Speaker Paul Ryan","datePublished":"2017-05-16T19:07:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:32.064Z","description":"\"I just do not stand for anything he stands for\"","url":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Paul Ryan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba6938179d602a5/6988cd7f0b72e3365a6edce0/sandra-lee-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba6938179d602a5/6988cd7f0b72e3365a6edce0/sandra-lee-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party","caption":"2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party","creditText":"Noam Galai—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/","name":"Sandra Lee Says She 'Cannot Tolerate or Stomach' House Speaker Paul Ryan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What to Know About the Republican Health Care Bill","description":"House Republicans voted on Thursday to repeal Obamacare, making good on a seven-year campaign promise that could reshape health care in the United States and dramatically reduce the number of Americans with health insurance.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YzXQOoMd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-05-04T19:10:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YzXQOoMd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4781017/sandra-lee-on-paul-ryan/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```