{"id":621454,"date":"2026-04-22T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/621454\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:04:11","slug":"sandra-lee-and-ben-youcef-split-up-call-off-their-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/621454\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef Split Up, Call Off Their Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Sandra Lee &amp; Ben Youcef<br \/>\n                          Split, Engagement Officially Off<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260422_ed160f22a04a4dd7affe4964fe245d2c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e616c270-4ed0-4a35-8973-72f135b0e7ec\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ed160f22a04a4dd7affe4964fe245d2c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra-Lee-ben-youcef-main-ig-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sandra-lee\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandra Lee<\/a> and Ben Youcef are officially done &#8230; &#8217;cause TMZ has learned the longtime couple has called off their engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra&#8217;s rep, Jen Abel, confirms to TMZ &#8230; the former Food Network star has ended the engagement after five years together.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260417_7b6547ba3ac74f03b98da859dd110a49\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e616c270-4ed0-4a35-8973-72f135b0e7ec\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7b6547ba3ac74f03b98da859dd110a49_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra lee and Ben Youcef getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The confirmation comes on the heels of our recent run-in with Sandra in NYC last week, and when we asked about wedding plans, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/17\/andrew-cuomo-ex-sandra-lee-ditches-diamond-ring\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">swerved hard<\/a> &#8230; pivoting to work instead of offering any kind of timeline.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Then came the moment that really raised eyebrows &#8230; she wasn&#8217;t wearing her engagement ring.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260421_9c65531541bb417ea2ed3c6f20d01472\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e616c270-4ed0-4a35-8973-72f135b0e7ec\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9c65531541bb417ea2ed3c6f20d01472_md.png\" alt=\"Ben Youcef and Sandra Lee sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we asked about it, Sandra brushed it off, saying her outfit didn&#8217;t call for jewelry, but there was nothing on that finger, and the explanation didn&#8217;t quite add up.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra and the actor met in early 2021 and got engaged later that same year, making this a pretty established relationship.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260417_a5807142d7c349c8adf87193ed0b7da5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e616c270-4ed0-4a35-8973-72f135b0e7ec\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a5807142d7c349c8adf87193ed0b7da5_md.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew cuomo and Sandra Lee getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you know &#8230; before Ben, Sandra was in a long-term relationship with former New York Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/andrew-cuomo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> &#8230; they split back in 2019 after 14 years together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sandra Lee &amp; Ben Youcef Split, Engagement Officially Off Published April 22, 2026 8:00 AM PDT Sandra Lee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-621454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}