Sandra Lee, the dermatologist-star of Lifetime’s Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out, reveals she had an on-set stroke during the Season 2 filming last November.
The incident precipitated a two-month pause in production for the season that begins airing on April 20, according to an exclusive People magazine report.
In the People interview, Lee says, “I had what I thought was a hot flash. I got super sweaty and didn’t feel like myself.” She says that, later, after shooting, the symptoms progressed.
“I just felt very restless,” she says. “In one leg I kept feeling shooting pains,” adding, “I would hold my hand out, and it would just slowly collapse. I noticed that I had a tough time articulating and just enunciating. I thought, ‘Am I having a stroke?’”
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An MRI confirmed that Lee had suffered an ischemic
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