Her first foray into television was a job as a behind-the-scenes designer on “House Crashers.”
Not long after, she pitched the idea for “Windy City Rehab” and it got approved.
Victoria soon became a household name, but with her newfound fame came some legal woes as well.
“If you only knew what comes into my phone,” she shared.
“I have people coming out of the woodwork.
I have homeowners that are being contacted by the press.”
It was also revealed that some of the construction workers he hired were unlicensed.
I’m the designer.
The star tearfully added, “I’m just dealing with a nightmare.”
When she started to look deeper, she realized that she was being duped.
The fallout that followed was nasty, and some of it was captured on her show.
Victoria later toldPeoplein 2020 that breaking up with her business partner was worse than getting a divorce.
“But I have friends that have gone through divorces that aren’t this bad.
And those divorces were really bad,” she said.
She weathered a divorce
Life just kept handing Alison Victoria lemons.
The place was in bad shape when they first bought it, she later toldHGTV Magazine.
“Picture a mishmash of melamine cabinets, dated tile, and scratched-up butcher block.
It had zero personality,” she told the outlet, referring to the home’s kitchen.
The couple got married in 2013 but reportedly split in 2019, officially divorcing three years later.
However, Victoria went public with her new beau, writer and director Brandt Andersen, in 2024.
“I don’t like that kind of stuff,” Victoria said.
“I like living in the moment.
I really do.”
She took toInstagramto share the devastating news.
“He showed up.
He was just there to support and soak it all in with so much pride for his children.”
“[He] loved watching my success,” she shared (viaPeople).
Only, said relationship ended, and she decided to give freezing her eggs another go.
40 eggs!!!
She must have been 16 I told myself," Victoria added in her caption.
It took eight rounds of treatment and retrievals for doctors to harvest five eggs.
On “Windy City Rehab,” Victoria recounted her fertility journey, admitting that it had been rough.
“I’m trying to be hopeful,” she said.
“Because this is a lot of hard work.
