It’s been many months since HGTV star Alison Victoria began filming her new series, “Sin City Rehab,” but time has clearly not healed the rift between her and the contractor she clashed with in the first two episodes of the season.
On October 22, 2025, Victoria told People, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them. And I believe Jeff is just an [expletive]. Sorry, I don’t know how to sugarcoat that.”
Alison Victoria Confronted Contractor Over Dissing Her Designs With Client
After leaving Chicago and her “Windy City Rehab” series behind, Victoria now lives and works in Las Vegas, where she’s filming “Sin City Rehab.” The new series chronicles her first projects there as she establishes her business and tries working with potential new partners.
One of them was a general contractor named Jeff Lewis, who was hired by her clients, Jeremy and Deborah, on their home remodel. When Lewis told Jeremy that he didn’t like Victoria’s style, that ruffled the HGTV star’s feathers and she eventually confronted him, with cameras rolling.
“You [told] Jeremy that my designs look like [expletive],” she told him over coffee. “I’ve had people say to me that I’m very direct. I’ve had people say to me that I’m very aggressive.”
“I would agree with that,” he replied, to which Victoria said, “I’m the boss of my business. I know what I’m doing and I’ve worked really, really long and hard to get to this place in my life and career, just like you.”
When Victoria told Lewis that complaining about her designs was “not playing nice,” he laughed and said, “Not everybody’s gonna like your designs.”
“I’ve never had anybody not like my designs,” Victoria countered, and he said, “That’s fine, we don’t like it,” and added that he would refuse to take a wall down that she wanted removed.
Eventually, Lewis told her, “I think this relationship is not gonna work out. So I’m prepared to tell you I don’t want to work with you.”
‘I Don’t Let Anyone Walk All Over Me,’ Alison Victoria Says
HGTVLewis runs a luxury renovation company in Las Vegas that has its own design services, and received a 2025 Best of Houzz Design Award in February.
Victoria and her clients moved on to work with other contractors, and she told People, “There’s no forgiving him. But I’m certainly not somebody who’s gonna try to hold a grudge.”
As for being deemed “direct” and “agressive,” Victoria noted, “I’ve always been that way. I’ve always stood up for myself. I’ve always said what I believe and I’ve always protected those I care about, which include my clients, because my clients become friends and family. I don’t let anyone walk all over me and I think that you are seeing that here.”
Alison Victoria Also Had Issues With a Previous Contractor & Business Partner on ‘Windy City Rehab’
GettyThis is not the first time Victoria has run into issues with general contractors. While filming “Windy City Rehab,” Victoria wound up having many issues with her business partner and co-star Donovan Eckhardt that compromised her business, she told People.
Ekhardt left the series in 2019 when Victoria accused him of mishandling company finances. He had his general contractor and developer licenses pulled by the City of Chicago for violations, per People, and they faced multiple lawsuits from clients. He later filed a $2.2 million defamation lawsuit against Victoria, but a Chicago judge dismissed the suit, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
“Sin City Rehab” airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
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HGTV’s Alison Victoria Stands Up for Herself in Clash With New Contractor