Countess LuAnn de Lesseps Gets Real About RHONY, Enjoying Life Unapologetically, & Life As A Cabaret Star

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28:21You say Sonia. Sonia Rita. Dorinda. Okay. Yeah. I hate to say not all of them. I mean I'm friends with all of them really. Who was your least favorite? No I think that you knew though. I think that I feel like you're so smart to know that they all made great TV and so it was like it's not even about who the favorite is Michael. It's about it's a team making good TV. That's correct. That's the difference between their cast and the other casts. is that they all were in on it. They all read the room. Because how long did the core cast last? It was a long time. 13 years. Yeah, it was a long time. That's insane.

28:56Longer than Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives. Wow. Do you think we'll ever get you guys back on the screens together? I think so. I think there's a place for the OGs, don't you? Oh, people would. I'm trying to get us to go on Below Deck. That would be so funny. The OGs on Below Deck with Captain Sandy, Mediterranean. Let's hit it. that would be hysterical if you guys could do that but if you guys could get back on our screens like a reboot and re-juge what's happened yeah well there's been some talk of going on a show like a different franchise with a new cast so you can have that concept well that would just be kind of a visit like an ultimate girls trip one thing that I don't think is talked about enough with you is what a good mom you are and I've heard this from people who know you personally and I can tell on the show it's really important to you What are some things that you think are like non-negotiables with your children that you want to instill in them?

29:53You know, I think children have to have a certain sense of fear of you. Yeah. That the hammer is going to come down and they better know you mean it. Yep. So, you know, when you see kids that are misbehaved, right? And we see them all the time, right? The foot doesn't go down and they just try to placate the kid instead of saying, you know what, you're out, let's go. I think being strict is very good for parenting, be a strict parent, with love, tough love, if you want to call it tough love, yes. And I think just being there for them. And I was out a lot. I was out a lot. Thank God for Rosie. But I always made my family first.

30:40You know, for example, I wasn't on Scary Island trip, was I? Back then, it was Victoria's birthday. I said, I'm sorry, I'm not going. And that was it. Today, forget it. They'd be like, oh, no, I'm sorry. You got to be on that trip. And are you guys like, with your kids now that they're grown, are you guys friends? Do you hang out? Do you guys like go places? Oh, yeah. What's your vibe with them now? I'm sure the fans would love to know. Victoria's with me a lot. She's in the Hamptons most of the time, and she has a little place in New York. So she's with me a lot. You know, the girls are always near their moms, right?

31:14I hope so. Boys are, you know, they get a girl. Yeah. Right? And then, you know, that mommy dynamic shifts with boys. They don't, you know, Noel, well, he actually called me before I got here tonight. So, but my son comes out to the Hamptons. My son is a major artist, by the way. You should check him out. I heard about that. Oh, his work is, and he's doing really well as an artist. in Brooklyn and amazing painter. How do we see his paintings? Noelle de Lesseps on Instagram. And Victoria, same, you know, she's an incredible artist. And also Victoria is now doing, you know, my daughter is really a psychic medium in certain ways.

31:49She can read people. She can talk to people that are no longer with us. She's very special. Has she always been like that since she was little? No, no. She's always had a knowledge and maturity. Like a knowing. A knowingness about her. Her grandmother was like that. Her grandmother could tell if somebody had cancer. She has a pendulum that she swings, which if you put a pill down here, the pendulum will tell you if it's bad for you or good for you. She's very into healing and mediumship, and she's really good at it. That's cool. She's actually been doing, she does online, you know, things for people to help them.

32:33And a lot of my friends, they'll reach out to Victoria and like, you know. I need to check her out. Oh, she's amazing. I love all that stuff. Yeah, she's really good. Sounds like she's like clairvoyant almost. Yeah, she is. With everything that you've been through on Housewives, up, down, all of it, I feel like you've chosen to be honest, whereas some of the Housewives, they get on the show and they don't really show you what's going on. Right. You know what I mean? But we all know as viewers, the thing is, is they're underestimating the viewers because we're smart. We know. You can see right through it.

33:04And you decide to just be honest and lay it on the table. Is that a decision that you thought about or is that just your personality? Just my personality. I'm a bad liar. So you just wrote with it. I'm a terrible liar. I really should get better at lying. When the producers are pushing you, you just were like, I'm just going to be honest. Listen, in the very beginning, I remember saying, you see that door over there? That's my bedroom. Don't go near the door. nobody could go remember you never saw me better when the house was you're right why was that like what was the reason for that boundary it's personal it's off limits so what do you do when you're on trips oh well that's different i'm just saying when we first started you know was it was so different you know today it's like you got to bear it all no you don't there's something to be said for mystery now hiding is that because you have hiding things is one thing right right Right.

33:51Mystery is another. Tell the girls about mystery because I'm noticing even when you talked about the count and how he fell for you, like there's a mystery there that you know how to sort of work. Well, there's a confidence. Tell us about the - There's confidence. Tell us about the mystery, how that works with men, because I think that needs to be talked about more. There's not a hint of desperation. No. No. It's an aloofness. Right. You got to be happy in your own skin. Yep. Right. And then that energy then brings other happy people energy around you. Yes. Because we have a huge force field. I'm very big into Joe Dispenza.

34:23I've been to him a couple times. She loves Joe Dispenza. Call me, Luann. Meditating for eight hours a day. If I go to Joe Dispenza with Luann, I feel like that's checking something off my bucket list. Oh, my God. Oh, I love Joe. And, you know. What if that's the way you went to Joe's? You weren't expecting that path. I'm all about, you know, being comfortable in your own skin. And that's what class is really all about. because if you're comfortable you make other people feel comfortable and that's why the aristos are good at it because they have to greet a lot of people so they have to be make them feel comfortable otherwise they feel odd or nervous it's nothing to do with money and also i'm a nurse also don't forget so i'll be the one to say you know take a deep breath you're gonna be okay i got you you know it's all it's it's it's so many different things from my past rolled into one but yeah it's really about being comfortable in your own skin and And I think people then feel comfortable.

35:17It makes you feel like you're not being judged for who you are, if that makes sense. Like when you're around someone like you, you don't feel like you have, you feel like you can be yourself. Yeah. Well, you know, what people don't realize about me is that I'm down to earth. I'm not this countess that they built up ordering pizza. Remember that famous scene? They couldn't get Della Sepps right. They couldn't get Luann right. So I finally resorted to countess. Like they're going to know what a countess is. I mean, I didn't know what a countess was. I think that's what's so endearing about you, though, and why it did so well on the show.

35:52Well, yeah, I think that, you know, obviously, you know, that famous scene where I get out of the car with Bethany and she's like, you know, Luann. And I'm like, because I just moved from Europe. I mean, I was always referred to as Mrs. Deliseps. Right. I didn't ask for countess, but Mrs. Deliseps. I don't know. Right. It just was what I was used to. So, you know, I have a lot of people that love that about me and then people that hate it. Right. Because they think that I'm trying to put that person down. It's not about that. It's about how I was raised as a young adult in Europe. Bethany got mad at her, how she was asking the driver to call her a certain name.

36:31And it was like an iconic scene. I said, I'd rather Mrs. Dillesepps, you know, I don't know him. You know what I mean? So it's just, it was just. People here felt it was pretentious. Exactly. But it wasn't though, because I feel like you included everyone by writing the book and like you taught lessons, but it wasn't a condescending way. Right, does he know I did a book called Class with the Countess? Have you read it, Michael? I have not. I have to do an audio book. I'm putting it out there. A winter 2025. Listen, I will, let's sign up the audio book. I feel like that's the one I would dive into.

37:04He will love the book. You've got to be the voice though. That's all, of course. Can't be like one of those crusty narrators. No, no, no. It has to be me, of course. but I wrote that book because you know when I got back from Europe you know I sent the kids to school here in New York and they come back on mom they're throwing food at each other and they're letting spaghetti drip out of their mouths at the table the kids were complaining about their manners I swear to god I'm like that's it I'm writing a book how to behave you know Michael you love this Michael loves manners so and then I did manners with Victoria at the Hampton Classic she was so embarrassed but i'm so glad i did that because a lot of young ladies learned how to navigate a table from the hampton classic with my own child you know why i like manners i feel like people with manners it shows that they're paying attention and thinking and being thoughtful exactly that's why i like manners yeah don't look at me like i don't care about manners it's because it's like you're just like a drone running around okay right yeah it's like put some effort i want to go back to something though that you said earlier you said when you're when you're confident in your energy, you attract energy.

38:07Is that the advice that you would give to anyone who's out there listening, who wants to date or wants to be approached? Yes. I feel like if you don't think you're great, nobody else will. And that's true. I think you should write a new book. No, I really do on confidence and being in your energy. So people come to you like in a magnetic way. Exactly. Because people don't realize how much energy they do have and what they exude. I mean, And you see people walking around, they've got this frown on their face and they're rushing. And then you see the people that are kind of just strolling along and they're just going along.

38:41It's called flow. Right. Right. When you try. So I say this and I learned this from Deepak Chopra, which is there's more neurons in your gut than there is in your brain. So your gut knows what to do. But then we get up here between our ears, which is the dangerous spot. And we go, well, maybe, you know, but this always knows what to do. So that's why it's called gut instinct because we just know what to do. It makes sense. Right. And then we get up here where we've been taught, trained, you know, right, wrong, all that stuff. And this messes up with what this really knows what to do. Right. When you look back on all 13 years of Housewives, what's your proudest moment out of the whole show?

39:22I'm going to say probably singing with Natalie Cole. That is so cool. That is cool. That was amazing. Like. I know. That's big. Do you think that another moment is probably like how you sort of built the cabaret on the show and then it launched? Yeah, I mean, yeah, I'm proud of that moment. Of course I am because, like I said, there was a lot of pressure, you know, not only to do my first show and do it on television and not get smashed up for it. Do you know what I mean? And you had people copying you. Yeah. Well, it took them years to copy, right? Yeah. Who would you say copied me? I think we had a little bit of Sonia.

40:00Is it Sonia or Sonia? I never have seen it. Have you seen her show? No. Well, she doesn't sing. I haven't seen it. And it's, you know, it's a Q &A. It's different. And a moderated show. Right. I do full-on cabaret. Does she still do it? Yeah. Is that like a slight shade? Is it Sonia in your city? Slight shade. No. There's always a little shade with the house. There's always a little shade. What makes you want to go back and do Crappy Lake? and what makes you want to do your latest show that you just did about finding love hotel yes you know i personally i mean i would like to see a makeover show where i come in like i'm like the avon lady meets the tupperware lady meets martha stewart pitch it pitch it which is you know can you imagine people reach out and say i would love the countess to come to my house and straight straighten it out that's a netflix show because there's so much going on right and guess what i can do i'm a renaissance woman i can handle those children okay what are we eating are we working out where's the closet where's the makeup where's the guy wingman oh no you know the whole kick caboodle i mean just send me in and let me do my work which i would love to do which is you know i think there's a need for a makeover show again kind of missing the queer eye for the straight guy.

41:19Yeah. But I could do it all. You're very capable. Well, because I've had to do it all myself. Yeah. You make it work. I didn't have any money growing up. I grew up middle class in Connecticut, in the middle of Connecticut. So I had to make my own money. I had to make my own life. I had to make it in New York. I had to make it in Europe. When did you feel in your career? I didn't have, you know, boyfriends supporting me or any of that. I had, I mean, I have had some great boyfriends. That's true. But none that were paying my bills. You've had some hotties. I mean, I'm like, whoa, you know how to, you know how to get them.

41:54Like, you know how to get a lot. I grew up with four older brothers. So I grew up around boys. You know what it is? And actual men because I was 10. So many women hate men. I know. And that, you're so right. It's a bit counterproductive, right? She reminds me of my aunt though, Michael. My aunt, like when you love men, they're like attracted to you. There's so many people that - It's kind of like I love women. It'd be very odd if I was trying to get with a woman and hating women, right? It just seems very counterproductive to the women out there that hate the men. If you hate men, you're not going to attract that to your group.

42:27I think there's a lot of disgruntledness going on and disappointment with guys, which I understand. But that energy is not going to get you anywhere. You can't also blanketly saying you hate all men is like such a statement and such an affirmation. what I've realized is like I hate men is an affirmation it's like having a bad restaurant experience and be like I hate all restaurants what people don't realize is what they speak to the universe matters so the words that come out of your mouth they really do matter because the universe listens exactly and so we don't positive self talk to ourselves enough what we do is we beat ourselves up and we you know talk to ourselves in a bad way and believe me that resonates.

43:12And when you talk to yourself in a bad way, like, oh shit, I'm such an asshole or whatever it is. Um, I should have done that or whatever. I mean, we have that moment. Sure. But we're going to say, no, we're going to turn that around. I'm going to make it positive. So this is a great question for you, especially if you have a shitty day and you wake up the next morning, what's your self talk like? How are you getting yourself out of it? I listen to self. I listen to, I meditate and I do positive affirmations in the morning. Is there someone specific? I'm that. I'm amazing. I'm going to have a great day.

43:43Positive. So when you speak positive, and you're going to see after 15 minutes of that, you have a smile on your face when you come out of your bedroom. Meaning that when you first get up, go to the bathroom, get back and meditate just for 10 minutes, five minutes, 10 doesn't matter, which is positive self-talk. And you're going to see you're gonna have a different day.

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51:14Okay. I go to fashion shows. Do you have to practice for everything you're doing on the tour? I practice my show, which will happen on Friday because I have a show Saturday in Chicago. Or is it a little bit more natural now that you're in this? Yeah, I know the show now. You got it. I got it. So it's really fun. I really enjoy myself. You know, when I first couple of shows, I say, okay. Or if I play like a big venue, like I play the Wilter in Los Angeles. That's where Madonna plays. I played Town Hall in New York where I met Liza Minnelli for the first time. That's cool. Yeah I went to her birthday party.

51:49I met her there because I was singing the same night her Chita Rivera and Lucy Arnaz. You should sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow for her. Yeah no I do forget the troubles come on get happy. That's her mom's song. That's such a good one. Judy Garland song. Where are some housewife places that people can hit in New York City? So say people want to come here and do the housewife circuit. What are some, like... There used to be housewife tours in New York. They used to have buses of housewife tours. Well, where could we go? They would go to the Regency first. Oh, okay. We're going to the Regency. Okay.

52:23Let's go have cocktails at the Regency. You know, Central Park. I go to Central Park a lot. I've got a lot of tourists in Central Park, so... What's the hotel for housewives? The hotel for housewives? Is there a hotel that you guys... No, because we live here. Right, okay. So hotels... So there's not like a good hotel bar? I thought you were going to say maybe like the King Cole. I see, I feel like. Oh yeah, I go to St. Regis sometimes. Okay. That's King Colbert, right? Vra is a biggie. Okay. Ivor's a biggie. And now you have to tell us. The plaza. The plaza. Are you hanging out with any of the housewives still, like in day-to-day life?

52:56Absolutely. We were just all together in the Hamptons. We had lunch at Bill Bouquet. All of you? Well, no. We got Sonia. Dorinda couldn't make it. It was Sonia. Ramona couldn't make it. She was sick. So it was Sonya Kelly, myself, and Jill Zarin. Do you ever have these moments that need to be on camera when you guys get together? Oh, I wish that that lunch was on camera. Was it good? It was so good. Can you give us one speck of juice out of it?

53:27Well, Sonya goes, they asked me to be on the Love Hotel, but I said no. Oh, there it is. I said, really? Really? You turned down the Love Hotel. Okay. Oh, no. she's asked ashley darby she knows i go i will so i call up ashley in front of her of course in front of all the girls i'm like don't bullshit me oh i was so mad at her i'm telling you there should have been a camera there i won't tell you the end of the story but what do you think i heard there's no fish room for dorinda anymore no the fish room i think the fish is that watch what happens live now okay so he has it as like a souvenir yeah yeah it's one of it's it's hanging in his, what's it called?

54:08The clubhouse. The clubhouse. So if someone wants to come watch you perform live, give us all the details. Tell us all about it. Well, I'm playing Toronto. I'm doing a show called The Luniverse Show. So some venues don't have capacity for a grand piano, drum sets, and keyboard because I travel with six guys. I travel with three musicians, my assistant, makeup, and et cetera. So a lot of places can't afford that amount of money and they can't have the space for me with the band so i created a lunar show which i talk about all those famous scenes like who took that photo at the regency that that bethany showed me who did well you have to come to the show do you tell us who took it at the cabaret do you tell us yes you're gonna tell us i told you the story so i go behind the scenes of some really iconic scenes okay you know i come out to a little chic and then i do a q a with the audience.

55:04They ask me whatever they want to ask me. And I can't let them leave without giving them some money. So I do a little money number. And so it's a smaller show, but I love it because it's more in depth into Housewives as opposed to a full on cabaret show. You've got a full production going on. I do. I love it. It's smart what you did. Like a pivot. It's like, it's fresh. Well, you know, I started cabaret because I love variety. It started as Counties and Friends. I I mean, I've had big stars. Lance Bass has been in my show. Bridget Everett, who is, you know, who's becoming a huge star and a cabaret performer herself.

55:39Marie Hill. Rachel Dratch from SNL has been in my show. So I did Count as a Friends and then I kind of morphed into Count as Cabaret because it got expensive to travel with all these people. So what do you think is next for you after this chapter? Are you going to just hit it hard and keep outselling theaters? Well, you know, I'm doing less shows and being more selective about where I go. And I like that because I have more time. And I'm doing the Luniverse shows, which is, you know, easier than a full-on cabaret show. So I'm loving that. And, you know, listen, I'd like to do my own podcast, too.

56:13Well, here's the guy. We're going to talk about that. This is the guy. Yeah, I think it's time. People have been asking me for years to do podcasts. I'm like, everybody and their sister has a podcast. It doesn't matter. I just call it a show at this point. Right, no, but you're right. It's not even a podcast. It's just a show. And, you know, it would be fun. Maybe me and Dee do something together would be great. Maybe we bring people to the studio and ask them, you know, what is it they want? Me and Dee could make a dynamic duo in terms of coming to the rescue. You know what I'm saying? So, and maybe we start with a podcast and then, you know, we actually get into your home, which would be cool.

56:45I think that that is... And not like our long haul. Like Michael said, it's not just audio. It totally could be a Netflix. Like, you can parlay it. I think that this medium, in the beginning, it was just such a focus on audio, but I just think these are the new age talk shows now. People can figure out whatever format makes the most sense for them. I think it's great. You're great on a mic, too. The two of you are doing so well with it, so I'm going to have a trap. Well, at least people know what the hell they are now, because for the first six or seven years, everyone's like, what are you guys doing?

57:12My dad still thinks I'm on the radio. That's funny. Heather does a good job with what she's done, and I love when she interviews you, too. Heather McDonald. McDonald. I love Heather. Yeah, I like when you go on her show. Juicy Scoop. Yeah. She's so funny with her juice. I love her. You know, she was in the Hamptons. I came to pick her up. She was staying with Jill. So I came to pick her up. We had a day on my boat, actually. That's fun. Yeah. Yeah. When I go to the Hamptons, Mark, I'm waiting for my invite. I'd like to go for a day on the boat. We've never been to the Hamptons. Isn't that funny?

57:41What? We've never been, ever. Oh, you have to come and visit. I think we're going to come this up next summer. We're going to come. We'll come for like two weeks. Yeah, you should. I don't know why we've never gone. We must have a ton of friends out there too, right? Yeah, we've spent some time in Nantucket, but then we'll bounce around. You're up in our families in California still, so we're kind of like always. I'd like a Hamptons trip. We have rapid fire questions. Ready? Yeah. Champagne or cocktail? Cocktail. What kind? Tequila. Just plain? Tequila and Diet Coke. I know, it's weird, but I love it.

58:13It's not bad. Isn't it good? What's your guilty pleasure TV show? right now the hunting wives oh my god it's so good it's sexy sex she's hot i'm like oh i want to do i know maybe i will turn it on it's so good it's good it's kind of a girly ish yeah i don't know like i don't it's a lot about the girls hanging out but if he likes housewives then he'll be he'll be good it's it's a lot of like lesbian things happening behind the guy's back well oh no better sounds terrible taylor save it on my hair two girls making out

58:55wait i have to ask you this one caveat question do you watch any of the other real housewives or have you i do once in a while just to catch up with what's going on like you know miami mary soul is a really good friend of mine she's my favorite i love mary she's my favorite housewives ask you for advice? Sure. They call you and be like, what am I in for? What's going on? What should I do? Sure. Sure. Not so much now, but in the past. I think my three favorite housewives are you, Mary Soule, and Kathy Hilton. Oh, I know Kathy too. I think those are the top three for me because they know how to show up and like play ball.

59:30Yeah. And have fun with it. What's your go-to self-care ritual? Working out, really. Do you lift weights? I do. For the arms, for the cabaret dresses. yeah it sounds like you're pretty spiritual you have spirituality when you get in a bathing suit on the show you always look so good is that is that weights that is just being active i'm like really sporty like i play pickleball i'll go swimming i'll play tennis or you know i'm like very active i do yoga yoga is really a big one for me it's very grounding because like you picked up on i am very spiritual so i love yoga too so i like a lot of different things i don't do like the same thing but but you know staying fit i love because it's at the same time like when i run or when i do something i'm going over lines in my head also so you practice cabaret that way as well it's like the person if you're on vacation like you're up for the activity oh activities if someone wakes up and says let's do the activity yeah don't give me the chair on the beach i mean i'll be bored no i like to be in like where i'm learning something or and you know i love the beach don't get me wrong but i want the beach and i want you know city life too a pirate or two a pirate or two you know the group trip where there's like you know about the pirate i know about pirates yeah no no no no no no we'll tell him about the pirate later that's a long story but you know like the group trip you get like 10 to 12 people and like half of them are sleeping and like some of them get up and like i'm the one doing stuff yeah well you haven't seen crappy lake obviously i'm like doing working out in the morning and sun is hung over with clothes everywhere different personalities totally we're like we're like the odd couple yeah you guys are the odd couple last question a goal that you would hope to accomplish by the end of the year maybe a podcast maybe i was gonna say podcast i would you know like i said people have been asking me for years about podcasts and i just have never done one but i think it's time so that's my goal you know why i think it'd be good for you and i'll like kind of like take this hat off and put that hat on is a lot of the time you're somebody that will just you're not afraid to just be vulnerable and talk about everything and show the like sometimes like people curate a little bit too much i feel like you could talk to anyone about anything and have a good time with it and you're curious right that's true yeah it's true luann thank you thank you for that compliment you are currently on the north american leg of your new cabernet tour cabaret cabaret cabernet I'm thinking about wine.

1:01:54Isn't that wine? Lauren's on the Cabernet Tour. She's on the Cabernet Tour. Wait, I have trouble pronouncing words. Let me say this. Cabaret. Taylor, keep that in. Keep it in. I'm keeping it in. No, keep it in. Keep it in. Well, because Cabaret is my Cabernet. Can't escape this party scene. Hell with Countess, now I'm queen. It's part of the lyrics of my music, so she's referring to my music. Tickets are available now at Countess. Ah, fuck. Just don't call me countless like Mario. Tickets are now available at CountessLuan.com. And where can everyone find you and pimp yourself out? Go for it. Well, Instagram, you know, CountessLuan on Instagram and, you know, all the social media stuff.

1:02:38And, you know, for tickets, that's where to get them. And come with your good energy. And I'm going to be playing Toronto. I'm doing Vegas for Bravo Cop. That's fun. House of Blues. So, you know, lots of tour dates coming up. And I just got asked to do Sydney, Australia. I'm playing Mardi Gras, which is a big deal on Bondi Beach. I've never been to Australia. And I'm getting paid to go to Australia. I'm very proud of that. I heard the boys are fun in Australia. I know. I should probably, you shouldn't bring sand to the beach. So I should probably leave my guy home. He's fine here. You know, I think you should go fresh.

1:03:12Did Dorinda say that? I think Dorinda said that. Dorinda, I love her one-liners. It's like, don't bring sand to the beach. meaning don't bring a guy if you're going to Australia. Yeah. Yeah. I think that term is universal. I think it goes. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your outfit. Thank you so much. Go watch YouTube, you guys, because this outfit is a real good one. And it's also Giovanni. It is because I'm feeling Giovanni. Thank you so much for coming on. Thank you, Luanne. You're great.