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Out with the old and in with the new! Luann de Lesseps says season 12 of The Real Housewives of New York will be like a breath of fresh air after Bethenny Frankelās exit, and the addition of newcomer Leah McSweeney. āItās such a great season,ā Luann said ahead of her festive cabaret Christmas show, Countess and Friends at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on December 7. The Bravo star, who kicks off her new cabaret show, F, Marry Kill in January, explained how this coming season will allow her and the rest of the women ā Tinsley Mortimer, Ramona Singer, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Leah ā to have more breathing room since the cast shakeup.
āWe all get to show ourselves and have more time to talk about our own life and our own stories, and itās not always about Bethenny [now],ā Luann admitted. āSo itās just great, because the show is fabulous and I canāt wait for everybody to see the new season. I got to tell you, itās better than ever!ā
It wouldnāt be RHONY without the drama. ā Something Luann said thereās no shortage of. āObviously, thereās always drama. When you have that many women together thereās bound to be drama,ā she admitted, revealing that āthereās shifts in alliancesā in season 12, slated to premiere in early 2020.
As for where she stands with certain housewives who she didnāt exactly see eye to eye with last season? Luann said things have completely changed. āIām good with Dorinda, so youāre going to see that relationship blossom.
And then, even with Ramona, youāre going to see a different relationship between Ramona and I, because weāve always been not on the same page,ā she teased. āRamonaās Ramona. Sheās a tough one. So, youāre just going to see a lot more relationships, drama, fun, and youāre going to get to know the new housewife.ā
Luann de Lesseps on stage at her Cabaret Christmas Show at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. (Photo credit: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa)
Luann went on to explain that viewers will see her āgetting through my craziness that happened and then continuing to grow from it.ā The āMoney Canāt Buy You Classā crooner was talking about her December 2017 arrest in Palm Beach, which she just completed her probation for this past August. Now, sheās working with The Fortune Society to help those whoāve been incarcerated get their lives back on track.
āThey help people who have been incarcerated build their lives back, because if they canāt get a job, they donāt have a place to live, they have no money. Whoās going to employ them?ā, Luann explained. āSo I just have been working with them, and I just canāt say enough good things about them and how fabulous they are.ā
Luannās cabaret, Countess and Friends will celebrate two years of touring in February. āItās incredible, and I didnāt expect it to be as big as it became. ā I was just doing me,ā she gushed before thanking Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for giving her the stage where it all started. āAnd for people to love the show and resonate with it so much has just been so exciting, and it just has given me such a great creative outletā¦ Itās old school entertainment. Itās glamorous. I brought back something that was missing because there was a void for a show like this,ā she said. Luannās new song with Desmond Child, āViva La Diva,ā will debut in the New Year on her new show, F, Marry, Kill.