Luann de Lesseps

Luann de Lesseps zooms in to talk Christmas tour, Real Housewives and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're on with Mario a little bit. It's up you all, Morrow,
Courtney Lopez joining us now on Zoom. The Countess, the
Social Lite, The Real Housewife, lu and Dela SEFs Welcome back.
How are you? I'm great? How are you, Maria? How
are you? Courtney? I'm great? Thank you to you guys.
I thank you for taking the time. We went to
see your show when you were here in l A

(00:22):
last and we and we had such a great time.
I gotta tell you. The whole crowd was really into it,
so much fun. And how was that experience for you?
You know, it's great because when when my crowd shows up,
they show up. You know, everybody's got their sequence on
their statement necklaces that they get dressed for the occasion.
And that's a huge nod to me. You know, I

(00:44):
love it, you know, I um. I love performing and
I love that the audience also gets together after my shows.
You know, they'll come to my show and then you
know they have the common ground of the housewives that
they all love, and so you know, they become friends,
they go out to dinner. You know, they they have,
you know, something to relate to right off the bat,

(01:06):
which is the water cooler talk of of course the Housewives,
and at the same time it's like a trip. Um.
The cabaret show is like, uh, you know, fashion meets
pop culture meets cabaret. So it's really interactive and fun
for everybody. So I'm so glad you guys had a
good time. You know. I have to say you were
really great too, in between your songs, just when you

(01:26):
were talking and how you your delivery, you know, because
sometimes people can't do that, they're just not naturally doing that.
And from beginning to end, um, you're just great. We
we honestly had the best time. Um. Well, now you're
you're still doing your tour. Do you have anything special
during Christmas? Well, you know, I you know, for Christmas,

(01:48):
I'm gonna be performing my new song what Do I
Want for Christmas? Just to um uh for the first
time in l A. So I'm excited about that. That's
the song I included all the housewives in h uh.
And it's a super good Christmas song and I'm very
proud of it. It was written by Billy Stritch and
Bruce Roberts, who's a major songwriter and uh so that's

(02:09):
a lot of fun. I take Christmas songs and I
turned them on their head, you know, like Eric Clapton's
laid Down Sally, Well it has now become laid down Santa.
And we talked about that, like he always goes to
all that trouble to come down the chimney, but he
never stays. So I go into a whole story about
my personal experience. So I kind of took Christmas songs
and told them on their head and make them my own,

(02:31):
uh and sing classics. You know. I sing cold Heart
in this show, which I love, and um, you know,
so we're gonna have you know, it's it's just a
it's just a fun ride. I love it because people
have a great time. I do a Q and A
so we get to talk housewives of course, what's up
in my life recently, and um, it's just you know,
it's a lot of fun and and that the fans

(02:52):
are loving the show is I just came back from Chicago.
I sold out three shows in Chicago. Um, and it's
great to be back in l A at the iconic
LRI Theater. So I hope you guys will come back
to see this iteration of my show because it's totally
different from the last show you saw it. We'll be there.
Oh my gosh, we're gonna have to check that out
anymore to blast And it's the holidays, it's a holiday show. Okay,

(03:16):
it's different. Um, you mentioned the Housewives. What's going on
with the Legacy spin off? Is that cast set yet? Well?
I think that, Um, I think that you know, it's
a to Bravo to announce it, but I think that
that is happening. And um, and you know, we'll know
very soon exactly who the cast is. Um, but it's

(03:36):
all in the works and you know, so that's exciting
and you know, and of course they announced my new
show with Sonia over at Bravo con Um, which will
be out this spring. So that's super exciting because that's
a comedy. Uh. And uh, you know, we spent six
weeks together filming and I can't wait for the for
everyone to see that show because it's super fun and

(03:58):
I think we need this kind of show right now. Yes, Um, Well,
it sounds like Ramona won't be a part of the
Legacy show. Do you think if she's not it will
change the dynamic? Well, listen, you know, Ramona makes great
television and she has for a long time. So you know,
I can't imagine doing the show without her. I mean,

(04:18):
it's been rumored that she's not coming back. I think
she said she didn't want to come back, but you know,
maybe we can twist her arm pressure. We need the stinger. Stinger,
what is it? You stand there? Yeah? Um, we recently
had Bethany Frankel on and and it sounds like you're
you're you're not exactly a fan of her new podcast?

(04:39):
Is that true? Well, listen, it's not. You know, listen,
I'm there, you know, to to support women. I love women,
and everybody has their has their lane. I just feel like,
you know, she's been on our show for you know,
season one, season here, two seasons here, and gone off,
tried to do another thing and it didn't work, and
she'd come back, and so just to have her not

(05:00):
even say the word housewives and interviews because she had
moved on from that, um, and you know, and to
now be doing a podcast about the housewives is kind
of ironic, right, Um, So you know, listen, Uh, it
is what it is. Am. I a big fan of
the fact that that she's doing a podcast about us. Um,

(05:23):
you know, I just found that a little bit far fetched.
Won't get take it as a compliment. Yeah, I don't
want to give any more oxygen than what are your
plans for the holidays? Will you be with your kids?
I will be with my children. You know. My last show,
I'm doing a show at the Paramount on the twenty
three in Long Island for the holidays. So right after that,

(05:45):
I'll be going home because I'm you know, before I
get to l am in Tampa and Atlanta, and I
just finished my shows in Chicago, um, and then I
have some shows coming out back in New York for
Spring for you know, kind of a Valentine's Love best
back in New York. So you, um, you're happy to
be home. How do you do the shopping when you're

(06:06):
this busy? Oh my god. You know, I'm in so
many different places that I pick up a little cute
things along the way. I love small little gifts, you know,
and thoughtful ones, So I kind of shop as i'm going.
And you know what, kid doesn't love the gift of
cash when that's the go to move. Now, I realize,

(06:32):
you know what, let's not let's just not mess around,
And it's so easy I like that. On that note,
we look forward to seeing you on your show. Congratulations
on everything you've got going on, and go to all
Mari dot com for tickets to Countess Cabaret. Luanne, thanks
for hanging out. Yes, Mario, and it's Countess Luan dot com.
That's where everybody can find my tickets Countess Luanne dot com.

(06:55):
Let me let me right because we'll put it on
our website as well. But I'll do I'll love to
do it from the whole thing a thing. So go
on with Mario dot com or Countess Luan dot com
for tickets to check out the Countess Cabaret. Thanks so
much for hanging out. Thank you, Thank you, guys, see
you soon. We'll see. We drag out Susan Rovener out
with us again. She came with us the last time.

(07:16):
That what's going on with her is she I heard
rumors that she was leaving NBC or they're just rumors.
I was just with her in New York, right, yeah, okay,
they wonder where from. I don't know. There's a lot
of people, you know, how rumors are Yeah, leave me,
I do exactly. Okay, nice to see he's already. Take
care you guys, to see you soon. Bye. On with

(07:39):
Mario Lopez