Luann de Lesseps

Luann de Lesseps checks in to talk about all things Real Housewives, new music and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On Mario Lope. Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom
from the Real Housewives of New York. Lu and La
sav So, welcome to the show. How are you? Thank you? Maria,
thank you. So let's talk about the big news. Real
Housewives of New York is getting a major reboot, can
you phil us in Well, I mean I literally just

(00:21):
found out yesterday and then it was it was in
the press. So, um, I got a call from production
and you know, and they told us what was happening,
and you know, I was I was surprised because I
did not expect that one coming. I really didn't. And um,
and you know, I as much as I UM want

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to keep the franchise all to ourselves, I think it's
kind of cool to have a different, diverse group of women, um,
but at the same time keeping the O G s
on their own show, which are kind of like because
we all know each other, we've been you know, we've
been together for a long time, and so I think
it's a fun idea to bring back the O G S.
I think that probably spun off of the m of

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The Ultimate Girls, Tripp being so successful and then seeing
how you know, people want to see the ogs they
want to see, you know, the girls from that have
been around for years on the on the franchise that
made it what it is. Uh So, you know, I
think it's kind of a cool idea. What do you guys?
So let me get this straight. So the Ultimate Girls
Trip will now be an ongoing with different people from

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the different franchises, you know, I don't know. I just
know that we did our trip and then they're doing
another one now with UM some other cast members. So
I don't know if it's an ongoing thing. I think
that it's something that works for them, so we'll see.
But the new New York cast reboot, they're all new people.
Well no, I think the point is of the reboot

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is that they're keeping the o g s and then
bringing back some ol gs that we want to see.
Got it, got it? Got it? Okay? Okay, glad you
cleared that up. So glad I cleared I was nervous.
Um any truth to the rumors that you signed your
own deal with e UM. Well, I can't um confirm
that just yet, but there was conversations. Okay, congratulations, So

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did you have fun doing the Ultimate Girls Trip When
you guys were it was so much fun. I mean
I didn't really know Kyle very well, you know. Um,
so you know, I thought she was gonna be this
pretty kind of stuck up Hilton kind of kind of girl,
and she was actually really down to earth and really
fun and very sweet. I mean it really was surprised,

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I think the most by her, and probably by Kenya
from Atlanta, because I heard Kenny's you know, throws a
lot of shade Canny Kenny give me. You know, she's
an ipon right, and so you know, with all that,
you know, what is your famous line she twirls um
oh um god, little signature line like this, yeah, something

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about twirling h something about being fabulous. Yeah, she does this. Girl.
So anyway, she surprised me as well. I mean, you know,
not everybody get along with her as well as I did,
So I was surprised by that. I actually went into
that trip with no expectations. I was just I want
to have fun. Um, I don't know these ladies. I'm

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not gonna like dig too much into who they are,
their past, etcetera. I just want to, you know, find
out on my own. So I actually had a great
time with them, and and you know with UM with
Teresa and Melissa Gorga from you know, from Jersey, and
so it was really a fun time. I mean they
spent a lot of money on that trip because we

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had you know, private jets, tickets in, we had yachts,
we had you know, this fabulous house. Um, we had
you know, drones and a lot of crew members and um,
you know, and of course you have to remember it's
during COVID too, so you know, we had all of
those operations and intact and you know, it was it
was pretty incredible. I must say it was one of
the best times I've had on a house Stripe Housewives

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triping a long time. I have a question. I'm just
curious because I'll pass by the TV and I'll see
these reunion specials and what have you. How big are
the glam squads when you guys come in and you're
that we have a big I just I I just
picture like a like a team of people working right
right because you each have your own deals. I can't

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imagine you all share will listen you know, um a
lot of the times, you know, I like to swim,
you know, I'm I think I'm the only one. I
think I'm one of the few people, you know, aside
from being on that boat one day, that would swim
like every day in the ocean. So you know, I
didn't spend a lot of time on glamb because you know,
it's just not my personality. But you know, there were

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wet on in the house, but we didn't have a
glam crew that came with us on the trip. They
were like local people that UM that they had organized
for us, So we didn't have like a squad. There
were you know, of course we had to make up
artist and here stylists for some evenings, but it wasn't
um it wasn't all that fussieds, especially for me. I'm

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speaking for myself. A lot of the girls came with
a lot of luggage, a lot of clothes, a lot
of shoes, especially Kyle Um. And you know, I had
one suitcase because I know, in one week in the Caribbean,
you know, you don't need that many things. Of course,
you know, there's the hats and then there's the jewelry,
and you know, but I I ended up. You know,

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I'd like to pack everything I'm gonna wear before I go,
Otherwise I'm in my closet trying to figure out what
I'm wearing once again. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm the
same way right there. Yeah, you're also back on stage
with Countess Cabaret. What what can fans expected this show? Well, listen,
you know, you guys have to come to the show.
This time. I'm going to be in l A. I

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would love you guys to come. I'm gonna be the
l Ray, the Epic l Ray Theater. Uh So it's
a pretty cool venue, some really great um you know
stars have been there before, Ring and um and I'm
drilled to be there and be out in l A.
I've been to l A in a while with COVID
and everything, so it's great to be back performing live.

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It's an all new show. You know. I do a
lot of songs that I love personally, and I kind
of make them my own. Um, you know, I'm you know,
I'm doing my own version of um Let's Dance and
David Bowie. I do a lot of you know, of
my own music in the show. I do a Q
and A with the audience. I have a lot of

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fun videos. Do you do the classic money Can't Buy
You class? Oh well, I've got to do money. Otherwise
they're money. They're gonna throw money at me. So the
new single, I like the title of the new single,
F bombs on the G with the O G S
with the O G S. Well, that comes trip. That
comes from the Ultimate Girls Trip because within the first

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five minutes on the private jet there were F bombs
being thrown and um and so I always get inspired
by these trips and buy you know, the housewives write music.
That's where I wrote money camp by class and chicks
a LEVI yeah, classics. Yes, yes, I've always inspired by

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you know, by the ladies and you know, I write
all my own music. Um and so this just came
naturally to me. So yeah, you'll you'll you'll definitely hear
that in the show. And it's it's a great show.
It's all new. I have the director of Christian Chenowith
and Barbara Streisan as my director. Um, Brian Nash is
my musical director, who's amazing. So I have a great
team of people, fantastic musicians, and it's a it's a

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show that I work hard on. It's no joke. I mean,
it's a really popular show. I've been on the road
for you know, three years, UM, two years before COVID
and now I just completed a Christmas tour and now
this is my kind of all new back to reality
uh show. Yeah, no, it is no joke because I
have seen we went on a Broadway show, and I

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have seen some of the people that have done the
shows with you, Tony yasbec. I mean, these are Tony
nominated active either and I have worked with them before.
So you're getting like the best show. Yeah, so you
have to come. You have to come. It's gonna be awesome.
So you guys have to reserve come opening night on June. Okay,

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real quick, going back to your new song f Bombs.
It has a different sound than your other music. What
inspired that new sound? You know, we were in the Islands,
so I wanted to do something wrap and something cool
and something viby, you know, and so you know a
lot of the music I've done before his dance. I
came out with a Christmas song recently this UM this
last Christmas with what Do I Want for Christmas? Written

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by Billy Stritch, who was another amazing icon in the
business who worked with Liza for twenty five years. UM
and Bruce Roberts who's written for the biggest, biggest stars. Um,
and so we collaborated on that song. Um and so
you know, I get again, I get my inspiration from
the ladies that that that song in the video was um,

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all the Housewives of New York in it, you know.
And they put all the housewives in this video because
I didn't want anybody pitching it me because include me.
You know, why wasn't I asked me in the video
or we knew that would happen yet, etcetera. So um
so f bombs. Really, you know, is it really fun
kind of Caribbean vibe rap song. Well, congratulations on everything.

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We can't wait to check o out live and go
on with Mario dot com for tickets in tour dates
to Countess Cabaret. Lu Anne, thanks so much for checking in.
Thank you guys. It's great to see you and I'll
see you out in Los Angeles. We'll see you out there, Okay,
take care? Why thanks guys. On with Mario Lopez