Scheananigans with Scheana Shay - Life is a Cabaret with Countess Luann

Episode Date: August 9, 2024

This week, Scheana is joined in the studio by RHONY’s Luann de Lesseps to spill on the Countess’ upcoming tour & everything else in between. Is she still blocked by Bethenny after their Hamptons reunion? We will be getting another season of “Crappie Lake”? What really happened between her and Joe Bradley? Who is the thirstiest of the former RHONY cast? And did Luann know about Michael Cohen’s involvement in exposing ex Tom’s affair? Luann reveals all! Plus, what is on the Countess’ tour rider? Tune in to find out!  Follow us: @scheana @scheananigans Guests: @countessluann For Countess Luann’s upcoming tour dates, please head to www.countessluann.com!  The video version of this episode will be available on Scheana’s YouTube page on Friday, August 9th.Episode Sponsors:Give Trade a try to transform the way you experience coffee at home. They’re offering your first bag free when you visit drinktrade.com/GOODASGOLD and subscribe. Indulge in hydration this summer with Liquid I.V. Get 20% off your first order of Liquid I.V. when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code HONEY at checkout.Go to PrettyLitter.com/goodasgold and use code goodasgold to save twenty percent on your first order and get a free cat toy.Say hello to your IRL makeup filter in a bottle, COVERGIRL's Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence. Only from Easy, Breezy, Beautiful COVERGIRL.Produced by Dear MediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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It's time to catch up with Sheena Shea. This is shenanigans. And now here's your host, Sheena Shea. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Shenanigans. I have been wanting to get today's guest on for a long time because I'm dying to pick her brain and just get some advice on a certain topic. She needs no introduction, but I'm going to give her one. Anyways, she's literal royalty, wrote the book and the song on living with elegance in class.

She's a nurse, a mother, a star of screen and stage. You know her from Bravo's Real Housewives of New York and Crappy Lake and is the person responsible for bringing Giovanni to the masses. So right now she has the hottest show on tour. And I just want to say thank you for being here. Countess Luann, how we doing? Sheena, I've been wanting to come on to your podcast forever. So here I am.

Yay. I'm so excited. No, so happy to have you here. Thank you. How has your day been? How's your LA trip? I know it's a short one, right? It is a short one.

You know, I just love the West Coast. I've been, while I was here in la did the um wilter in march which was amazing it's where madonna plays so i'd be able to sell out the wilter it's so big that's such a huge accomplishment congratulations thank you and i just got back from london i had six shows in london um and so you know the tour is going really well you know mary f kill it's a game that we love to play yeah but i didn't know what mary f kill was when i started you know this particular show i got my inspiration from the fans i was inspired by the fans who asked me every single show mary f kill

and i'm like what is this game mary f kill and so i finally thought you know what that's my tour uh-huh this is what this is what i'm gonna be talking about and then i said you know what i have to make a song and now it's been you know remixed by tracy young who just won a grammy with madonna what oh yeah that's incredible and london i mean i was sold out across london and now i'm going to be going to australia and sydney and back to london and and all over this country i'm doing doing a tour, you know, in October. We're getting into all of that. With Mary F. Kill. Exactly.

I'll be posting all the dates and all of that. Great. We are going to play Mary F. Kill, but I was going to save that for in a little bit. I wanted to start, if we could, do a game of Real Housewives of New York Superlatives. Okay. of New York superlatives. Okay. So you spent 13 seasons and a girls trip as a total fan favorite

among your castmates over the years. We've got Bethany, Alex, Ramona, Jill, Kelly, Sonia, Cindy, Aviva, Carol, Heather, Kristen, Dorinda, Jules, Tinsley, Leah, and Ebony, I think.

Wow, yeah. Might be all of them. Might have missed one, but that's the list I made. So I'm going to throw out some superlatives, and I just want you to tell me who you think it fits best. Okay. Who's the chicest? Me.

And you can say yourself. Chic, c'est la vie, c'est bon, c'est bon, it's me. Best hostess? Dorinda. Most punctess? Dorinda. Most punctual? Ramona. Okay. Favorite spouse or significant other?

Favorite spouse from our cast, let's see. Let me think about that. Because a lot of us were single for a long time on the show. From our franchise or for any franchise? You know what, you can say any. Let's see. Favorite Bravo spouse? Favorite Bravo spouse?

I'm going to plead the fact. D, none of the above. Most improved from when they were introduced on reality TV to now? Ramona. Biggest? You can always say yourself well you know most improved i would say i've had a lot of growth a lot of ups and downs and ups and downs and so i think that's why people can appreciate it because we all have ups and downs right but mine play out on tv yeah and. And in my new show,

I talk about a lot of that stuff and the backstory of who I actually am aside from the two minutes that you get to see me on The Housewives. Yeah. I love that.

Who would you say is like the biggest chameleon for the cameras? Who changes the most when the cameras turn on? Sonya. Biggest peacemaker? Me.

Hmm. Most enviable wardrobe. Dorinda. Most generous. Dorinda. Who is the most in need of purchasing a copy of Class with the Countess? I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot pole. Most uncool.

Oh, we're going back. Alex mccord who has the best glam squad me who's sitting right here you're sitting right here with me spencer stuff who's the thirstiest and this can be literally as in like who drinks the most beverages or who was the thirstiest for attention. It's got to be Bethany. When you mention beverages, Bethany and beverages. Best mugshot. Mine. I just brought that as a gift. I love it. How perfect is that? That's so perfect.

I love that question. I'm going to wear that later. Best selling item at my cabaret shows, by the way. No, it's so good. Is that funny? I love that. Oh, thank you. Most likely to have banged Jax Taylor.

Sonia. Oh, I think it was Ramona. Oh, really? From what I've heard. Oh, well, okay. So I guess you didn't know about that. I did not. Okay, well, finding out So I guess you didn't know about that. I did not. Okay.

Well, finding out here on Shenanigans. Nothing surprises me about Ramona. Yeah, no, I remember hearing about this years ago. I think it was, you know how sometimes in other cities we do the little Bravo pop-up events and things like that over the years. And it was one of those, I could be making this up like in a Chicago or somewhere like in the Midwest, I feel like and they had a night together from what I heard everything that comes out of Jack Taylor's mouth

well not always true just put that on there. Ramona notoriously is great and bad I've heard all right she's got a lot of energy gotta give her that and she loves to flirt yeah actually Ramona is probably one of the best wing men of the whole group really you always need those well you know she's big flirt don't forget she does her thing with a straw yeah she makes it you know she's good at flirting yeah well that would make sense but i also know that the merch that Jack sells with his crazy faces and whatnot does really well. So I think it's really smart, you know, being on the joke. Make fun of yourself.

You know, I make fun of myself because, you know, you got to keep it funny. You got to keep the laughter going. And that's what I do. Like, that's why I love cabaret because I get to self-deprecate. And, you know, people think I'm this stuck-up countess, but I'm actually really down-to-earth. And so I love that people are identifying with that. No, I love that. I saw that you recently ran into your former castmate, Bethany.

Speaking of being thirsty in the Hamptons. Is there any hope for reconciliation for your friendship? Or was that just like a, eh, I just saw you? Listen, you know, I'm actually good with her i got you know god bless you know peace and love and you know jelly beans but you know it was a moment where i haven't seen her in years to tell you the truth and we were at this party which was just you know it was like kelly ripa and andy just missed her thank god and uh all these celebs were there and so she says to me you know i guess life is a cabaret and i said yes it is so she kind of concedes to me which is which was very good of her to do yeah and she says you know brendan is actually a fan so she'd like

to take a picture with you etc which was great was great. Yeah. I said, Bethany, make sure you share the pictures with me. I never got the pictures because she wanted to post them first. And then, you know, I figure out I'm blocked. Did she at least, like, FaceApp? Did she tweak? Did she Paris filter? Did she? Yeah.

Well, I don't even know, but it doesn't matter. The point is, no, she didn't do that. The point is she didn't share them with me right i asked her you know send them to me and of course she posted them first and then i'm blocked on her social medias and then you know then she does tic tac the next day like kumbaya we're all good etc and i think about this and then she says you know brin was the bridge that you know, Brynn was the bridge that, you know, got me back to being with Luann. Yeah. Right.

Like, like she did with my mother. I'm like, oh my God, I feel used and abused right here. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like she kind of used her daughter to do that, you know, and then, but her blocking me and all that, that, you know, really, are we friends if I'm still blocked on social media? And I, you know. Right.

So that's, that's what irks me the next day and now I'm blocked on TikTok by the way that was my follow-up question was is anyone still blocked no I'm still blocked completely yeah I'm still blocked by Jack so I'm like you text me when you need something but then I'm like oh I can't see your story because she does text me the last text is like we're cool right like okay great who do you still keep up with from Roni? You know, probably Dorinda the most, you know, and Ramona. Ramona was at my house a couple nights ago for a party because I never invite her. And I was like, you know what?

I'm going to invite Ramona. Yeah. So she's there with like Don Lemon and David Burka and Neil Pudge. Anyway, it was like a whole thing. And she was thrilled, you know, to be at the house and you know invited guests etc and um you know ramona's actually become you know kind of a a friend because it's like my discombobulated cousin right like this housewife's family is runs deep yeah and so you know our relationship has changed so much and um now we're friends. So it's good. She's friends with Candace Bushnell, too. Yeah.

You know, so we kind of have, Candace sees her once in a while, too. So it's nice. Nice. Do you miss filming that show? I do not. I loved it. That's good. But I don't miss it.

Yeah. Would you do another girls trip? That I would do because it's a week. Yeah. And, you know, I think. I was wondering how long that actually the filming was. And, you know, and I was saying, you know, they should send the OG New York girls everywhere. I mean, starting with Below Deck.

Right. Right. That's something I've been talking about for so long, how they need to do more Bravo crossovers on Below Deck. Right. And now look at the dating show they're doing with us. Yeah. Oh, yeah. We're going to get into that. We're going to get into that. Yes. Of now look at the dating show they're doing with us. Oh, yeah.

We're going to get into that. We're going to get into that. Yes. Of course we are. We're going to get into that and your tour. We're going to take a quick little break and then we'll be right back. Are you a coffee drinker like I am, like Brock is, like most adults and especially most parents? Well, if so, and you don't want to have to keep going back to the store to refill your

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Yeah. I mean, I'm kicking off in October because I'm working on a TV show for the network in September. So I kick off Mary F. Kill in other locations, which I haven't played yet, which I'm excited to play. I'll be in New York again, November 15th, and then all over the country. So, yeah, I'm excited to go back to london australia for the first time i know it's so fun because i love it so much yeah really and people can tell you know i'm really loving what i do um the show is you know for me creatively i do it like this i pick the songs i love and you know my fans are really young because they grew up with me and their mothers

were listening to the music I was listening to. So I build the show like that. And it's a big sing-along. Then I build the story into how am I going to get into that song that I love so much. So then the story comes and then the perfect Giovanni Dress to follow. So that's how I build it. My director is Richard J. Alexander, who's here in L.A., actually. Richard J. Alexander is my director. He's here in the desert. And he directs for Kristen Chenoweth and Robert Streisand, just to name a few. He's like the diva whisperer. So, you know, shows have ebb and flow, you know.

So this is what he, this is his magic. And that's what I love about him. Brian Nash is my musical director. You know, I think I said Mary F. Kill is being remixed by Tracy Young. Yeah. She just remixed it and she just won a Grammy with Madonna. That's so incredible. A great team.

And we're just having the best time on tour. So people love the show. I always say it's like driving in a Toyota and you drive out in a Rolls Royce. Because I work really hard in my cabaret. I love that. And people don't understand that because, you know, you know this, you know, you don't always get to see the whole deal on these shows. Right. So Housewives,

they never could show a lot of my show because of musical rights. So, um, yeah, that's tough. That's always been the issue. So you always see the drama around the show, but you never see what I actually do. So people are like, holy shit, this is a great show.

Yeah. Because it's very immersive. And, you know, you could be alone and you can leave with, you know, eight friends after the shows because everybody's connected by this community, right? So it's pop culture meets cabaret meets comedy meets a fashion show.

And it's a party. It is a full-on party. And is just they just love it and it's such a huge not to me because they come dressed they come in their sequins they come in their statement necklaces and it's such a you know i'm humbled by by and yeah i always say i could trip and fall they'd be like countess that was so elegant the way you felt you know they're so supportive and they're in you know and i love that yeah well everyone be sure to check out countessluann.com to see when she's going to be in your area and then in december i hear it'll be a very countess christmas with tour dates in atlanta nashville cincinnati and michigan so everyone get your tickets before they sell out because they will be going quick.

God, I wish you were doing L.A. like again. I know. I missed March. I know. Where were you in March? I think I was probably in Amsterdam. So it was a little far. Nice.

Yeah. I love Amsterdam. Yeah. But I've been wanting to talk to you about this show for a long time because I just I mean, I love the product that you've created i cannot wait until i even thought about like can i go to san diego why are you making a destination little trip with you and your hubby i know so that's what i was thinking and i was looking i was like oh maybe we can do san diego because i'm uh judging for miss usa this

weekend oh i judged last year yeah if you any tips, let me know after the show. Well, I'll tell you exactly what goes down. Yeah. Yeah. No. Perfect. But I feel like so many people in our orbit do, you know, the podcast live shows, the Q&A, or even if it's just like a flat out concert. But you've managed to create something just so unique and special that has legs outside of the Bravo bubble. And I feel like that's hard to do, to just break out of who people think you are and nobody's doing it like you are. It's incredible.

You know, it's funny because when I created the show back in 2018 is when I started, it was Countess and Friends. And I didn't realize what I was creating was there was a void in that market for cabaret, for variety, for that type of show. Yeah. Because I grew up on Lucille Ball. Oh, totally.

You know, and Carol Burnett. Yeah. You know, I grew up on all that stuff and I've always been a big fan. And so I wanted to create that kind of show. And, you know, slowly it morphed into Countess Cabaret so I wanted to create that kind of show and you know slowly it morphed into Countess Cabaret because I used to have guests and when the guests would come on people would get distracted they go to the bathroom get it get a drink the minute I left the stage they were kind of out there on

their phones so that's when it really became Countess Cabaret and I didn't have guests anymore because you know they were they would not pay attention so yeah you know i didn't realize there was kind of a void in cabaret because nobody's really doing cabaret you know liza you know cheetah just passed um was the best i actually got to see her at 54 below before you know she um before she left us but what an icon and so i love that. And I love performance. And, you know, listen, my director came, Richard J. Alexander, came to my show. He goes, Countess, I came here not expecting very much from you. But you blew my mind.

First of all, you can sing. Yeah. You're funny. And you wear a dress like no woman I've ever seen. He said, you're going to be a big star. Give me two weeks. And, you know, he found me my agent, Rich Super from Gersh, who really brought my cabaret career to Live Nation touring. And I'll forever be grateful to him for that. And here I am now. Yeah, I'm so proud of you. That's

so incredible. It's so fun. Throughout all of your touring, is there a favorite stop that you've had or like a location that you tell your team, like want to you know prioritize this building dates around you know I lived in Europe for a long time I speak Italian French and you know my English is pretty good and so I miss Europe a lot and you know I'm loving building my cabaret touring in in Europe right now I mean god knows my roots are in the in the states and but you know I'd like to spend some time more time in Europe and now. I mean, God knows my roots are in the States and, but, you know, I'd like to spend some time, more time in Europe and build my career there. So I would say, you know, London, when I was in London, I heard that Tilda Swinton was coming to my show and she did come. And she said to me, darling, you do spread so much joy. I do so

love what you do. And, but, you know, you need to rest now, darling. You've been doing six shows in a row. You know, I have a humble abode in Scotland. I would love for you to come for a visit. I'm going to cook for you and take care of you. Anyway, so, you know, I said, you know, I've never been to Scotland until then. You know, I would love to come, but let me think about that because we were, like, traveling and moving around. But it was actually my last show.

And I had Saturday night in London. I planned it that way to have the weekend because I have a lot of friends in Europe and I want to get back to Europe at some point. So I took her up on it. She goes, we'll meet at the train at 4.30 and the train departs at 5. We're going to have crumpets and some red wine. And then we're going to drive off to the Humble Abode. Well, we get there. It's a 300 acre property with a castle.

Oh my gosh. And she takes care of me. How is Sonia? How's Sonia doing? And then I told her Dorinda was in Scotland doing Trader. She's like,

oh, let's do Call Her Up. So I called Dorinda and of course she doesn't answer because her phone's been confiscated. Yeah. And I'm like, D, call me. I'm Tilda Swin's house.

So we had the best time and she is so lovely. I can't even tell you eccentric eccentric is the day as long you know the family comes from 800 not 1800 800 so she's a real aristocrat from Scotland yeah that's wild it was an amazing so I've never been to Scotland my first trip is with Tilda Swinton that sounds like the way you should do it I mean unbelievable yeah do you have any rituals you do before a show it's actually on Instagram if you want to see it That sounds like the way you should do it. I mean, unbelievable. Yeah. Do you have any rituals you do before a show? It's actually on Instagram if you want to see it.

There's a picture of her on Instagram. Oh my God, yeah. Yeah, you gotta check it out. You have to pull that up for the story. No, that sounds incredible. Any rituals you do before a show? Well, I do, you know, I do vocal warmups, you know. You know, I suffer from allergies.

That's why I'm a little, the voice is a little off today, but allergies and anyway, and dairy. If I have anything dairy, I get creamed. I had a cappuccino before I got here. That's okay. I'll be fine for my tour. But rituals, yeah, vocal warmups. And before I go on stage, our big thing is we say i say okay now let's go kill the people love it mary f kill yep i love that what's on your tour rider do you have anything

crazy that you request well two dozen white roses like mariah. Yeah. I have to have white roses on the piano. Two dozen red roses. I have to have a baby around piano. Bongos. I played the bongos. What else? Celsius. Mm-hmm. Love Celsius.

What else? Diet Coke. Potato chips. Veggie straws. Uh-huh. Are my favorite. Those are good. Those are good.

And a large bucket of ice and Fiji waters. Okay. Nothing crazy. And I also have to know, like, how do you maintain such a banging body on tour? Like, do you have a workout regimen or what? You know, I do, but I'm very supportive, right? So I have a boat in the Hamptons. Yeah.

And I love to take that thing out. So, you know, I swim, I play tennis, I go to the gym, you know, occasionally, not that often. Yeah. I love yoga. So it's a kind of a mix of stuff, you know, and, you know, if I'm lucky, sex. Yeah. Well, whatever you're doing, it is absolutely working. You look incredible. We're going to take one more quick little break and then we'll be back with a few more questions in a game of Mary F. Kill. Yes. And now say hello to your IRL makeup filter in a bottle. Yes, I'm coming to you again to talk to you about the new CoverGirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence because it's literally all I have been wearing on my skin for so many months now. The great thing about this and what's really cool is it's a skincare makeup hybrid. So it makes your skin look plump, refreshed. And the best part is it makes you look more youthful.

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Okay, we are back with a game of Mary F. Kill. So I feel like whenever I've played this before, I always put the F first. Did you put the F in the middle so you have two words on the outside of the letter? I'll tell you exactly what I did. So I thought, because I don't know the game, remember? Uh-huh.

And On the House is 14 years. We've never played that game on the show. I don't think so, to my recollection. And so it is F. Mary Kill. But I thought it was Mary F. Kill. Okay. So by accident, I named it Mary F. Kill. I love that.

But it's also better lyrically. Totally. Of course. No, because when I was looking at it. F. Mary Kill doesn't make sense. Kill. Okay. So by accident, I named it Mary F. Kill. But it's also better lyrically. Totally. Of course. No, because when I was looking at it. F. Mary Kill doesn't make sense. Right. Mary F. Kill. Yeah.

That's the song. No, I agree. Yeah. Okay, so to start, in honor of the Olympics, Yes. we've got Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte,

and LeBron James. Mmm. Mary F. Kill. Name them again. LeBron James. Michaelry, F, kill. Name them again. LeBron James. Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte. Got two swimmers and a bowler. I'm going to F him. I'm going to marry LeBron because

he's big and he's got a lot of money. Yep. Sorry, Phelps. Sorry, Phelps. You and your gold medals are dead. Sorry, Phelps. You and your gold medals are dead. Sorry, Phelps. You and your gold medals are out. So we're pretty close to Beverly Hills being here in West Hollywood right now. So I was thinking about some of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills guys. Okay.

We've got Mauricio, Ken Todd, Harry Hamlin. Ken Todd. That's Lisa Vanderpump's husband. Oh, Ken. Yeah. Ken, the little puppy. Right. Where there's a Ken, there's a puppy. Okay.

Let's see. Ken, Maurizio, and Harry Hamlin. Let's see. I'm going to have to kill Ken. I'm going to marry Harry. I'm going to have to kill Ken. Let's see. I'm going to marry Harry. I'm going to F. Maurizio. Maurizio.

Okay. Here we go. Now. It's a game, remember? Okay. Yes. Don't take it personally, okay? I love you, Ken.

Totally. A little more in your world. So we've got Jacques, the pirate, and Harry Dubin. I love it because I talk about this in my show because I talk about all of this in my show, by the way. Love it. And that's the usual, you know, usual suspects. Okay, so, okay.

Well, you know, I already fucked the Pirate, so. Round two? Round, no, because they never really fucked the Pirate. Sonya did, but so I'm going to fuck the pirate. Okay. For real. This time. Nobody believes me.

He was on Andy Cohen show and he told Andy that that did not happen, but still nobody believes me. Well, this will go down in history. So I don't care. I'm going to give him a go and let's see. I'm going to marry Jacques. Okay. I'm going to marry Jacques. Okay.

And I'm going to kill who? Harry. Of course I would kill Harry. I'd rather fuck a housewife. Sonia Rita's always ready. Well, speaking of Watch What Happens Live, you were on with Joe Bradley.

And I think it was brought up on the Southern Hospitality Reunion that Joe and TJ from that show had a falling out because TJ claimed that you and Joe Bradley hooked up. Mm-hmm. So is there any truth to that? And if we were just, you know, playing a hypothetical game with, say, Captain Jason, Carl from Summer House, and Joe Bradley, who would we f let's see i would i would definitely fuck joe bradley over captain jason for sure captain jason gets around a bit

too much for me see that's a rumor actually well i was with him at bravo con and none of those rumors were true oh no no he walked home. He walked home with Brock and I every night. Yeah, but you know, it's so funny because, well, first of all, he lives down under. Yes. It's kind of far. Yeah. It's kind of a long distance relationship.

One night stand. One night stand, maybe. And who else was there? Carl from Summer House. Carl. So, Mary F. Kill. I'm going to do Joe Bradley. I'm going to Mary Jason because let's check out Australia.

I need to tour over there, right? So I guess we're going to kill Carl. Sorry, Carl. Okay. So would this be a round two for Joe Bradley? No. He came over to my house for a cocktail. My friends were over there, too.

That's why he got traced to my house because he did come over. Right, because. But it doesn't mean he stayed over, does it? I mean. I mean. What do you think? That's where he got traced to my house because he did come over. Right, because. But it doesn't mean he stayed over, does it? I mean. I mean, what do you think? I think that him and Danielle from Summer House stopped talking after that because she had his location. I know. And she saw that he was at your house.

Mm-hmm. Well, hey, days before that, he said that it was dwindling out this relationship. Uh-huh. He had just put something out about it. So, you know, no harm in a nightcap. No, no harm in a nightcap. No, no harm in a nightcap. All right.

I've got one more. We've got the Toms from Bravo. So we've got Tom Sandoval. Okay. Thomas Ravenel. Who's Thomas Ravenel? From Southern Charm, Catherine's baby daddy. Oh, I don't know.

I don't think he's on it anymore. He was on it back in the day. They'll kill him. They'll just kill him, yeah. And then Tom D'Agostino. Oh, we're killing Tom D'Agostino. Just killing them all. And then what if Tom Sandoval gets to live?

I mean, Sandoval needs a good lay after all the shit he's been through. I mean, I feel for him. All right. I mean, listen, he's, you know, anyway, wherever we get. Yeah. So you're going to F Tom Sandoval. I'm going to F Tom Sandoval. And you're killing the others.

I'm killing them. There's no marrying going on there. Okay. Wait, actually one more and it's not even people, but we're just going to go with the New York grocery store one. Okay. So we've got Round Swamp Farm, West Side Market or Dacostinos. Killing Dacostinos. Yep.

We're going to marry Round Swamp. Mm-hmm. I'm going to F. The West Side Market. Yep. All right. Sounds like a good one night stand. So speaking of ex Tom, your former castmate Carol had like blown everyone's minds last

year when she revealed that Donald Trump's former attorney fixer dude, Michael Cohen, had been the one to take that photo of your ex at the Regency, which she then shared with Bethany. She revealed to you on camera. Obviously, you know you were there. Right. Or was I? But had you known of Michael Cohen's involvement prior, or was that a total shock to you?

Total shock. Wow. But, you know, I was shocked, but it was believable to me because I see him there all the time. Okay. Yeah. He's kind of in the friend circle a little bit. Gotcha.

Not so much with me, but Ramona knows him, et cetera. So I wasn't surprised, but I was a little shocked that he would do that. Yeah. Or Bethany. Interesting. Right? Mm-hmm. I think he has enough on his plate.

Why would he go there? Yeah, you would think. There's been a lot of talk about Real Housewives of New Jersey getting a Roni-style reboot. What would you think about that? You know, I think you need to switch things up. Do I agree with wiping out an entire cast? Definitely not. No.

Just add a couple people. Right. Right? Yeah. Let's not wiping out an entire cast? Definitely not. Just add a couple people. Right. Let's not wipe out an entire cast. Or just make another show. Well, they tried, which was legacy, which never happened. But sometimes you just

need to switch some people out and make it fresh because it's getting a little dark. No, I get that. I feel like every show does that. All right, so we've talked about the exes. We know who we're going to kill, but let's talk about your dating life. Is there anything going on in the romantic department at the moment?

Anyone special in the Countess's life? You know, I'm having so much fun dating. I love that. Yeah. You know, I'm telling you, this is the best decade of my life. I feel free. I'm in the driver's seat. I'm having a good time. You look the best you've ever loved. I mean, you look incredible. Thank you. Why complicate matters, right? I'm happy. I'm living

my best life. I'm going to be doing a dating show for the network coming up. We just announced. So that's going to be fun. I know. Who can charm the socks off of me? Literally. Okay. So it's going to be on Peacock, right? Love Hotel. Yes. So you're going to be with fellow housewives, Shannon Bedore, Giselle Bryant, and Ashley

Darby. All who I love and adore and have been friends with. I've known Shannon since she first started. And then Ashley and Giselleelle I've been paired with on panels at BravoCon over the last few BravoCons. And so I just, I'm like, oh my God, what a great group of women. I'm excited. It's going to be fun.

Yeah. What type of men do you hope to meet on this show? Are you looking for something serious? Oh, darling, I filled out a whole questionnaire about what kind of guy I'm looking for. Do tell. Well, you know, Bravo, they're doing me a favor. They're being my matchmakers. Yeah. Isnmakers yeah isn't that great i mean i could do a tv show where they're matchmaking me i'm like well i kind of suggested this like five years ago uh-huh i could we could have stolen away the golden bachelor years ago because there's a pandemic in this country of women who are my age

who have been married who are divorced i mean you could just do the housewives cast from all the franchises and that's busy three years literally right so anyway so CBS ran away with that but I gave Bravo a whole list of things I'm looking for which is first of all Europeans or Latins okay you know last time I got married to an American it was a disaster so I can stick with the Europeans mm-hmm yeah you know listen I lived in Europe a long time I speak languages you know I I'm looking for somebody sophisticated who has hair. Okay. Yeah. No baldies. Tall, smart, kind, loyal. You know, I need somebody who's got my back. I need somebody when I come off tour who's waiting home for me and who's making me eggs la francese in the morning.

That sounds good you know what i mean yeah for sure partner yeah definitely so let's see how they do it's going to be rough yeah but i'm going to have so much fun doing it no that sounds so fun did you have any hesitation signing on or were you really excited with this concept of course i had hesitations about doing a dating show but you know what do, what do I have to lose, right? Yeah. I get to go to some Caribbean island with some girls that I really like. So fun.

And get to date, you know, people that they bring, you know, to me as kind of matchmakers. Yeah. I think it's going to be fun. I think I'm going to have a great time. And let's see who can charm the socks off of the countess. Absolutely. Now, do you think with the ladies that there will be some competition? Who do you think will have the most similar taste in men?

You know, I don't think they're looking at it that way. I don't think that's really the premise. It's not about us competing. I think it's about watching us try to find the next love of our lives. Yeah. You know, so I don't really think it's all about that. You know, in fact, I asked because i don't want to be competing right i think it's more like you know what how was your date last night i can't believe he said that he didn't pour your wine

you know for me it's you know there's a lot that goes on in my mind in terms of not just physical attraction but somebody who can you know charm me who can make me curious make me interested yeah draw me in you know it's it's a whole game like Mary F kill yeah Mary we'll get around with uh-huh and who we gonna get rid of this is the epitome of what I do in my show. Right. I love it. Are there any plans for a season two of Crappy Lake? Because I know everyone just loved that show. I know.

There's been talk about it. It's so funny. I know. It's so good. We had such a great time. There's talk about it. So I think they're looking for a great new town. Awesome. I love that.

Well, I do hope there's a season two because y'all are hilarious. And I just wanted to wrap this up. Can I ask a question? Yeah, yeah. Do you guys know that they're rebooting

The Simple Life with Paris Sauter? Yes, I heard that. All right, so the reality is that it's too close to The Simple Life because our show was The Simple Life

meets Schitt's Creek. Oh. So guess who saw our show and they're like oh we should be running away with the prize but guess who's not interesting okay that's okay i've got a lot of other projects you have you've got a lot on your plate i have a huge touring schedule yeah which i love and you know and i've got this new dating show and i've got other projects in the works so totally and how are the kids they're both artists right both artists my son has a show coming up in the hamptons this summer in august at the ranch

at the ranches and my daughter is all into spirituality meditation yoga and all that good so she's my spiritual angel and she's a painter so she works this into her painting and stuff and she's mentoring you know younger kids to you know to be their their best selves and so they're both like doing amazingly and and you know my kids are good you know they're good kids they're just you know solid yeah and i'm very lucky because you know listen they've been through the housewives i didn't have them much on the show. It's not really not their thing. Yeah. So I really shield them a lot from the show and things like that.

But they're great. And we have a great relationship. And they still go see their dad and the count in Switzerland and, you know, travel to see him. Yeah. So all is good there. That's awesome. Yeah. Thank you for asking.

Yeah, of course. I have a three-year-old. And when I was interviewing her for her preschool sign of, you know, favorite know favorite color this and that what do you want to be when you grow up and she said a painter and it wasn't just that day she has stuck with us she's still a month later painter yeah artists are artists yeah they just that's just noel paints every day yeah mom i can't come to the hamptons i have a painting to finish i love that he's my little picasso he's got a little twirly little mustache. I love him.

Aw. He's so cute. And Victoria, you know, they both are working and are both doing really great. That's awesome. I'm blessed. Yeah, that's amazing. Lastly, I just wanted to see if you can give us any update on your duet with Nicola Coughlin. Is that going to be coming out anytime soon?

She had joked about wanting to do a Bravo-style song. I saw you suggested you would be down. So I'm like, when's the duet coming out? Oh, my God. Well, that's a great idea. And you know what? We have to reach out to her, right, Samantha? Yeah.

We're manifesting it here on Shenanigans. I'm a big manifester. And you know what? You're going to laugh. So five years ago victoria said mom you should be doing you know a show like paris and nicole like the simple life that would be perfect for you because you know you're like picking you know you're like the paris of the two whoever that is and so she she's a big manifester and and so am i and and that happened right and

then i said this year is going to be my year of falling in love, right? I'm manifesting falling in love. And then comes a dating show. Yeah. They're trying to find me the next slide. Three times the charm, right? Right. Absolutely.

So I actually have those lyrics in my song, Mary F. Kell. Uh-huh. Three times the charm, so catch me if you can. So it's, you know, part of my lyrics. Yeah. So I'm a huge manifester because you know what you have to draw that energy towards you right definitely so and i i say i talk about this in my show you know we have gut instinct right it's called gut instinct for a reason because you have more neurons in your gut than you do in your brain so our gut tells us what

to do and then what do we do we go here we go oh but you know he's this or she's that or you know and you know you change your mind right and you don't you get up here in the monkey brain yeah and you forget about this you know you don't listen to this and whenever you do things from this it doesn't turn out i mean from this it turns out great because it's really a place that comes from love. Um, and whenever you go up here, generally it's, it doesn't work out too well. Totally. Right. So I'm all about manifesting that. And for everyone, thank you for listening. You can find Luann at Countess Luann on socials and head to countessluann.com to get tickets, see her in a city or country.

No, thank you for being here. This near New Zealand. Yeah, in country. No, thank you for being here. This is so fun. This is so fun. Thanks, Shana. Glad we finally did it. Me too. All right. Thanks, girl.

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