>>> SO FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS
REAL HOUSEWIFE OF NEW YORK CITY
LUANN DE LESSEPS HAS LIVED HER
LIFE IN THE PUBLIC, AND HOW.
SHE'S HAD STRUGGLES WITH
SOBRIETY.
POLICE ARRESTED LUANN FOR
DISORDERLY IN STOCKS CASE
INDICATION AND SHE PLEADED
GUILTY TO CHARGES, BATTERY AND
TRESPASSING.
HER VISIT TO LONG BEACH BROUGHT
UP LONG BURIED EMOTIONS ABOUT
HER EX-HUSBAND, TOM, WHO YOU
KNOW IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT WITH TOM.
THAT LED TO DRAMA THAT PLAYED
OUT ON THE SHOW.
WATCH.
>> CHARGED ME WITH RESISTING
ARREST.
>> SHE ASSAULTED A POLICE
OFFICER.
>> THIS IS VERY EMBARRASSING.
>> LUANN GETTING OUT OF REHAB.
>> I'VE BEEN TRAVELING, IN
PRISON, I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO
HOME.
>> SINCE THEN LUANN WENT TO
REHAB FOR A SECOND TIME AND SHE
JUST RETURNED 10 DAYS AGO.
SHE'S HERE THIS MORNING TO TELL
US HOW SHE'S DOING.
HI, LUANN.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
>> THANKS.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I FEEL GREAT.
EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE.
I TAKE IT DAY BY DAY.
I'M GOING TO BE 30 DAYS SOBER
TOMORROW.
SO I'M CELEBRATING.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS WHOLE NEW
LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, I GO TO
AA MEETINGS AND I FOLLOW UP MY
TREATMENT NOW THAT I'M BACK WITH
REHAB AND I TAKE IT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
I LOVE MEETINGS.
I HAVE A WHOLE NEW FAMILY.
>> AND A WAY OF SUPPORTING YOUR
SELF.
>> AND A WAY OF SUPPORTING
MYSELF SO THAT'S GOOD.
>> DECEMBER YOU GO TO PALM
BEACH, THAT'S WHERE YOU AND TOM
GOT MARRIED, BROUGHT BACK BAD
MEMORIES, HAD AN INCIDENT WITH
THE POLICE.
YOU'VE APOLOGIZED TO THE POLICE
OFFICER, TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S WRAPPED UP EXCEPT FOR
PROBATION.
>> I HAVE TO BE ON PROBATION,
WHICH IS GOOD.
I CAN'T DRINK.
AT THIS POINT I FEEL LIKE I'M
ALMOST ALLERGIC TO ALCOHOL.
I CAN'T BE LIKE MOST NORMAL
PEOPLE AND HAVE A GLASS OR TWO,
I'M LOOKING FOR .WHOLE BOTTLE
AND THEN ANOTHER BOTTLE.
>> WHAT'S THE SAYING, ONE IS TOO
MANY.
>> AND 100 IS NOT ENOUGH.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> SO YOU WENT TO REHAB, AND YOU
WERE DOING BETTER.
WHEN WE WATCHED THE SHOW, YOU
WERE DOING BETTER AND YOU
LAUNCHED YOUR CABARET.
>> YES.
>> AFTER IT WRAPPED YOU HAD A
RELAPSE.
WHAT LED TO THAT?
>> I FELL OFF THE WAGON.
I WANTED TO CHANGE MY LIFE.
THEY SAY TO CHANGE PEOPLE,
PLACES AND FRIENDS, SO I WANTED
TO MOVE UPSTATE NEW YORK.
I FOUND A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
I HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME OUT
IN THE HAMPTONS AS A LOT OF
PEOPLE KNOW.
I WANTED TO SELL THAT TO GET
THIS PROPERTY UP THERE, AND THE
CHILDREN WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT
THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR HOME
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MOVE.
I FELT THE NEED THAT I NEEDED
MORE PRIVACY.
>> FRESH START.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHERE I
AM.
I JUST NEEDED A FRESH START.
BUT THE KIDS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH
IT.
THE EX-HUSBAND CAME TO VISIT AND
HE DECIDED TO BLOCK ME AND SUE
ME.
>> THE COUNT.
>> IS THE COUNT HURTING.
>> SO NICE, I LET HIM STAY IN MY
HOUSE BECAUSE WE HAD A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP.
WE STILL DO.
I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID IT.
I WAS REALLY GOING BIG UP THERE
UPSTATE WITH A VERY BIG
PROPERTY.
SINCE THEN I'VE DECIDED TO TAKE
SOMETHING SMALLER AND KEEP MY
HOME FOR THE CHILDREN BECAUSE I
LOVE THEM.
>> WILL LEGAL BATTLE.
WE'RE REFERRING TO THE FIRST
HUSBAND WHO IS THE FATHER OF
THEIR CHILDREN.
>> THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNTESS.
>> WHICH IS FUN.
IF NOTHING ELSE HE GAVE YOU TWO
KIDS AND COUNTESS TITLE.
>> AND A HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS
AND JEWELRY.
HE'S NOT GETTING IT BACK BY THE
WAY.
>> YOU COULD DO WORSE.
THERE COMES A DAY WHERE YOU'RE
OVERWHELMED AGAIN.
YOU WERE NEWLY RECOVERING EVEN
IN THAT MOMENT, WHICH IS ALWAYS
A TENUOUS TIME.
CAN YOU TELL US, I KNOW YOU TOLD
OUR PRODUCERS, JUST SO PEOPLE
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
HOLD ALCOHOLISM CAN HAVE ON
SOMEBODY'S LIFE, WHAT YOU DRANK
THE NIGHT YOU RELAPSED.
>> OH, MY GOD.
FIRST OF ALL I FOUND OUT ABOUT
THIS WHOLE STORY WITH THE
EX-COUNT THAT I WAS GETTING SUED
IN THE PRESS.
SO THAT WAS DEVASTATING.
I FELT BETRAYED, I FELT SO HURT
BY THAT.
I REALLY WANTED TO MOVE ON.
I REALLY WANTED TO FLIP THIS
HOUSE AND GET THE OTHER ONE
DONE, DONE DEAL.
YOU TAKE THIS, I GET THAT.
IT WAS A GOOD TRADE.
I HAD MY HEART SET ON THAT
HOUSE.
MY HEART.
BILLY AND I PRACTICING FOR
CABARET WITH PIANO, WHAT KIND OF
PIANO ARE WE GOING TO GET, BABY
GRAND.
I SAW THE BABY GRAND IN THE
LIVING ROOM.
I WAS ALREADY LIVING THERE.
WHERE IS THE TENNIS COURT GOING
TO GO BECAUSE I LOVE TO PLAY
TENNIS.
WHAT KIND OF GATE AM I GOING TO
GET.
I WAS IN IT.
I WAS DEVASTATED.
I LOST IT.
I HAD A GIRLFRIEND WITH ME.
SHE SAID I LOVE MAKING
WATERMELON MARTINIS.
I SAID I'M IN.
I USED TO DRINK THOSE.
I LOVE THEM.
I HAD TWO OR THREE OF THOSE.
I HAD TWO BOTTLES OF ROSE BY
MYSELF AND PROBABLY A SIX-PACK
OF BEER.
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU.
I WAS LIKE -- I WAS DANCING IN
MY KITCHEN WITH A BIKINI ON AND
A PANAMA HAT.
WAIT, WAIT.
>> A GOOD WARNING, A LOT OF
PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL,
YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING, GOING TO
COLLEGE, IT CAN LAND IN THIS
PLACE WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO STOP.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
>> YOU MADE THAT CHOICE.
SHE'S MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE
NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WITH
>>> SORRY.
WE'VE BEEN CONVERSING THE WHOLE
COMMERCIAL BREAK.
WE'RE BACK WITH LUANN DE LESSEPS
FROM "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW
YORK" SHARING HER ONGOING BATTLE
WITH US.
YOU'RE IN THE AIRING BUT NOT THE
REUNION THAT'S GOOGLE TO M'S AIR
LATER.
WHY AREN'T YOU IN THE REUNION?
>> I'M IN THE FINALE, A LOT
ABOUT MY CABARET SHOW.
>> AND GETTING RAVE REVIEWS.
>> IT'S GOOD.
I LOVE WHAT I DO.
THE REUNION I'M NOT AT BECAUSE
I'M IN REHAB.
>> OKAY.
>> LISTEN, I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF
MYSELF FIRST.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE REUNION,
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, ARE YOU NUTS, I
LOVE THE REUNION BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY WHERE YOU CAN AIR YOUR
GRIEVANCES AND NOT GET EDITED.
IT'S LIKE THE REUNION.
YOU GET TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO
SAY ABOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON.
FOR ME IT'S ABOUT MY HONEST
TRUTH AND HOW I FEEL, SO I LIKE
THE REUNION.
I WAS SAD TO MISS IT.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE
TO SAY HERE THAT YOU COULDN'T
SAY AT THE REUNION, LIKE YOU AND
DOOR INDEPENDE
DARINDA.
>> WE'RE STILL NOT COOL, WHICH
IS UNFORTUNATE.
I LOVE HER BUT THERE'S SOME
ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED.
I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN
THAT RELATIONSHIP AROUND.
BECAUSE I LOVE HER, I'VE KNOWN
HER FOR A LONG TIME.
I HOPE WE RESOLVE IT BUT WE'RE
NOT THERE YET.
THE REUNION IS COMING UP.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT, BECAUSE I
WASN'T IN IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO SAY,
"THE REAL HOUSEWIVES" LIFESTYLE,
COMMUNITY, SHOW, IS NOT THE BEST
PLACE FOR A RECOVERING
ALCOHOLIC.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT COCKTAIL TIME
AND LET'S GO TO ANOTHER PARTY.
LISTEN --
>> WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> I WAS IN CARTAGENA WITH THE
LADIES AND I WAS SOBER.
THAT'S WHEN I CAME OUT OF REHAB
THE FIRST TIME.
I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN.
>> YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE
HAVING FUN.
>> I WAS HAVING FUN.
I DRESSED UP LIKE SOFIA VERGARA.
I WAS LIKE HOLA, CHIQUITAS.
I HAD A GOOD TIME WATCHING THEM.
I NEVER SAID IN THE MORNING,
DAMN, I WISH I DRANK LAST NIGHT
BECAUSE I WISH I HAD A HANGOVER
TODAY.
>> CAN YOU DO BOTH.
>> I HAD MOCKTAILS.
>> THAT'S HALF THE BATTLE JUST
HAVING SOMETHING IN YOUR HAND
MSZ.
>> WHO KNEW YOU COULD HAVE A GAD
TIME GOING OUT TO DINNER WITHOUT
HAVING COCKTAILS.
I REDISCOVERED.
>> I DO HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE TO
RUN.
>> I CAN ENJOY MYSELF.
>> I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO BETHENNY FRANKEL.
>> THE A TEAM CAME TO ME.
BETHENNY FRANKEL CAME IN AND
TOOK CARE OF THE NETWORK.
I COULDN'T BE THERE.
>> THE HOUSEWIVES GET A LOT OF
GUFF FOR YOUR PARTYING LIFESTYLE
BUT GOOD TO SEE.
>> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
MY GIRLFRIENDS THAT HELPED ME
AND CABARET WHICH IS SAVING MY
LIFE RIGHT NOW.
I GET TO DO WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S AMAZING.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO DO IT.
WE'LL POST WHERE YOU CAN.
>> COUNTESS LUANN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU LOOKING SO
WELL.
LOVE TO YOU.
RIGHT BACK.