Luann de Lesseps of Real Housewives of New York fame was reportedly given the boot after hogging the mic at gay piano bar Townhouse in Manhattan.
A source told Page Six she “monopolized the piano, but that isn’t how it works; you sing [one song] and move on.” Luann, who performs her own show called “Countess Cabaret,” had other plans, yelling at patrons before eventually being shown the exit.
Witnesses said de Lesseps appeared intoxicated as she tried to get the pianist to play her original songs.
“Luann thought she was doing her act. She tried to sing [her song] ‘Money Can’t Buy You Class,’ but they didn’t know it. They know standards.”
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“The piano player was like, ‘I don’t know the song,’ and she responded, ‘It’s a hit!’”
As de Lesseps belted out “jumbled versions of songs,” the crowd turned on her and started booing.
That’s when de Lesseps started “yelling at the gays, ‘You don’t know me! I’m a cabaret star!'” She told the crowd “f–k you,” at which point she was allegedly kicked out of the bar for getting aggressive.
De Lesseps told Page Six the following day: “I was at rehearsals all day yesterday [for her upcoming cabaret show], then went to dinner with Broadway producers. We were in a celebratory mood and drinking champagne.”
After dinner, she says she went to Townhouse with “Kinky Boots” producer Jim Kierstead, where “there were a bunch of people singing, and it was a fun, boisterous crowd.”
At Kierstead’s urging, she “got up and sang a few Broadway songs they were playing.”
“I realize I was a little bit tipsy, but we were having fun, and it was getting late. I’d been rehearsing, and I was in the mood to sing a few songs. Then Jim said to me, ‘Lu, I have an early rehearsal,’ and then we left around midnight, 11:30 p.m.”
She denies being ejected from the venue.
g-sing
she has also gone to rehab numerous times and been arrested. she’s an alcoholic.
MarcyMayer
The Real Housewives franchise denigrates women. They show women acting beastly towards one another. However, I’m not surprised as I’ve always believed that deep down Andy Cohen is a misogynist.
CNY1983
Everybody knows more is MORE, even countesses. hit the road.
M K
You can’t break up with me because I’m breaking up with you.
Essie
An alcoholic shouldn’t be at a club drinking champagne.
Gadfeal
She is NOT a countess. She had been married to a Frenchman who claims being a count, but French aristocracy ended once it became a republic; noble titles have no legal standing in French law. In addition, you are only a countess if you inherit the title, To take on the title if you marry a titled count is a convention that ends when you divorce. Luann was wife number 4, and if Mr. de Lesseps remarried, the title of Countess would pass to his prevailing wife.
I’ve always wondered why, in an age of women’s rights, that some persist in taking a husband’s name or title like a mask over one’s background. Choose one way or the other.
ron2013
Well said!
Kangol2
Didn’t Countess LuAnn once have a song out titled “Money Can’t Buy You Class?” A little self-awareness, Countess de Lesseps, and please, go back to rehab till it truly works.
Brian
I hate the entire “Real Housewives” franchise more than words to describe, but even still, I feel like this isn’t a story. She got too drunk and embarrassed herself. Let’s move on.
Plantman
I thought that Luanne went dry? I just heard her say so within the last 3 weeks on Housewives. Sounds/looks like a problem to me!!!
Spunk Junkie
Does anyone really give a rat’s ass about this tired old bitch anyway? PUH-LEASE.
(and if you do it serves you right for hanging out in a piano bar, errr-kay?)
feduplib
Countless, is more like it,
She’s an awful singer to boot
Rivcuban
A Real Housewives star making a drunken scene in public? What a surprise!