According to Page Six, the Real Housewives of New York City’s resident manners and relationship “expert” Countess Luann deLesseps is splitting from her husband of sixteen years, Count Alex deLesseps. (Most everywhere on the web spelled de Lessep with a space, but Luann’s own website spelled it deLesseps so that’s what I’m going with) The Page Six source says the Countess received an email from the Count letting her know he was seriously involved with an Ethiopian woman in Geneva. (Why aren’t we watching The Real Counts of Geneva? Now that sounds exciting!)
The source goes on to say, “Luann was blindsided. She was just devastated,” which makes all the sense in the world considering she lives in New York City and he has resided in Europe for the last few years. Perhaps living in separate countries will be one of the marital tips offered in the Countess’ book “Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair
I’m just glad Bethenny no longer has to stomach the horribly demeaning dating advice from the Countess, which included such gems as:
“Don’t tell him everything about you – find out everything about him. You want to be the damsel, a little bit in distress – they love that, guys love that. That you’re…vulnerable and not so sharp as a whip as you are and so quick and so everything. Sit back and let him do the talking, and ask him a lot of questions about himself.”
“With Alex I have to, you know, sometimes just go, ‘Okaaaaaay, let him be a man.’”
“The problem today with women – I think guys are fed up with, you know, being kind of too equal with women, you know.”
Yeah, us men are OK with “equal,” it’s when you women get a little “too equal” that we start to get irate! ??? (Maybe that’s like Octo-mom getting “too pregnant?”) All you savvy male players out there should have already ordered a copy of “Class with the Countess” as a gift for your significant others. You’ll come across as thoughtful (because of course she loves the show) while at the same time she’ll be learning to shut up and “let you be a man.” Women should steer clear, unless you’re looking to be married to a Count that lives in another country or a no-count Ike Turner type that lives in yours.
How do titles like Countess work when it comes to divorce? Will Luann still be a Countess? Or an ex-Countess? Or will she have to revert back to her previous title, Aging Former Model Luann deLessep? Perhaps Season Three will reveal these secrets and more! Until then, here’s a video of the Countess doling out her unwanted wisdom and advice to Bethenny:
****UPDATE 4/7/09 - The Countess tells US Magazine: “It’s been really difficult for me, I just need time.” About her relationship with the count? “We are going to be friends, and we’re going to do the best thing for our kids.” And how about the title question? “I’ll always be the Countess!”
And here’s a rundown on the other newsworthy happenings for the Real Housewives of NYC, thanks to the Huffington Post: Ramona is in trouble at her daughter’s school, Kelly Bensimon is in legal trouble for allegedly hitting her boyfriend, lost a modeling gig and is also selling her Hamptons home. Alex McCord lost her job and is now blogging for HuffPost about her job search.
****UPDATE 4/13/09 - More Big Apple Housewives news! Bethenny Frankel is reportedly dating New York Yankees’ third baseman and Madonna’s ex-boyfriend Alex Rodriguez! Get the scoop (and take the “Which RHoNYC team are you on?” poll) HERE!
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Luann, excuse the Countess, and Kelly are awful people to watch. They are shallow and while they try to seem as if they are NOT all about themselves, they are & in a way that is just gross. Luann- your luncheon on manners with your daughter and her friends was not “fun” but pathetic. Kelly, you need medication. You seem to have serious bouts of anger then nicey nice, and then forget these epsisodes! CRAZY!
I really wish the countess good luck in her future. No one deserves to be treated like she was. An E mail….what a cowardly count. I hope she stays on the show and starts dating…let the Count see what a hot young man is like. No old goats wanted!
We need a Real Housewives of Long Island. Now that would be funny.
tbear – Hmmmmm, are the drawings for sale? I suppose so! I hadn’t really given it much thought – usually when I finish them I scan ‘em, put ‘em in a three ring binder and forget about ‘em. I might be editing this comment later, but I’ll say most of the drawings used on the site (like this one) would be $20 with a range (depending on complexity) on the others being from $10 to $30 or so. It should be easy to tell how big they are if you know I draw on college-ruled paper
Anyone interested in a specific drawing, feel free to email me at info@starcasm.net
The sites doing great! Thanks everybody!
HAHAHA!! Love the drawing! Are they for sale? (I’m broke like everybody else – just thought I would ask. Who knows? I might have some spendin’ money by the time Christmas rolls around)
I agree with a couple of the other posts. Luann seems nice enough, but perhaps a little too confident about the stability of her fairy tale marriage.
I agree with Carolyn. I like LuAnn. She’s the only of of the Housewives that didn’t seem to have jealousy or envy. She held her own. I’m sure she was aware of her husbands infidelity. Women know. I think she may have come to live with it which is why the marriage lasted so long. She did take her title a bit far but I also don’t think she meant anything by it. I feel bad for her, good luck LuAnn. You can do better in all this I’m sure you’ll learn a title is just that – a title and nothing more.
I felt bad for Luann when I read this story. The one thing that stood out about her from the show is how proud she is of her family and part of that was her husband.
I’m sure she is humiliated by this. If I remember correctly, she was her husband’s 4th or 5th wife so clearly he’s done this before. He must like to replace his wives whey reach a certain age. Kinda makes me happy Ramona called him an old man. She should have called him an old dog instead.
Anyway, I like Luann and hope she gets through this ok. Sure she the takes the class thing a bit too far but I really dont think she means any harm by it. I think she is a good person.
It’s not very nice of me, but I’ll be glad to see the Countess knocked down a notch. A fake marriage to someone living in another country doesn’t justify talking down to people, even if he’s distantly related to someone that built a canal a hundred years ago.
You’re postings are ALWAYS so fierce. More plehz