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The Regency brings up bad memories forLuann de Lesseps.
Back in 2016, the restaurant and bar at the famed New York City hotel was where de Lesseps’then-fiancé,Tom D’Agostino, Jr., was spottedallegedly making out with aPlayboymodel— just a day before theirengagement party.
De Lesseps’ costarBethenny Frankelended up breaking the news to her, with theReal Housewives of New York Citycameras catching the dramatic scene for the Bravo show’s eighth season.
De Lesseps and D’Agostino, Jr. went on toget marriedon New Year’s Eve, only todivorce after seven months of marriagein August 2017. The Countess has stayed away from the Regency ever since — well, until recently.
On Wednesday, de Lesseps told audiences at her #CountessAndFriends cabaret show at N.Y.C.’s Gramercy Theatre that she visited the Regency earlier this month for a trunk show a friend was throwing for fashion companyGlamourpuss.
And while there, de Lesseps ran into a surprising person:President Donald Trump‘s former lawyerMichael Cohen.
Luann de Lesseps and Michael Cohen.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock; REX/Shutterstock
Days later, Cohen was sentenced to three years at the Federal Correctional Institute Otisville, in upstate New York, a jail term he will begin serving time on March 6, 2019. He previouslypled guilty in Augustto eight criminal counts, including tax fraud, breaking campaign finance laws and those illegal $150,000 “hush money” payments he made during the 2016 presidential election to buy the silence of porn starStormy Danielsand formerPlayboyplaymateKaren McDougal— who both claim they had affairs with Trump. (Trump has repeatedly denied the affairs.)
De Lesseps has brushed with the law herself, having beenarrested on Christmas Eve 2017in Palm Beach, Florida. She was charged with disorderly intoxication, battery on an officer, resisting arrest with violence and threatening a public servant, but laterstruck a plea dealin the case and will avoid jail time.
Luann de Lesseps.Janet Mayer/Startraks
The crowd, packed with Housewives fans, ate it up — shouting“Jovani”at every new gown de Lesseps debuted.
They weren’t the only ones in the audience cheering de Lesseps on. Her two kids — Victoria, 24, and Noel, 22 — were also in the crowd, as was De Lesseps’ mom, who was celebrating her birthday.
Elsewhere in the show, de Lesseps was asked about her relationship with Frankel, 48.
In the past, the two have been close friends and fierce rivals. So where are they now? “It’s hot and cold,” de Lesseps said. “We’re cool for the moment, but you never know.”
The same can be said forDorinda Medley, 58, whom de Lesseps fell out with last season. “We’re doing well,” de Lesseps told the crowd. “She came to visit me tonight. She gave me the Jovani seal of approval so we’re all good. We’ve been friends for a long time. We had a falling out, we made up.”
De Lesseps’ show will return to the Gramercy Thursday before stopping at The Paramount in Long Island, New York, on Friday and Saturday. Additional dates are scheduled in the new year for cities like Boston and Miami.
For a full list of dates, visitcountlessluann.com.
source: people.com
