\u201cElegance is learned, my friends,\u201d and the Countess\u2019s class is in session<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March 2008, Bravo fans met Countess Luann de Lesseps for the very first time on the series premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City <\/em>(RHONY<\/em>). Then the wife of French Count Alexandre de Lesseps and rocking a capital A in \u201cLuAnn,\u201d the former nurse and Italian TV star from Connecticut was known for her obsession with class and elegance. One of her most notable scenes<\/a> in the earliest scenes of the show was correcting her co-star, Bethenny Frankel, after introducing her to her driver by her first name. \u201cIt\u2019s Mrs. de Lesseps,\u201d she instructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If that Countess LuAnn could see Luann the cabaret star now, what would she say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a career pivot that has made her one of the most successful and iconic alumni of the Real Housewives <\/em>franchise, de Lesseps has fully embraced the world of cabaret. She\u2019s currently on a greatest hits tour, with multiple stops at theatres across Canada<\/a>. Though she first showed off her love of music as early as RHONY<\/em> Season 3, recording perhaps the most iconic Real Housewives<\/em> song of all time, \u201cMoney Can\u2019t Buy You Class,\u201d her cabaret life represents a whole new level. She may be the same Lu that fans first met 17 years ago, but she\u2019s been through many acts since then\u2014including marriage, a mug shot and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahead of her stops in Vancouver (April 11) and Calgary (April 14), Xtra<\/em> talked with Countess Luann about learning elegance, her upcoming check-in at Bravo\u2019s Love Hotel<\/em> and her secret to a lasting post-Housewives<\/em> career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n