On Display with Melissa Gorga - The Ultimate Single Girl (w/ Luann De Lesseps)

Episode Date: March 7, 2024

Melissa welcomes the Countess of Cabaret, Luann De Lesseps, onto the show to talk about the recent allegations in the Bravo Universe, why flirting should always be fun, and how a certain popsicle incident tells us all that chivalry ain't dead.  Luann also gives us a taste of what to expect with her new Cabaret Show, "Marry, F, Kill!" This week's sponsors:  Apartments.com - The Place to Find a Place: Apartments.com Chime - Get Paid up to 2 Days Early: Chime.com/melissa  LiquidIV - Hydration Multiplier: LiquidIV.com/melissa (20% off) PlutoTV - Stream Now, Pay Never: Pluto.TV (Free) Progressive - "Name-Your-Price" Tool: Progressive.com

Life is very much about timing and 2024 is my year. Hey hey guys, welcome back to On Display. It is a rainy day here in New Jersey, but I'm about to bring you some sunshine. One of the sunniest people I know I had one of the most amazing trips of my life with her. You guys know her from all of her singing and her cabaret. She's a complete og of New York. Ladies and gentlemen, today I have Luanne de la Ceps. What's up Luanne? How are you? Luanne De La Ceps. What's up Luanne? How are you?

Hi darling, how are you? I'm good sweetie. How you doing? You look so good. I am a hot mess and you look gorgeous over there. Well thank you. You're never a hot mess. Well today I am.

You're a pretty mess. Thank you. It was pouring rain in Jersey today. I was running around all morning in the pouring rain. So this is the aftermath. I know, I know. The weather's not Jersey today. I was running around all morning in the pouring rain. So this is the aftermath here. I know, I know. The weather's not great today, but good to see you, darling, always. It's so good to see you. I feel like I haven't seen you in a minute and I miss you. I feel

like after we bonded on that girls trip, you like whenever you go on vacation with someone and you like sleep overnight and share a house, it's a different vibe. So I feel closer to you than like the other housewives because we had that moment together. We had that special week. That was the first ever ultimate girls trip. So that's special. It was. And I want to say it was the best one. I just do. I just loved it. Besides the OGs of New York going to St. Barts again. That's amazing too. How did that do? Everyone was obsessed, right?

Everyone's loving that. You know, the thing is that people haven't seen the Roni OGs, you know, in years. So, right, it's been literally like three years since our show, since Roni. And so I think they were so happy to see all the girls back, you know, on a vacation together. And it was great.

You know how it is. We get to talk about those things we never get to talk about on the show. Fourth wall comes down and you know, you got to see Kelly kind of explain herself a little bit and scary island kind of thing. And of course, there's always a pirate. I'm always involved in some sort of scandal with a man, because I love men. I love, you're just so, you know, I always speaking of which I always call you the ultimate single girl.

You know, you're like the, you're the epitome of the perfect single, independent woman. You really are. You know, I, I must say, my 50ss this decade of my life has been absolutely the best. Do you know what I mean? The kids are grown. I have a career. I'm doing what I love, which is cabaret. I had dinner last night with my son Noel, who's now well-heeled and an amazing artist,

a painter who is just thriving in New York. And my daughter is incredible. So I feel very blessed. I got two great kids and I'm working a lot, which is fantastic. The Ultimate Girls Trip was great fun. I've got some other TV projects coming up and can't really talk about those for the moment, but a lot of great stuff.

And my new tour, Mary F kill, it's all about the men we've married, the men we'd have fun, the men we were not killing anybody, but the ones we get rid of. You know what I mean? Yeah, no, I say that about you. I want to talk about each and every aspect of all of that. Because I will say, you are everywhere. I've seen you do like, was it an Uber commercial? I've seen you do so many things. You have the cabaret, you do like, was it an Uber commercial? I've seen you do so many things. You have the cabaret, you have like, there's just I have to say, Did you see the Masked Singer?

I saw the Masked Singer. I saw that. Do you know they asked me to do that as well? And I was so nervous to sing on stage. I get stressed out. Like you're doing it all the time, right? And you're on that stage all the time. and it comes so natural to you now and easy and you're so great at it. I still get total stage fright, total nerves. I'm scared that nothing will come out. Oh, no. I get so nervous with it. It always stressed me out and made me nervous. To you, it looks like it's so fun. Well, it's funny because I was just saying this to my team. I kicked off my tour in Boston

at the Wilbur Theater and I was just at Foxwoods. But for me, it's the prep. It's like the makeup, the hair, the thing. I can't stand that part. When I get on stage, that's when I really feel like, oh, this is what I'm here to do. I hate all that preparation. I mean, it's just not me. I hate to get my nails done. I hate to get makeup done. I hate to get my hair color.

I hate all that stuff. You know what I mean? It's like, I'm on that place when I really start to enjoy myself. Because that's what cabaret's all about, though. It's about my story. So it's very hard to forget your words or your story if it's your story. Of course. And it is your story and you are you have been doing this Luanne for a minute

now like a lot of these things with housewives or you know, girls who used to be on the housewives you are really having life after being on that show. And I would say more than anyone else, you are the epitome of like, yes, it was beautiful when you were on the show, but you are killing it off the show as well. And I'm noticing that. I'm like, God, Luanne's everywhere and people love you. And you're just, you're so well liked by so many people.

And I do think it has to do also with like, you're just such an independent woman. And I know you, I know you have a love for men, right? We all we know that you, you'll play and you'll, but you have this independence about you also where you're the epitome of showing like a hard worker, doing it on your own. You'll date if you're in the mood to date, you don't come mood to date. You don't come off needy. You don't come off desperate. Give some advice to my girls out there who are

single and they need to watch how you're doing this. Well, listen, you know, I, you know, I think flirting is so important. I, you know, I love to flirt and, and play with not only men, with just people in general, you know, and that's why I, you know, going back to Cabaret, you know, I get to do that on stage. I get to talk about my experiences like with men and specifically with this tour in Marriott Kill, it is about the men we'd marry,

the men we wanna have and the men that we wanna get rid of in our lives, right? So, you know, and I think, you know, flirting is underestimated. I think giving compliments, um, and letting people know you're interested is underestimated, you know, making eye contact. Um, you know, we have this force field of energy, and my energy is, is that I love myself. I love what I do. And I only,

I try to attract only the people around me that are in the same place. Do you know what I mean? Right. And sometimes we miss, can't always get it right, but the goal is, you know, girls, you have to start aiming for the bulls eye. It's not, you just can't shoot your darts anywhere.

You have to aim for the center and you have to know what you really want. You know, at this point in my life, I've been married twice, I have my children who are grown, I have the home I've always wanted, I have a career that I've always wanted, so I'm in a happy place. I think when people are happy you're going to attract happy people and like-minded people. You know obviously I always say to girls you know, alert, leave a love, you know send a love note. Like if you're at a restaurant, you know, Ler, leave a love, you know, send a love note. Like if you're at a restaurant and you see a guy,

now you have to make sure, that's a little shark attack I do on Ultimate Girls Trip is I'm swimming, right? And I see this very handsome guy wading in the water. So Ramona's like, look at her, she's like a shark. And so I'm wading around this guy and I see a woman walking into the water with two popsicles. And I said, oh shit. Anyway, so she comes with the popsicle and she hands him the popsicle and already

we're having a conversation, me and the guy. And he says, oh, this is Luanne. Say hello to what's her name? I don't remember her name. This is Suzy Q. Suzy Q, whatever her name is. Say hello, he introduces us. And she hands him the popsicle and he goes, well, here you go, Luann, you have the popsicle. So I go back to the girls and I have a popsicle.

And they're like, where'd you get the popsicle? I said, you'll never guess where I got the popsicle. My, only you, this happens to all of you. Why not be nice? why not flirty the guys may be married or whatever but he's not dead people love companies they love to flirt you know so take a chance when those train doors open up jump on the train don't be the girl left standing in the platform do you know what I mean? That's great advice. Although if I walked up to my husband with two popsicles in the ocean and he said, give the other one to this pretty gorgeous woman standing here with this body, her name's Luanne,

I'd be like, fuck you and your popsicle. I'll throw the shit in the ocean. I'm the opposite of you. I would say, what a gentleman. I know you would. I'm a crazy person. That's why we love each other because we take on different terms. But I thought that was very chivalrous of him to offer me the popsicle. And as a woman, I would say, wow, look at

my guy. He opened the door for that lady. He gave her a popsicle. He was nice to her, even though we're together. You know what I mean? So right, right. ways of things. I always tend to look at the popsicle half full and half empty. Honestly, the way you do it is the correct way I will fully say that I would have marched back up the sand. And we would have walked back up and I would be like, did you just give that woman the popsicle that I brought to you? And were you just standing in the ocean speaking to this beautiful lady? What are you doing? Like that would be me. That's the Melissa, Jersey Melissa that would come out.

The point is it says a lot about who he is. And where does he go? He leaves with her. He doesn't leave with me. Right. Right. No, of course. I mean, I'm joking slightly, but I'm not joking as well.

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I mean, speaking of flirting, I've been hearing you've been flirting with with a new man. Are we saying anything about this? Is this a cute little flirt situation? I'm dating right now. I have some dates, I have some guys I'm dating and I'm single. So what's wrong with having a lunch date or having a cocktail? Yeah, the rumors are swirling some handsome French banker. I've seen something on that. I can't see you with anyone but a French man anyway.

You have French through your veins. Well, look, I was married to a French man. I was with Jacques. You know Jacques, right? Yep. Yes. So I just think you have a thing for French guys. I know. You know Jacques, right? Yes. So I do have a thing for French guys. I know you do. And you just seem like that's what you look good next to. It just works for you or something. I can't explain. I'll never forget the morning we woke up and you came in butt-naked

and had your coffee. It's one of my greatest moments in life. I will still stay that to the day I die. It was one of my greatest moments. Like Lurin just walks out with her coffee butt naked. Good morning, everyone. I'm like, wow, this is how you live, everyone. This is life. Yeah, well, you know, St. Burt's is French, don't forget. So I'm in my element.

It is. That's why I say that. We were in Turks and Caicos. I forgot. I'm thinking of St. Burt's right now. Oh, weren't we in St. Burt's? No, we were in Turks and Caicos. That's why I say that. We were in Turks and Caicos. I forgot. I'm thinking of St. Barts right now. Oh, weren't we in St. Barts? No, we were in Turks and Caicos. That's right.

I forgot. You had me confused. Well, an island is an island is an island. That means naked with a bathing suit on. There you go. And you took a little dive every morning. You were a doll. Okay, wait.

So any serious dating or no? Like how serious? No, I'm just dating. I'm enjoying being single. I really, you know, I'm really loving life at this age and having that freedom. I love the idea of dating. I love the idea of having... Listen, I'd love to have a serious relationship at one point again, but it's not like I'm desperate for it. I feel like in life, it's timing like I'm desperate for it. I'm just, I feel like in life it's timing.

I feel life is very much about timing and 2024 is my year. I love it. Well, cause you're doing so much with the cabaret. I'm actually super excited. You're doing a show in Huntington, Long Island. I am opening a brand new Envy, my second location, literally across the street from the Paramount.

Yes. And I am trying to do the same day because it would be earlier that day so that we... Amazing. I'm trying so hard. If not, it's going to end up being the weekend after. But I said, oh my God, I see your name. I'm there all the time setting the new store up. And I see... Well, listen to it on that because I'll come by.

Exactly. Then you can come by. I'm sure everyone who comes to me is going to come watch your show after. So I'm like, we can make it's literally across like on the same street. I look at your picture every day. So Oh my God. I love it. I love it. I love that theater. That shows, as you know, March 16th. It's one of my favorites venues to play because it's just so cabaret and everybody can like move around. And even though it's like, I don't know, 800, 900 seats or something like that, but it just feels like a party in there. There's so many great little restaurants in there. The bars are great. It's just a really good time. My show, it's really pop culture meets cabaret meets comedy.

And so Mary F. Kill is like, it actually was inspired by my fans because every cabaret show that I did, I used to do a Q&A with the audience and I still do that sort of a thing, but it's more of a game. We actually get to play Mary F. Kill, but that's how I started with the tour, with this one in particular, was because every show I do, fans ask me, who would you marry, who would you F,

and who would you kill? So I was like, this is a no-brainer. The next tour is gonna be called Mary F. Kill, and I wrote a new song for it. What's the name of this song? Mary F. Kill. Oh my God, love. And you sing this at the cabaret.

Yes. And I perform it live. I love this song. I wrote it myself. I write all my own music. As you know, Money and Chic and Giovanni. Obviously, I work with some great producers. Bruce Roberts is the producer on this song.

And he produced my Christmas song, What Do I Want for Christmas, Just You. And then what else did, oh, he do. And then I have, you know, Viva La Diva, was written by Desmond Child. So I work with like some really major producers and Mary F. Kills my newest song and I'm excited it's gonna drop. I am so excited.

This is at the point in March now. Um, so yeah, I think fans are going to really love it. Um, it's very catchy and a lot, just a good, you know, dance song. I love how far you've come with the music. Like you didn't just do like the one or two songs. You keep going and you're still currently making new songs, which I think is awesome that you're still recording these and still doing it and you're doing them for your show. And you ever think about working with a label or doing something like that? Well, yeah. Well, you know, Money in Chic, we're with Ultra Music, so Ultra Records. So we're looking at labels now for this song. And Ultra will be one that we're looking at.

But for sure, I have my own Pandora station, right? And I'm on Spotify. I know. Isn't that crazy when you can do that and you can just pick yourself to listen to on Pandora? Yeah, right. It's a trip. I mean, never in the million years where I've imagined.

I mean, don't forget, I'm from a small town in Connecticut. I'm a nurse. You know, I always dreamed of a bigger life, but I never imagined I'd be playing myself on reality TV for 16 years as of yesterday. I don't know if you saw my post. I saw your post and I was like, wow, it was that long ago was the first episode, huh? I know it's crazy. It's crazy. And you know, and then Crappy Lake is still streaming on Peacock with Sonia. I don't know if you got to see that show. I did. You two are my favorite girls together because it's just wild, messy fun, and I love

a little messy fun moment. It's amazing. Yeah, it's good stuff. Yeah, we did some good stuff there. We really helped this town and what an amazing job to be able to have that kind of work and help people at the same time and make it fun and funny and leave behind some really lasting things like the Motel Benton now has built an addition and they're sold out through next year. People are coming to Benton to stay in the Sonia and Luann suites. Wow. So you should get commission on these things, right? Isn't that like, we should get like commissioned when we go somewhere and film somewhere and then the place gets

packed in my right. It's like, well, at least whenever you go there, I'm sure they have a room waiting for you. I'm sure that that at minimum, I'm sure is happening. I know you've seen Sonia. Have you seen like Ramona or talked to anyone else? Have you been in touch with other girls? Oh, yeah, I do. You know, Dorinda and I talk all the time. You know, Ramona is in Palm Beach, darling. She's very busy. She's very Palm Beaching it. I know this. I see this on Instagram. Exactly. And Sonia, you know, Sonia is a bit of a recluse when she's not working, but she's touring

as well. She's doing her show. She does kind of Sonia in your city kind of thing. Yes. Yes. So she's got a lot of tour dates also. So we're both really busy, but I love Sonia, Rita. Of course I love my Sonia. And let's see who else. You know, last time I did a podcast from one of the New Yorkers, I had Kristin on it. You were about or was it Kelly? No, it was Kelly Ben-Symon and you were about to go that night with her to I think it was

a basketball game. Does that make sense? The Rangers. The Rangers. It was a hockey game. That's right. And then you guys were up on the Jumbotron. I saw her later on posting that. It was really cute. then you guys were up on the jumbotron. I saw her later on posting that it was really cute.

Are you guys tight? It was great. She you know, she kept talking about the Rangers. How's she gonna take me to a Rangers game? And it was a big thing on ultimate girls trip because she kept saying it but she actually never took me. And then um, and then of course, you know, I called her on it on the trip saying, you know, oh, yeah, okay, you're that kind of girl, right? I hate people that say, you know what, I'm going to take you and, or I'm going to

do something with you or, oh, let's have lunch. And then they never follow up. I can't stand that. I like people that keep their word. Right. You know, that's one of the songs, you know, the girl could love that song because it's like, I'm the type of girl that's always loyal to the end. People come and go but always be your friend. Because that's who I am. Yes. I love it. No, it's true. No, you are loyal. And I will say that about Kelly. She texts me to she always wants to make dinner plans. She's she's the type that her she puts her money

where her mouth is. I actually got tight with her after this Bravo con, we were together the whole Bravo con. I don't know why we just were always in the same place at the same time. We were on a lot of the same things and we just bonded. We had dinner together. I really like her a lot. Yeah, she's very, she's a sweetheart and she's gorgeous.

She's not hard to look at, that's for sure. Oh, not at all. Yeah, right. And, you know, she went back to school, got her real estate license. And so she's doing real estate. Andy Cohen even said about her, he said, I'm impressed by how well Kelly has done since being off the show, et cetera, because she hasn't been on the show in 10 years.

A long time. I know. Long time. So it was nice to have her back. Well she's gorgeous too. It's just good to just, she's good to look at. She's such a sweetheart. Apartments.com has helped millions of renters find their perfect places. And the beauty is they're all different. None of us are the same, right? So why should our homes be?

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It's like a trend or something right now. Right, right, right. Well, you know how it is. It's like when you see a bunch of penguins around the water. If one penguin goes in, all the penguins are going to jump into the water. So Leah has her experience and I have mine. It's never been my experience, what Leah had to go through. God knows we've had the same experience, but you were with me on the first Ultimate Girls

trip. I did not drink the entire trip because I was sober. Do you remember that? Yes, I do. You didn't have one sip of alcohol. And you know what Kyle said to me? She goes, you know what, Luanne? You are so much fun even without drinking. And I think I inspired her a little bit not to drink, Kyle. And so anyway, just to say that nobody's forcing you to drink, nobody's pouring alcohol down your throat.

No. It is your choice to pick up a drink or not. So, I understand what she's saying because there's a lot of pressure around it because there is a lot of drinking around it. But if you don't want to drink, you don't go to the bar. Exactly. You can't put the blame on someone else. If you can't put the blame for whatever, then you don't want to put yourself in that position.

And for her, it was very stressful. So I hear her and that is her experience and I totally respect her for that, but it's never been my experience. Right. And I can say the same. We also have Margaret Josephs on our show who does not drink. She does not touch alcohol. No one has ever, ever pushed her to have a cocktail, to have a drink. And I was on that whole trip with you, not one producer, no one has ever said to you, Luanne, why aren't you going to have a, it's not my experience in seeing it either. Even my, you know, I've been to personal social dinners with Andy multiple times, Always respectful, always appropriate.

Never. I mean, listen, is Andy a fun guy? Yes, of course he is. That's why we all know and love him. He's a personality, but he would never, I mean, let's be, he's a smart man. I don't think he's offering his staff and his cast members anything. Like he's not offering anybody any type of drug. That's for damn sure. I mean, I've known him a long time. I've known him since the very beginning. Like I said, it's been 16 years. And it's just not his character. It's not. He's not going to be that stupid to start offering things to housewives. I mean, he's not stupid. So that's not my experience and I don't believe it.

Right. And I'm 100% with you on that. And I just think it started with the Caroline, then it went to... I did start with Bethany actually. I feel like this all started with Bethany. She's... 100%. Did you see that she canceled her Rewives podcast now? Because, so for my listeners who don't know, Bethany has canceled her rewives podcast. She said it's giving off a lot of negativity. She doesn't want her daughter seeing that it's negative. She didn't want it to spiral into what it spiraled into. I mean, I don't know.

Did she cancel or did they cancel her? Well, she said she's canceling it. So I don't know. Did you cancel or did they cancel her? Well, she said she's canceling it. So I don't think so. But I was going to ask you your thoughts on that. What do you think? What did you think about that? She's canceling it. You don't think it's her choice?

Well, I don't know whether it's choice or her choice or not. I mean, I don't see any positivity in what she started doing in the first place. First of all, she only talked badly about us, talked about how toxic the show was, right? Bethany only talked about how toxic Housewives was and never mentioned us in the press whenever she was doing something else, et cetera. And then all of a sudden, all she's doing is talking about us. Right. So, you know.

On the whole, right. So I'm sure none of you appreciated that podcast at all. It's negative and, you know, I don't go around talking negative about her. And so I just find it in bad taste, first of all, and I'm glad that it got canceled. She says she's canceling it because it made her feel dirty. And trust me, I know if you don't feel it's right, get out of it. And she's going to always be known for like that movement that kind of started this whole thing. And I think she's realizing like, this isn't

the way I want. I'm not going out like this. You know? Well, exactly. Well, you know, I just think that, listen, I get what she's trying to do in terms of protecting reality, TV people, et cetera, and the money that comes from where this show is sold at different markets. And I'm spacing on the word right now, but residuals. Residuals, which by the way, I agree with. I will say we all agree that the residuals should be there and yada yada. Right? I mean, that's right. I get that part. But you know, but you know, it's like, it's like, you know, some of these shows, and I'm sure you can understand this more than anybody. You know, it's like, really, do we have to

go below the belt? Do we have to ruin people's lives? There's certain shows, as you know, that that's what happens. It's never really been New York in terms of, we were never played that dirty. It was more of a comedy. Right? But some of the shows, they really go for your throat and they go for your families. They go for your children. Oof, yes.

You know, and so there's a way of doing things and there's a way of doing things. You know, I understand she's trying to help reality stars, but at the same time, you know, why not even bite the hand that feeds you, but step on it and crunch and smash. Choke it out, like a choke hold for sure. And I will say your show didn't play as dirty as the others. You guys were really funny and you had like dating things that went on that with men and

crisscrossing of men and all of this. But like to me that feels like, oh my God, a walk in the park compared to watching Salt Lake City and watching Jersey and like some of these other shows like on I feel like Bravo honestly wants to get back to what you guys were, you know, to that vibe. And I don't even think they're they're liking this pivot of dirtiness. I think they're going to start going in a more positive direction because this is not what the people want to see right now.

Yeah, exactly. Life is so many problems already that are happening in the world. So it can get dark on these shows. And that's why I think Ultimate Girls Trips people love because we're not digging too deep. We're just trying to have a good time, the girls together reminiscing, talking about what it's like to be women. And I think people like the more relatable storylines than they do, you know, I'm going

to take you down. There's plenty of train wrecks already in the world. And so I feel like that definitely the Housewives can line up on that in terms of just have a good time as women. And obviously, there's always drama when you put that many women together. But there's, you know, I think there's a right kind of drama. Right. No, I agree. And I think, you know, hopefully it all goes back to that. Listen, I hope Jersey goes back to that. I'm going to just hope and pray.

I'm praying, dear darling. Oh my gosh, Luanne, pray to the gods every night for me. Yes, but I think it will. Let me ask you quick before I let you go. Are you friendly with any of the new New York girls? You've met them and do you like any of them or have you had any interaction? I've met Erin. I met Erin.

We saw each other at a Broadway show. I can't remember which one, but it doesn't matter. I know Erin. I met her and her husband. I met Uba. I know Uba. I love Uba. I like, oh my God, Brynn. Yes, Brynn. She's single. She's the dating girl on the show too. Exactly. Exactly. She's like my style. Jenna Lyons, I met her at the upfronts. So I know the girls, but not well at all. But I think, listen, it's a different group of women.

They certainly are not us. No one will ever be you guys, Luanne. You guys are the originals. You paved the way. And I honestly miss, by the way with that said I do love the New York but I absolutely loved I love your show like I really did and the legacy gives me such a good little piece of it and just you know and I feel like I grew up with you girls like I started as a young housewife I was one of the youngest and I met all of

you right off the bat 14 years ago and And we've always been at events together. Do you guys do you remember when they did the real housewives like live tour they did 12 years ago, we went on these tours together and did all of these things like we go way back we've been on for the longest, you know, I know. And you do amazing on the show. I gotta just give you kudos for how you've managed to get through it and keep your strength and keep your family together. And that's so important is, your family comes first and everything else can just go away. But the family is really the most

important thing. And it's been such a great ride for so many years. And now I'm going off and doing other things and I'm loving the Cabaret and I love doing the Ultimate Girl Strips. I feel like the OGs have to go everywhere. We need to be on below deck next, the OGs. Yes, that's smart. I love that. That's such a good idea.

And that show, people go crazy over that show. I know, right? And how funny would it be to have Ramona Boston and the people around on the yacht? I mean, I'd love to see her with Captain Lee. But it's such a ride and I feel really blessed that I get to do what I love to do, which is my cabaret tour. And so I'll see you on March 16th at the Paramount. Yes, I am trying like hell to make it work that day because I just feel like it would be such an amazing day

on that street, you know. Oh my God, it would, it would. Yes, but I'm gonna shoot you a text and let you know for sure. And I'm trying, I'll tell you this. So I'm definitely trying. And it's not, it's not, I'm at the Wilter in the week after, or you know,

the Wilter and Swarmadonna place. Oh right. It's a big theater in Los Angeles on March 22nd. Tell everybody where they can go to see all. Is it like your website? Give us. Yeah, CountessLuan.com for all my dates. So check it out and hopefully I'll be in a city near you guys.

Yes, guys. Make sure you guys check it out. It's CountessLuan.com and see if she's stopping anywhere near you guys. Luanne, thank you so much for coming on. I absolutely love having you. You're like a breath of fresh air. I want to come to New York. We have to do lunch with Kelly, the three of us because we'll have so much fun. Yeah, let's do that. I would love that. And I hope it works out for the paramount. Yes, I'll shoot you a text to confirm for sure so that you can stop by first, you know? Oh, 100%. I love it. Okay, good. All right. Thank you. Good luck with

everything. So good to see you. You too, honey. All right. Ciao. Ciao. So what's it like to be the mom of four little girls and the wife of an NFL quarterback? Well, it's absolute insanity in the best possible way. But you can hear that for yourself when you listen to my podcast, The Morning After with me, Kelly Stafford. And yes, Matthew joins sometimes too. It's parenting, it's marriage, it's friendships friendships, and its football. It's our life. So check out the morning after with me, Kelly Stafford at Apple podcasts,

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