RHONY’s Luann de Lesseps takes first sips of alcohol after sobriety and says vodka ‘tastes so good’ – The US Sun

DURING Thursday’s episode of Real Housewives of New York, Luann de Lesseps ended her sobriety following her 2017 drunken assault arrest.

The 54-year-old reality star drank for the first time since her probation ended and gushed that the glass of vodka “tastes so good.”

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The RHONY Countess sat with co-stars Ramona Singer, 63, and Dorinda Medley, 55, at the anti-bullying charity comedy show she co-hosted back in September 2019.

After saying she “needs water,” Luann reached for the glass of liquor as her “drinking buddy” Dorinda asked if the drink was actually water.

Despite Ramona saying it was all vodka and trying to grab the cup before it hit her lips, Luann took a sip anyway.

After her first sip, she continued drinking out of the glass and beamed as she said in a confessional: “Oh, it tastes so good!”

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The Bravo star once again raved that the vodka was “so good” after a few more sips.

“There you go it’s over! Let the curse be lifted, we’re done,” Dorinda said excited her long alcohol break is over.

Ramona was also supportive and said in a confessional: “It was bound to happen. She’s allowed to drink, all she had were some sips.”

Luann defended her choice: “To be able to have a sip of vodka and not get arrested is huge.

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“I don't have to make excuses. I'm a grown woman and I'm ready,” she told her friends.

Earlier in the episode, the mom-of-two claimed she wasn’t drinking still despite the ongoing temptation.

“For the moment I've been kind of taking it day by day. But you know, I'm with the girls a lot and they like to drink, and sometimes… I do get very tempted.”

She continued: ”I've kind of made a promise to myself that I'm not drinking now because I've just finished my probation.

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“I’m not making a decision either way. But I keep going back and forth in my mind,” she said just before the event that was filmed seven months ago.

Luann was arrested on charges of battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Palm Beach, Florida, in December 2017.

She later checked herself into an alcohol treatment center - before a second stint in rehab in July 2018.

Her commitment to sobriety formed a key part of her plea deal with prosecutors the following month which saw her spared jail.

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Last month, she told Bravo TV's Daily Dish with Andy Cohen that fans will see her drinking again on this season but is not at the moment during quarantine.

"You know what, this season you will see I am drinking socially and responsibly, and at this moment right now, I am so grateful, I am not drinking.

"I don't feel like drinking, and my daughter is not drinking so we're kind of not drinking together, and it's been good,” she revealed to the talk show host.