Luann de Lesseps, one of the stars of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” reveals how she feels about her 2017 arrest and why she checked herself into rehab.
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00:00 Well, I am so I was going to a wedding in Chile.
00:05 Friends of mine were their daughter was getting married in Chile.
00:07 So I planned to go down to fly from Miami.
00:10 And so I checked into the colony to make a long story short.
00:13 I had had rosé at lunch with my girlfriend.
00:17 We split a bottle of Whispering Angel, which is normal.
00:20 And then there was some people there that were fans.
00:22 So they sent me more rosé. So I drank more than I usually would.
00:27 Then we went to Julie's and on the way we stop and have not one martini, but two.
00:34 So by the time I get back to the colony, I was pretty sloshed.
00:37 And and then I don't know. I got to tell you Dr.
00:41 Oz. It's not something that I you know, that's kind of a regular kind of thing.
00:44 You know what I mean in terms of the drinking path that I was on.
00:48 So I almost think that somebody slipped me something
00:50 because I don't remember a thing after that.
00:53 I really don't a lot of what I know is recounted to me
00:57 because I was with a male friend of mine who I was dating before I met Tom.
01:02 And he hadn't been drinking and he told me exactly what happened.
01:05 So apparently I was being loud in the jazz club. They asked me to leave.
01:09 So I go, okay, fine. And I go up to my room with and Julie's with me as well.
01:12 So Julie stays at the bar gives me privacy.
01:15 There's a knock at the door. It's security. You're in the wrong room.
01:18 Are you by yourself in the know? I'm with the gentleman. You're in the wrong room.
01:22 I said, no, I'm not. This is my room.
01:25 So the guy goes, is this your room? I said, yeah, of course is my room.
01:28 He goes, is that your Blackberry? I said, of course, it's my Blackberry.
01:30 I don't own a Blackberry. Oh, that's really a mess.
01:34 So so anyway. So now the security is telling me I have to leave and I said, no, it's my room.
01:43 I was an admit that it was my room. Don't ask me why, but I was.
01:47 And so they called the police. So then he got nervous.
01:50 He got very nervous for me. He went down to to get Julie.
01:56 And by the time he got he got back, I was in handcuffs.
02:01 It's just the craziest thing. If one thing it was like the perfect storm,
02:04 if one thing had gone differently, I probably it probably would not have happened to me.
02:08 But I'm well, I will get to that. But I'm glad it did, because it was a major wake up call for me.
02:14 So you were charged with battery on an officer disorderly.
02:17 You know, disorderly, that's for sure. Intoxication. Totally.
02:22 Resisting arrest. Yes, it's all true.
02:25 It's ridiculous, but it's true. And I feel so terrible because it's so not me.
02:30 You know, I've been on the show for 10 years. Dr.
02:32 As you know me, you see me socially. I mean, I took a tumble in Mexico.
02:36 That's why I was happy. I took a tumble on tequila.
02:43 But yeah, I it's not me. You know, I'm a nurse.
02:47 I did a fundraiser for the Red Cross. I just can't believe it.
02:51 But you know, it was a major wake up call for me that I was in a position.
02:57 Where I treated someone like a police officer.
02:59 Where I have the most utmost respect for, you know, that way is just.
03:05 I'm beside myself. I'm horrified. I'm embarrassed.
03:09 I'm, you know, ashamed, you know, it's it was to,
03:14 you know, be thrown in jail was just the most horrifying thing that's ever happened to me.
03:20 And I could there was, you know, to be totally out of control like that
03:24 and not be able to hand yourself. That's when I said, you know what?
03:29 I need to go to to rehab and take care of myself.
03:32 And I just had for me personally. I had no choice.
03:35 It was like, you know what you're doing this. I knew I was on a highway to hell.
03:40 I knew I was and I even say it on the show.
03:42 I'm talking to Bethany and Asina and I said, you know, I think I need to go to a spa
03:46 and she was talking to me about going to a spa and it comes up
03:49 and because you know, I was just drinking too much
03:51 and I was using it really to self-medicate and not really looking or dealing with my emotions.
03:58 So let's talk about this a little bit. So this is your Twitter apology.
04:02 This is the first time in Palm Beach since my wedding
04:05 and being here brought up long buried emotions.
04:08 I want to offer my sincere apologies to anyone. I may have offended with my behavior.
04:11 I'm committed to a transformative and hopeful 2018.
04:14 The person was very self-aware. I must commend you that you wrote this this Twitter post
04:20 because most people won't acknowledge long buried emotions as a root cause of a problem.
04:24 Yes, yours weren't even buried that long.
04:27 Well, I had a lot of burials. I mean, you know, my first marriage was a killer for me.
04:32 I checked I checked into Deepak Chopra for two weeks after the end of my first marriage,
04:36 which was devastating for me devastating never got over that really
04:40 and and then what else hmm? There was a car accident.
04:47 I tumbled down a mountainside with the two children in the car in Switzerland,
04:51 and I thought I killed myself and my children. I really did.
04:53 I thought I was going to be dead. It was really rough.
05:00 I'm sorry. I need a Kleenex now.
05:05 And then best I can do such a gentleman and then and then I think you know,
05:16 the this last thing just did it for me.
05:19 I just cracked. I just cracked. I don't know how what happened.
05:23 I just cracked and but it's all good now.
05:31 I want to thank you for being honest because the biggest lies we tell the ones we tell ourselves.
05:37 Yeah, and the fact that you can get it all out is a big first step.
05:42 Yeah, it's big.
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