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Luann de Lessepshas more than just gifts to be grateful for thisChristmas.
TheReal Housewives of New York Citypersonality is reflecting on how far she has come since her arrest during the 2017 holidays, when she told a police officer she was going to kill him.
On Christmas Eve last year, she wascharged with disorderly intoxication, battery on an officer/firefighter/EMT, resisting arrest with violence and threatening a public servant in Palm Beach, Florida. Fast-forward a year, and de Lessepshas put on theCountess and Friendscabaret showandhas more performances plannedfor 2019.
“Life is full of surprises. Last Christmas I was in a totally different place in my life,” she wrote on Instagram on Monday alongside a video in which she appears onstage at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey, as the audience applauds.
“This Christmas, I took a challenge and performed #countessandfriends 5 NIGHTS IN A ROW,” she continued. “Thank you everyone for coming out and sharing your time with me. I see and hear all of you (you all constantly shout out JOVANI with passion). Love you all and see you in 2019.”
She added the hashtags #lifeisacabaret and #sograteful.
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In a statement after the arrest, de Lesseps commented that visiting Palm Beach “brought up long-buried emotions.” Shehad marriedher exTom D’Agostinothere the year before.
De Lesseps did not receive jail time but was given a yearlong probation. She was required to perform 50 hours of community service, attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week and write a letter apologizing to Deputy Steven O’Leary, among other stipulations.
Sheopened up to PEOPLE in Aprilabout the arrest. “You lose a lot of friends when you go to jail,” she said. “I think guys become less interested when you go to jail and rehab. I haven’t even thought about a guy.”
“I just have to avoid certain people,” de Lesseps added. “I lost a lot of drinking buddies. Let’s put it that way. But you know what, that’s okay. I have room for the good ones.”
source: people.com
