Luann de Lessepsis reflecting on her past — and looking towards the future.
During an appearance onWatch What Happens Live with Andy CohenThursday night, theReal Housewives of New York Citystar, 54, was asked about herbrief arrest and court appearancein May after she violated her probation stemming from her 2017 arrest.
“The outcome was that I got stricter probation rules until the end of August, so I’m almost done,” the Bravo star told hostAndy Cohen. “Then this will be behind me, 100 percent. But I paid very dearly, for the last year, for one very big mistake.”
However, de Lesseps isn’t letting her brief slip-up deter her from staying on track with her sobriety.
“I’ll be glad to put it behind me and I feel like I really learned a lot about myself in this year,” she said. “It’s been more than a year. I look at it right now as kind of a blessing, believe it or not, because it really made me step back and take a look at my drinking, etc. I feel fortunate.”
“I’m glad the judge was understanding once made aware of the evidence provided and I was then released,” she said. “I am now looking forward to completing my remaining few months of probation. I want to put this behind me and move forward with my life.”
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Though de Lesseps appeared to complete her community service, probation officers claimed in their report that de Lesseps failed her alcohol test and later admitted to “drinking 2 glasses of mimosas after a performance she had in Chicago.”
In response, de Lesseps was “offered to immediately enroll in outpatient treatment and she declined due to her touring schedule,” the documents said. She was “also given the option to be fitted with an alcohol ankle monitoring device in which she declined stated that it is too intrusive.”
De Lesseps told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement after the report was made public, “I take my sobriety very seriously and like many in my situation, it is a daily struggle.”
“I remain committed to doing whatever it takes to continue living a healthy sober lifestyle,” she continued.
source: people.com
