Lesseps

"Sonja and I always have a great time!" de Lesseps tells Billboard.

They’re also cut from a slightly different cloth than longtime New York housewives like Singer, Sonja Morgan or Luann de Lesseps — more influencers and aspiring girl bosses than striving socialites or eccentric divorcees.

In a modern day version of “The Simple Life,” Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan head to Benton, Ill., after its City Council invites them to help revitalize the town of 7,000.

De Lesseps and Morgan revitalize a local theater with a variety show and build a new program.

De Lesseps, also known to "The Real Housewives of New York City" viewers as "The Countess," admitted she made a "regrettable incident" and has since been "faced with the truth."