Luann de Lesseps Shares a Surprising Love Life Update After Joe Bradley Hookup Rumors
The RHONY alum dished on her recent date with an older model: He's "62 but really attractive."
Luann de Lesseps may have an affinity for younger men, but she isn’t opposed to dating above her age bracket.
The Real Housewives of New York City alum confirmed this during a recent interview with entertainment reporter Derek Zagami. After teasing her new cabaret show, Marry, F, Kill, Luann shared a quick — and very surprising — update on her love life.
“I actually had a date last night with a guy that’s 62 but really attractive,” she revealed during the chat, which was shared on Instagram. “He continues to model to this day. He does very well as the salt-and-pepper gray, kind of like the husband commercial type of guy.”
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Luann de Lesseps and Joe Bradley face hookup rumors
The interview came about a month after hookup rumors began swirling around Luann and Southern Hospitality VIP manager, Joe Bradley. The whispers began circulating in late January, following their joint appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. Luann, a self-described “cougar” who prefers to date men in their 40s, said she had never met Joe before the episode but found him to be quite “charming” and “handsome.”
“I love Southern boys,” she said during the Clubhouse appearance.
The interaction raised a few eyebrows, as Joe was romantically linked to Danielle Olivera at the time. The Summer House cast member was in the audience during the WWHL taping, but was seemingly unfazed by the flirtatious exchange.
Joe Bradley and Danielle Olivera call it quits
Several days later, outlets reported that Luann and Joe were spotted "all over each other" after their Clubhouse appearance. The two confirmed they did, in fact, accompany each other to a hotel bar, but insisted they never hooked up. Fast-forward to February 20, when Joe confirmed he had Danielle had split after four months of dating.
“I want to be with someone like Danielle,” he said on the Gabbing with Gib podcast. “I just don’t think I deserve Danielle.”
Joe Bradley denies kissing Luann de Lesseps
Joe addressed the Luann hookup rumors during the Southern Hospitality Season 2 reunion, saying he and Luann immediately clicked.
“I have to ask, did anything happen there?” host Andy Cohen quipped.
“I love the MILFs. I’m the mayor of MILF city at Republic,” Joe jokingly said. “This is the truth: Me and Luann got a drink, and we hit it off… She’s incredible. I probably was too flirtatious with her… I did cross the line at the hotel, but I did not kiss her. We did not hook up.”
Danielle Olivera is "99% sure" Joe Bradley and Luann de Lesseps hooked up
But Danielle wasn’t convinced. The Summer House cast member said she was “99% sure” that Joe and Luann did hookup while he was visiting New York City. She said the aforementioned WWHL episode was “wildly uncomfortable to watch… But there was so much that happened after that.”
“The lying, I mean, Joe stayed at my apartment for two nights after the alleged sleepover [with Luann],” Danielle said during the February 29 episode of WWHL. “He lied to my face and said, ‘Absolutely not, I would never do such a thing.’
“... Joe had shared his location with me on the night of the alleged sleepover,” she continued. “I had been with some friends in [the] West Village, and I was just kind of checking in, and I saw him going to the Upper East Side. I literally texted [him], ‘It looks like you’re going to make a mistake.’ And he said, ‘Absolutely not I’m just gonna go up [to] meet with my college buddies.'”
“And did he sleep at his college buddies'?” Andy asked with a tone of skepticism.
“Yeah,” Danielle said, before confirming she broke up with him just days later.
