I’ll be honest: I miss OG RHONY just as much as the rest of the Bravoverse. (I mean, it’s easy to say that while forgetting that the monstrosity that was season 13 included those very same women who fans insist are what’s currently missing, but you get the point.) The good news is, even if Bravo’s cameras aren’t on her, Countess Luann De Lesseps (yes, I have to use her full title) is going to do the most and make headlines regardless. ICYMI, Lu has been on a world tour for her cabaret, including a huge win in London with her A-list bestie Tilda Swinton. But even though life is definitively not a cabaret, Lu is using her stage to drop the facts of life, including, apparently, her distaste for one of her Real Housewives of New York reboot replacements.

RHONY 2.0 has been a bit of a rollercoaster. I vibed heavy with the new crew’s first season, but season 2 was, at times, an infuriating flop, and at other moments, unforgettably chaotic. But I don’t like the Countess has been tuning in, since she has backstage bad blood with one of new RHONY’s major stars (my favorite new cast member, ironically enough). Here’s a breakdown of Countess Luann’s RHONY drama with Sai de Silva.

Luann de Lesseps And Sai de Silva’s Feud: Explained

What did Countess Luann say about Sai?

Luann delivering lashings to PHONY cast members is making me giggle😂 #RHONY pic.twitter.com/70LtlQQKEY

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During one of her cabaret shows, Luann tells a story from the recent NBC Upfronts Part where she met “the new cast of New York.” Lu then asked the crowd which one was “the social media influencer.” When the crowd answered Sai (de Silva), Luann quipped that sigh is exactly what she does when she thinks of Sai, AKA the Countess finds the blogger tiring and/or boring.

Luann continues by sharing that after she accidentally got in front of Sai in group photo with the hosts of the TODAY show, Sai got annoyed and “made it known to the NBC people that [Luann] was a bitch.” Lu claims she only boxed Sai because she “didn’t see her” standing there, because Sai is “this big.” Damn, Lu is a tall queen but is being short a crime??

Luann previously told the podcast, Per The Discretion Advised, she was vibing with Sai the least of all the cast members after checking out new RHONY.

What did Sai de Silva say about Luann?

So far, Sai has not joined the chat to publicly clap back at Lu, but I’ll be waiting patiently. Just because our girl has gone to therapy, doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how to chop it up with the best of them. Matter of fact, can we get Andy and a camera?