Barbara is DONE with Luann. On recent podcast she said, “The narcissism of this woman, the self-importance and her blatant disregard for people that have helped her has got to stop,” Barbara declared on Wednesday, October 30. “Not only myself, but [our mutual friend] Anne and I’m sure Bethenny [Frankel], and even Mary, who does her makeup, we are disgusted with her. It’s just her total disregard for anyone else. I have no words for her anymore.”
Apparently, the fifteen year friendship ended after Luann said this about Barbara, “Girlfriend, I can carry a tune, so hell with Barbara.” Luann says “That’s the second time, also, that she got caught on camera talking smack about me. … You have to pull the weeds, so you can make room for the flowers.”
“That’s the thing with a narcissist, you can look at yourself and believe that everything about you is so wonderful and throw everyone away,” she told to Us. “I remember last year, picking her up off the floor, literally, trying to carry her, protect her. I was her protector for 14 years. … To make it like she’s pulling weeds? Like I was the bad person, like Bethenny was the bad person? … My prediction? She hasn’t hit rock bottom yet.”
Things do not look good for Lu’s future when all her friends are publicly dumping her.
Barbra is right, she’s not hit rock bottom yet. She still feels entitled and blames others for her mistakes. Bravo and the producers feed her giant ego. She seems to of hit the jackpot with her new bloke as well so I can’t even imagine how ridiculous her ego will be. She needs a reality check. I really liked Barbra and I’m gutted she won’t be on this series.
Yes I agree completely! As a recovering alcoholic I would say she is not taking her recovery as serious as some. I think it’s harder for a narcissist to get sober. They have a hard time thinking they’re not in control.
Yep, and recently Luann gave an interview saying the police bullied her, meanwhile she was drunk in the wrong hotel room and wouldn’t leave. When police showed up she pushed the bathroom door into the police officer’s head. Now she’s claiming she’s the victim. If that drunken episode didn’t open her eyes I don’t what will. She’s still blaming others like you said.
We have known Lu was a narcissist from the beginning, and I mean when she was still married to the Count. It’s a shame that some of her “friends” couldn’t see her as we have for years.
Everyone is over Luann. Except Luann of course.
THIS!
Beyond beyond over her.
Wow Lu has hit some very spots in her life but to think that humiliating herself with a fake marriage and getting arrested is not the bottom of the barrel
Is indeed a scary thought.
Good luck to Barb – you are great!!!
No, Luann, you CANNOT sing.
Luann is a terrible singer. And has always thought she was above everyone. Instead she is a former nurse from hicksville NY, and would-be game show girl, who happened to marry someone with a title that meant little to nothing.
I love that she was outed recently for misquoting the NYTimes to make it seem as if the Times thought her show was fantastic. smdh
If she wasn’t so obnoxiously self-involved and self-congratulatory, one might forgive her total lack of talent.
Correction: She’s a former nurse from Bristol, Connecticut. And as a CT native, I can tell you that Bristol is a town, you’d much rather be FROM, than IN.
Well said thill! She is unbareable!!!! The nasty things she says about people that only helped her is beyond unbelievable!! She is soooooo narsastisic !!!!!!
I have wanted to post this for a long time. I have felt like from the very day that Luann’s punishment was handed down she had zero intentions of staying sober for the rest of her life. Luann doesn’t seem to think she has a drinking issue, I think she thinks she just got caught on a bad night when she had a little too much to drink and the police officer was unfairly mean to her. It was quite difficult for her to finish her probation terms because of the drinking slip ups and not following the rules set forth for her. I am sure she is on the happy hour, wine, brunch circuit and a little drink before and after the show routine already or she will be soon.
I don’t think there is going to be a rock bottom for Luann but a series of picking herself up out of the bushes like she has done before literally and figuratively. Hopefully she can keep from driving a car or going into the wrong hotel room while drinking and she stays on the right side of the law.
TT the pic you chose is perfect. It’s both sad and freeing when you finally cut a narcissist loose. When I find interesting is I did not realize what a toxic narcissist Luann was until the past couple of seasons with the rehabs arrest and cabaret. They are sooo good at tricking you into thinking they are caring or self-aware or fun. But in the end it’s all for manipulation and to hide the truth – it’s alll about them, all the time.
Good for Barbra, Luann uses people then tosses them away.
She’s a “special alcoholic “ after all, rules don’t apply to her, in life and in friendships.
I think that the final straw for a lot of people in terms of Luann was the dinner when Bethenny just finally broke. She revealed what she did for Luann and even Luann’s children (I know there was some mention of it), and yet when Dennis died Luann showed such a lack of sympathy and GRATITUDE. Her utter shock at the IDEA Bethenny would be upset disgusted me a bit. But then, delusion runs deep with Luann. Carry a tune my ass.
This!
Okay, if she has been Lu’s protector for 15 years, why did none of the other women know who she was? Except Bethenny, and that was in the context of Lu.
This is not to absolve Lu, but Barbara was thirsty. She did diss Lu while on mic. Her business is going belly up, and Babs needs a check and some free publicity. Her Lu bootlicking antics seemed calculated to me. She’s as big a phony as her purported nemesis.
Here is also a thing, when you do things for a “friend”, you know “pick up and carry” you don’t shove it back in their faces, you don’t ask for credit. Even when they suck.
Also licking Bethenny’s ass will get you no where.
“Yes, LuAnn, you CAN sing.” — Mimosa
Soon, Mimosa will be the only friend this special alcoholic has left.
The term “dry drunk” refers to a person who isn’t drinking but practices all of the bad habits they had as a drunk. LuAnn is the epitome of a dry drunk.
If she’s even dry of alcohol and/or a substitute. I have my doubts.
Some prefer to tip toe through the tulips while others prefer trip/fall into shrubbery. Life is a Cabernet. Impossible to drink enough to make some voices sound ok.
I really like Barbara so I knew she wouldn’t last long in the Housewives quagmire. Anoneemouse said it perfectly:”Everyone is over Luann. Except Luann of course.” standing ovation & high fives for that post! <3
Like a lot of reality TV pesonalities, LuAnn wants fame but doesn’t have any special talent that makes her deserving of it.
But Barbara also got her digs in at LuAnn so I think they’re even, as far as that goes. Also, Barbara doesn’t fit in on the show anyway, in my opinion.
I wonder who they’ll bring in to replace Bethenny.