LuAnn de Lesseps On Battling With Ramona Singer and Having a Baby with Jacques Azoulay

Zap2it.com:

When "The Real Housewives of New York City" returns on Monday (June 4), viewers will be introduced to three new faces -- Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson and Aviva Drescher -- but it's the drama unfolding between original cast members Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Ramona Singer that fans are most excited to watch.

"Ramona and I have always had our fair share of problems with, let's say, connectedness," LuAnn tells Zap2it. "We're just two different people ... but you'll see a resolution."

That resolution definitely isn't coming in the series' explosive Season 5 premiere, though, as Ramona allegedly threatens to blackmail the Countess -- and you know the queen of etiquette is not having that.

But one thing she may be having is a baby with her boyfriend, Jacques Azoulay?! LuAnn already has two children -- Victoria, 17, and Noel, 15 -- with ex-husband Alexandre de Lesseps.

"It would be great if we were blessed to be able to have a child together," Luann, 47, says. "It's something that would be wonderful. At this time in life, it's not the easiest thing. But we're open to it and looking into it and would be happy with it if it were to happen."

Season 5 of "The Real Housewives of New York City" premieres Monday at 9 p.m. on Bravo.

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