Luann de Lesseps is aging in reverse. At home in Sag Harbor, New York, the 60-year-old Real Housewives of New York City icon is wrinkle-free and snatched - but that's not the most impressive thing about her. She has an unmistakable joie de vivre and a mischievous spirit. Most former Housewives disappear into obscurity when the reality spotlight fades, but De Lesseps is booked, busy and thriving. She's reinvented herself as a cabaret star, with upcoming dates on her Lu-Niverse Show into next year and as far-flung as Australia. It's not just her career that's red-hot. De Lesseps has never hidden her sex-positive outlook, and that hasn't changed with age. Earlier this year, she starred in season 1 of the dating show Bravo's Love Hotel, where she did on screen what she does in life: try men on for size and move on when they don't fit. LUANN DE LESSEPS PHOTOGRAPHED BY SARA JAYE WEISS, HAIR BY SANDRA GONZALEZ, MAKEUP BY NATALIE NICOLE Instead of fading into the background, she's unapologetically taking center stage. "I'm living my best life, and there just happens to be a six in front of my age," which, she admits with a laugh, "I'm not thrilled about. But it doesn't interfere with the way I live my life." Former 'RHONY' Stars: Where Are They Now? Practically nothing does. She's picked herself up and dusted herself off literally - after falling into a bush on an infamous RHONY trip to Mexico in 2017 - and metaphorically, after an arrest the same year for disorderly conduct and other charges. You simply cannot keep a good countess down. The Connecticut native - one of seven kids - initially pursued a nursing career, but fate had other plans: The 5-foot-10 bombshell was scouted to be a model on the streets of New York at 23. An unlikely stint as cohost of an Italian soccer show followed - as did a marriage to Count Alexandre de Lesseps in 1993 (they have two kids, Victoria, 30, and Noel, 29) - and in 2008, she was asked to join the cast of the NYC franchise of a relatively new reality show. The Real Housewives of Orange County had premiered two years earlier on Bravo, but De Lesseps had never seen it. "If I had, I don't know if I would have done the show," she confesses. "I didn't really know what I was getting into." For 13 seasons. RHONY fans were gripped by her story line, which included two divorces, a stint in rehab and her reinvention as a campy, cult-status cabaret star. "A great sense of humor is life-saving," she says. Now, in her seventh decade, the Countess is happier - and hornier - than ever. Sitting down with Us, she spills RHONY tea, her plans for the future and, of course, some fiery details about the men - and women - in her life. SARA JAYE WEISS What advice would you give to women in midlife who want to thrive like you? If you don't think you're great, nobody else will. Being interested is what makes you interesting. Put yourself in the right place, and you can draw attention and chemistry around you. Just say yes. Is your sex drive at an all-time high? My sex drive is really good. What can I tell you, I love boys! At this age, we have to deal with menopause and all that, but some have it worse than others. It's really never been my problem. What's your favorite thing about men? They're just so much easier than women. Women are so much more difficult. Guys just want affection. They want love. They want to be nurtured, and I'm a nurse. It goes back to my nursing, which is, I like to take care of people. I like to take care of boys, you know? I like to cook, I like to play sports. I'm kind of a personality. Cooking is a very sexy thing to do together - it's a very flirty place. Sports is something where you can connect with a guy, right? "Oh, she can go skiing or she can play tennis." I speak several languages, so I find [myself] speaking sometimes Italian or French with somebody that's European in New York. That's our best bet as girls - go to Europe. Because girls are always asking, How do you meet guys? And I'm like, well, sometimes you've got to get out of your comfort zone and ake a trip and take a class, take a French lesson. Put yourself in a place where you're going to meet different people and change it up. If you don't change, your life is never going to change, so I try to live by that rule. It's like, if I want to change this, I've got to change myself, because that's when the change really happens. Andy Cohen Has Strong Words for Fans Believing 'RHONY' Cancellation Rumors What's your best sexual experience? One of my favorite nights was, "Be cool. Don't be like, all uncool [in season 7]."We're in Turks and Caicos, filming, the girls have gone to bed. Ramona [Singer] and I go out and find these handsome guys from London and bring them back to the house. Ramona takes off to the beach with her guy, and I take mine straight to bed. Then I say, "Oh, 3 o'clock in the morning, you've got to go because I'm filming tomorrow," so he leaves. What I don't know is that Ramona let her guy sleep upsta