During a particularly memorable season of “The Real Housewives of New York City” — Season 8, which will surely trigger a wave of gasps and delight among fans — cast member Luann de Lesseps was so certain about the prospects of her romantic future that she was telling anyone who would listen. De Lesseps had fallen head over heels in love with Tom D’Agostino Jr., a businessman and fixture in New York’s social scene, whom she had been dating for just four weeks. When she arrived at her castmate Ramona Singer’s apartment to test out a line of hair extensions (classic “Housewives”), de Lesseps was practically giddy as she filled Singer in on the details.
“He wants to marry me!” de Lesseps exclaimed, beaming with infatuation. She was so visibly excited that she banged her hand four times on a nearby table to emphasize her point. It was like watching a teenager talk about their first love: sweet, but with the melancholic knowledge that it will almost certainly crash and burn. A few weeks later, cameras caught de Lesseps finding out in real time that D’Agostino cheated on her while the cast was filming a trip to Miami. And by the next year, the two lovebirds had been happily married and messily divorced.
