We're Like an Old Married Couple!

THE RHONY STARS REFLECT ON THEIR UNIQUE BOND AS THEY DITCH THE BIG APPLE FOR SMALL-TOWN LIFE

Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan learned a lot about themselves while filming their new Bravo reality series, Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake. In it, the Real Housewives of New York City alums head to the small town of Benton, Ill. (population: less than 7,000), to help revitalize the community after the pandemic wreaked havoc on the local economy. “It reaffirmed my belief that Luann and I both work really hard and that we don’t give up,” says Sonja, adding that the experience strengthened their relationship. “Luann and I were already like an old married couple, but this proved just how good we are together.” Here, Luann, 58, and Sonja, 59, talk to In Touch’s Fortune Benatar about branching out, learning to fish and their guilty pleasures.

Why are you like a married couple?

SONJA: We can spend quiet time together and not have to fill the room with noise and conversation. And we can be annoyed with each other but still be there for one another.