Joe Bradley is finished maintaining secrets and techniques, particularly in relation to his rumored hookup with Luann de Lesseps.
“I believe that sufficient time has handed and I’m sick of the rumors and the lies,” Joe solely instructed Us Weekly when requested why he lastly confessed to kissing Luann, 59, final yr.
The Southern Hospitality star claimed he was “by no means self-conscious or attempting to cover the truth that I kissed her, as a result of Luann’s iconic.”
Joe alleged that the rationale he saved quiet for thus lengthy was as a result of he “didn’t wish to damage Danielle [Olivera]’s emotions” since they have been hanging out on the time.
Joe Bradley, Luann de Lesseps. Bravo (2)
“We weren’t technically boyfriend and girlfriend throughout that point, however I knew the way it appeared, and I don’t like when folks’s emotions get damage due to my actions,” Joe defined. “And that’s form of why I used to be attempting to cover all the things.”
Us broke the information in January 2024 that Joe and Luann have been “throughout one another” at a New York Metropolis bar after assembly throughout an episode of Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen.
When Joe was noticed with Luann he was in a relationship with Danielle, 36, whom he bought shut with throughout BravoCon in November 2023.
The next month, TJ Dinch accused Joe of hooking up and sleeping with Luann through the NYC outing, which he adamantly denied.
“That is the reality, me and Luann, we bought a drink and hit it off,” Joe mentioned through the season 2 Southern Hospitality reunion, which aired in February 2024. “I did cross a line on the lodge, however I didn’t kiss her.”
TJ claimed through the reunion that he was “99 %” certain that Joe “connected” with the Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum. Joe instructed TJ to “f— off” and caught to his story.
Danielle Olivera is fairly assured that she is aware of precisely what occurred between her ex Joe Bradley and Luann de Lesseps. “I’m additionally 99 % certain,” Olivera, 35, mentioned on the Thursday, February 29, episode of Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen, referring to Southern Hospitality’s TJ Dinch proclaiming the identical share earlier that […]
After Danielle and Joe referred to as it quits in February 2024, she mentioned she was “additionally 99 % certain” that Joe and Luann bought collectively.
Throughout the season 3 Southern Hospitality premiere, which aired on Thursday, January 2, TJ doubled down on his claims that Joe was untrue to Danielle. TJ argued that he and Joe weren’t talking as a result of he “gave him the chance to inform the reality when he cheated on Danielle when he f—ed Luann.”
Joe continued to play coy in regards to the extent of his and Luann’s fling within the premiere, however instructed the cameras, “So what if I did hook up with Luann?”
Joe Bradley. Stephanie Diani/Bravo
His now-girlfriend, Maddi Reese, nonetheless, referred to as Joe’s hookup with Luann “iconic” through the episode, confirming that it did in truth occur.
Joe, for his half, solely instructed Us that TJ made it “manner worse than it wanted to be” and it was “none of his enterprise” within the first place. He acknowledged that whereas he and Luann did kiss, he hasn’t spoken to her since.
“I’m simply glad that that’s on the market,” Joe mentioned. “And I’m completely satisfied together with her and hopefully me and Maddi can go to considered one of Luann’s cabaret exhibits. She’s the s—.”
Maddi, who has been courting her costar since April 2024, solely instructed Us that since their season 2 reunion final yr, the forged “all form of knew” what occurred between Joe and Luann.
“Maddi thinks it’s humorous,” Joe defined. “We’re so completely satisfied now. … It was earlier than we dated.”
Maddi famous that she felt like “TJ form of took it a little bit too significantly” when Joe’s fling was “iconic” to her and “simply humorous.”
Joe admitted that on the time, he felt like his “good friend” TJ was “coming after me, which damage me.” He teased that regardless of their ups and downs in season 3, he and TJ are “in a greater place now.”
Southern Hospitality airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
