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Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps aren’t on the Upper West Side anymore.
Bravo released the hilarious trailer for The Real Housewives of New York City alum’s new show Luann &Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake on Monday which sees the ladies leave the high society of Manhattan behind to try and rejuvenate the small mid-western town of Benton, Illinois.
The small lakeside community of less than 7,000 has been ravaged by the COVD-19 pandemic. Sonja and Luann arrive in the sweltering summer heat and are tasked with boosting the town’s morale and tourism.
As the trailer opens, Luann remarks, “Oh my god, we’re gonna sweat like a whore in church here.”
Their situation soon becomes all too real as they arrive at a small hotel where they’ll be staying and renovating during the duration of their trip. It’s all very Schitt’s Creek.
“I’m not going to blurt out “WTF” because that’s what I’m thinking,” Sonja says of their new digs during one of her confessionals.
Soon enough shenanigans and hijinks ensue as Sonja and Luann are tasked with building a new park, throwing a “Christmas in July” event, increasing the town’s tourism, upgrading an animal shelter, and giving an “end of the Summer performance.”
“We’re never afraid to get our hands dirty,” Sonja quips to the Benton’s Mayor.
And things get dirty fast! Sonja and Lu are metaphorical fish out of water, but that’s not going to stop them from grabbing some from the lake as the new series sees the pair wrangling catfish by hand.
The crowning moment comes when Luann and Sonja attend the town’s “Testicle Festival” and Lu chows down on a cow testicle.
“That’s disgusting,” Sonja exclaims as Lu says it’s “not bad” but worries about having “testicle breath.”
Of course, this is Luann and Sonja we’re talking about so romance is not out of the realm of possibility.
Sonja seems to hit if off with a local guy named, Billy, who Sonja says is “[her kind of man].
At one point, Luann asks Sonja, “Did you have sex?”
Leading Sonja to confess, “Holy s—t, I got my pipes cleaned!”
However, Sonja has some competition in Luann as Billy’s also caught her eye and is seen landing a quick smooch on the man.
Naturally, the ladies run into some issues. They encounter a problem when trying to install the new playground for the town as well as low ticket sales for their grand end of the summer finale event. In a surprising twist, Luann and Sonja enlist the help of pop icon, Paula Abdul, to come and help.
It’s the end of the trailer for me, as Sonja pulls one of the most “Sonja” moves ever and sings into a vibrator like a microphone.
Watch the full trailer below to see the Legacy girls give country-living their best shot.
The first two episodes of Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake premiere on July 9 at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo. The following week the series will move to the 10 p.m. time slot following the season premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City reboot at 9 p.m. EST.