DailyMailTV EXCLUSIVE: Leah McSweeney jokes 'hell maybe has frozen over' because she and Ramona Singer are in a 'good place' for RHONY season 13

By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com and Alicia Quarles And Riley Bean For Dailymailtv

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Leah McSweeney was the newbie last season on the Real Housewives of New York but for her sophomore season, the 38-year-old has a year of sobriety under her belt.

The fashion designer 排他的に sat 負かす／撃墜する with DailyMailTV 上級の 特派員 Alicia Quarles and opened up about how difficult it's been to stay on the wagon during COVID-19.

She also 明らかにする／漏らすs that 'hell maybe has frozen over' in season 13 of RHONY since she and Ramona Singer are finally in a 'good place.'

Big Apple: Leah McSweeney exclusively sat down with DailyMailTV senior correspondent Alicia Quarles to talk season 13 of the Real Housewives of New York

Big Apple: Leah McSweeney 排他的に sat 負かす／撃墜する with DailyMailTV 上級の 特派員 Alicia Quarles to talk season 13 of the Real Housewives of New York

After bursting の上に the scene last year as the RHONY fan favorite, going into her second season, Leah said she wondered: 'does it all go downhill after this?'

'いつかs, I'm sure with some people, 存在 on TV does change them, you know? And いつかs it's not really for the better. Me 本人自身で? I don't think I'm any different,' she 反映するd.

Perhaps, at her 核心, McSweeney is the same but unlike her first season, the reality 星／主役にする was sober while filming this time around.

'It was hard. I'm not going to 嘘（をつく）,' she explained. 'I did have a 言及／関連 point, 明白に, because I didn't drink for nine years. So it was definitely nowhere 近づく as difficult as the first time that I やめる drinking. But it was still hard because, like, who wants to be in reality when you're in a lockdown during a pandemic?'

'It was hard. I'm not going to lie,' Leah said of staying sober. 'I did have a reference point, obviously, because I didn't drink for nine years. So it was definitely nowhere near as difficult as the first time that I quit drinking. But it was still hard because, like, who wants to be in reality when you're in a lockdown during a pandemic?'

'It was hard. I'm not going to 嘘（をつく）,' Leah said of staying sober. 'I did have a 言及／関連 point, 明白に, because I didn't drink for nine years. So it was definitely no where 近づく as difficult as the first time that I やめる drinking. But it was still hard because, like, who wants to be in reality when you're in a lockdown during a pandemic?'

最終的に, Leah learned that not feeling groggy or hungover made filming more enjoyable but she 収容する／認めるs that this year 欠如（する）d some of her more wild moments - にもかかわらず donning 水晶 pasties at a party in one episode.

'明白に, there were some amazing TV moments of me throwing raviolis and having a total, like, exorcism in Rhode Island and throwing the tiki たいまつs,' Leah said.?'That was 広大な／多数の／重要な and I'm glad it worked out.'

追加するing: 'But, for me and my health and my life, and me and my daughter, this is definitely, definitely a better choice for me for sure.'?

Doing it for her:?最終的に, Leah learned that not feeling groggy or hungover made filming more enjoyable but she 収容する／認めるs that this year 欠如（する）d some of her more wild moments - にもかかわらず donning 水晶 pasties at a party in one episode

As a 退役軍人 this year, Leah knew what to 推定する／予想する when it （機の）カム to her tight knit co-星／主役にするs, 特に Luann, Sonja and Ramona.?

And, Leah 明らかにする／漏らすd to DailyMailTV that after a 緊張した 関係 with one particular Housewife 悪名高い for ruffling feathers things are finally going 滑らかに.

'Me and Ramona are in a good place 権利 now. I love that,' she said with a laugh. 'Yes, and hell maybe has frozen over, I don't know.'

'I think it was so much 衝突 going on around us in the world. I'm like, "oh, my God, I can't be - I need to make this work". I need for us to have some 肉親，親類d of ありふれた ground with each other,' Leah continued, 追加するing: 'And we made it happen."

'Me and Ramona are in a good place 権利 now. I love that,' Leah said with a laugh. 'Yes, and hell maybe has frozen over, I don't know.'

McSweeney also has a built-in 同盟（する） this year, new Housewife Eboni K. Williams who was her good friend from before the show.?

A strong alpha 女性（の） herself, Leah said Eboni didn't need much 指導／手引 to find her 地盤 but she was there to 申し込む／申し出 up some 激励.

'I guess when there were times where she was like, "ugh, oh my god girl . This is a lot" I'm like, "yes but it's going to be 価値（がある） it,"' Leah said. 'And I just ... I told her to be herself. That was the main thing. Be yourself.'?

The Real Housewives of New York City season 13 首相s on Tuesday May 4 at 9pm ET/PT on Bravo.

Tune in:?The Real Housewives of New York City season 13 premieres on Tuesday May 4 at 9pm ET/PT on Bravo

Tune in:?The Real Housewives of New York City season 13 首相s on Tuesday May 4 at 9pm ET/PT on Bravo

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