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I would imagine that it would be so cool to be invited to be a part of a Pride Parade float or official entourage in some way. Pride Parades can be debauched and silly and fun. You can get hammered and dance. You can wear a gown and a wig, or you can wear nothing at all. There are no rules. Well, maybe there is one rule: don’t stress out about the Pride Parade. Don’t try to micromanage. Don’t turn everything into a five-act drama. The Artist Formerly Known As Countess LuAnn didn’t get that memo. She was invited to be part of San Francisco’s Pride Parade over the weekend, and apparently she was a total pill:

Luann de Lesseps rode in San Francisco’s Pride Parade on Sunday with a group that was voted “most outrageous” — but we hear “the Countess” could’ve also won “biggest diva.” De Lesseps, who was in town to perform her cabaret show, rode with “Emperor” Leandro Gonzales and drag queen “Empress” Pollo Del Mar for LGBTQ nonprofit the Imperial Council.

But a spy said the “Real Housewives” star was “barking orders the entire parade . . . She was yelling at [an associate] who was then yelling at volunteers — three of whom were deaf. She was very concerned with people recognizing her. She completely stressed volunteers out by micromanaging . . . [about] a banner announcing her presence.”

De Lesseps went to rehab after a disorderly intoxication arrest in December. But a SF spy said, “By the time the parade started she was pretty tipsy and then had a paper cup of booze stashed in the side of the car.”

Reps for de Lesseps told us: “She was not tipsy during Pride because she does not drink alcohol. She was sipping sparkling water in a cup in the car.”

Either way, we hear that along the parade route, de Lesseps kept distracting a “wheel monitor,” a mandated person in charge of making sure no one gets run over.

“She kept calling people [over to her vehicle], which you can’t do,” a spy said. “[Her] contingent was yelled at numerous times by security because . . . they kept pulling people in from the audience.” That also meant her ride went too slow. The insider added: “It was frustrating. It was not fun, which it should have been. It was very stressful.”

De Lesseps’ reps concede, “It is conceivable that it was perceived that she was micromanaging and concerned about banner placement, but she’s a perfectionist and a professional, which is why her cabaret show is so good and selling out.”

[From Page Six]

Don’t you just know that it was some sad Real Housewife who got too drunk and ruined the Pride Parade. I’ve watched some of the IG videos of LuAnn at the parade, and chica was sh-tfaced, despite what her rep says now. I mean, what’s the big deal? I would get hammered at a Pride Parade too! Her rep should have just said that: “Look, it was a fun event and of course LuAnn got hammered. She had a great time!” I guess they can’t say that because the last time LuAnn was really drunk, she assaulted a police officer. And admitting that LuAnn was wasted would pretty much be a confirmation that she’s an alcoholic who is not in recovery whatsoever. Still, beyond the sadness for LuAnn’s alcohol abuse, it’s kind of a funny story. She got wasted and demanded that people pay more attention to her at a Pride Parade.

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