There was no fooling Jenny McCarthy.

It wasn’t too long after the Hibiscus sang “It’s Raining Men” did the judge on Wednesday’s installment of The Masked Singer correctly identify who was wearing those oversized petals. While the others guessed Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham (get real!) and Janice Dickinson (as if!), McCarthy seemed to know almost instantly, thanks in large part to the folks she befriended while living in The Big Apple.

Here, the Hibiscus — best known as the Countess Luann De Lesseps from the original cast of The Real Housewives of NYC — talks about failing to outwit McCarthy and what she hoped her song would do for her (non-existent) love life.

Deadline Your costume was pretty gorgeous. It must have been sad to give that up.

Luann De Lesseps We talked about my inspiration, and we kind of decided on a flower. I told them a...