Countess LuAnn de Lesseps had a steamy three-year relationship with Jacques Azoulay that was front and center on the Real Housewives of New York City but he told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively why their "hot and heavy" romance finally fizzled out.

Now shilling his own wine label, Gabrielle Wines, the debonair Frenchman explained why he is no longer dating the reality star.

"The breakup was mutual and it was actually just time to turn the page," Azoulay told Tom Murro at the Humane Society to the Rescue Gala last night at Cipriani 42nd st. in NYC.