Sonja Morgan's Viking Boyfriend Is Her Best-Kept 'Secret' — but She Assures 'He's a Real Manly Man' (Exclusive)

Ahead of the premiere of 'Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy', Morgan opens up to PEOPLE about her boyfriend of eight months

Sonja Morgan won't be going Instagram-official with her mystery boyfriend any time soon.

The Real Housewives of New York City alum tells PEOPLE that she and her "Viking" beau are still going strong — and she hopes to keep it that way by not revealing his name publicly.

"I’m still seeing the Viking, it’s been eight months, and I am keeping his identity secret for many reasons," says Morgan, 60, who's soon to be seen in Peacock's Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy. "He's a good one; I don't want all those other girls out there trying to snatch him away from me."

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Morgan says the two first met when she was staying at a cottage in Virginia while her New York City townhouse was being rented.

"It was such a shock to me when we weren't filming RHONY anymore, so I was like, 'I gotta get out of New York City. I need to detach myself from my usual routine to and get my s--- together to figure out what I really want in a man, because I've been wasting too much time,' " she recalls. "And while I was there, the Viking came my way."

She was especially attracted to him after filming her Sonja & Luann: Welcome to Crappie Lake spinoff with RHONY costar Luann de Lesseps. "We were in Benton, Illinois, and after seeing the guys there I was like, 'Wow, these are real men,'" says Morgan. "Like, 'These are not those Hermès Pochette kind of metrosexual men you meet in New York City. These are real lovers!' So yeah, my eyes were open. And the Viking, he's a real manly man, you know what I'm saying? So he got it in and hooked me."

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Morgan first broke news of the romance last month while appearing on a panel with her RHUGT: RHONY Legacy costars at BravoCon 2023. “I am dating a Viking. He has a beard, a mustache — white [and] a little gray,” she shared, before joking about their sex life. "The third time I was with him I was like, ‘Have you always had a beard?’ Doggy-style. And I never swap spit. I don’t want anyone’s spit in my mouth!"

Asked how things in the bedroom are going now, Morgan tells PEOPLE they're both still having "plenty" of fun together.

"I enjoy my time with him," says Morgan. "He gets two days off a week, so I have to make sure I’m available and he’s available. It’s getting a little tricky with my Sonja in Your City comedy tour right now, because I'm doing Monday and Tuesday shows — which, his day off is Tuesday, Wednesday. So we're fitting it in whenever I can."

The only thing Morgan isn't fitting in with the viking? A meeting with her RHUGT: RHONY Legacy costars. "Oh, they haven't met him yet either. I said, I'm keeping him secret!" Morgan says. "I showed Dorinda a picture, that’s it. And she thought he was cute. "

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Morgan was previously married to John Adams Morgan from 1998 to 2006. The pair share 23-year-old daughter Quincy Adams Morgan. Following their split, she dated Million Dollar Listing New York star Ryan Serhant (in addition to other men).

On a July 2021 episode of RHONY, Morgan opened up about what she is looking for in a partner.

“I’m just a Francophile,” Morgan said, laughing. “I’m not averse to French or Italian men. I married American, but he loved to travel. But I should say we were loners. We like to spend a lot of time alone.”

Of course, viewers won't see Morgan alone on RHUGT: RHONY Legacy, which sees her and de Lesseps reunite with former costars Dorinda Medley, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman.

'We have a lot of fun," Morgan says. "It was just so nice to be back together with my girls, and Kristen, who I don't see nearly enough. It's a good chance for all of us to just let loose and have some fun. And there may be a pirate or two, I'm just saying!"

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The first three episodes of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy drop Thursday on Peacock.

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