She pointed out an important detail I missed in the timeline
When Armand kidnapped Nikki band tortured him, Lestat had to make Nikki a vampire to save his life. He didn't take well to it. Lestat asked Armand to take care of Nikki..Armand watched Nikki jump into the fire.
That's what depressed Lestat into his first sleep.... Then Marius woke Lestat up, and went on that whole adventure. It was after that when Lestat heard about the French revolution which is why he took his earth father to America.
After the attempt murder, Lestat comes to Paris still injured and DOES ask Armand for his blood to heal. But Armand instead gets an unreliable testimony about Louis and Claudia.
But again none of this really means much because a strong theme of this show is that everybody's memory is unreliable. It's intentionally conflicting... And honestly I like that