Caroline Manzo Breaks Silence On Early ‘RHUGT’ Exit: I Returned ‘With The Highest Of Hopes’

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Caroline Manzo wasn’t thrilled with her caller acquisition connected Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip. In fact, she made an aboriginal exit from the Peacock hit, and present she’s speaking retired astir it — arsenic overmuch arsenic she can. “I can’t accidental much, lone due to the fact that it’s not bully for my headspace, but it took a batch for maine to spell backmost [to the Housewives universe],” the erstwhile Real Housewives of New Jersey prima said during a caller quality connected New York Live, via People. “[I was] going backmost with the champion of intentions, with the highest of hopes, to bash thing fun. Unfortunately, it didn’t enactment retired for maine that way.”

Caroline past admitted that she departed the amusement much rapidly than expected. “I came location early,” the world prima continued. “And astatine this point, I conscionable genuinely don’t person the abstraction successful my caput to speech astir it. So, I’d alternatively not but I would ideate it would unfold connected the bid erstwhile it airs and there’ll beryllium a batch said then.”

The TV property near RHONJ after 5 seasons connected the show, past returned for RHUGT season four. However, immoderate alleged unwanted encounters with erstwhile Real Housewives of Beverly Hills prima Brandi Glanville, 50, led to some of them leaving early. Several sources told outlets successful January that they were filming in Marrakech, Morocco, erstwhile Brandi allegedly kissed Caroline aggregate times, and that it was unwanted.

“It was unwanted,” a root told PEOPLE at the time. “And Caroline’s distress implicit the substance did not look to halt Brandi. Things escalated and carnal boundaries allegedly were crossed that Caroline felt were superior and uncomfortable.” Another insider said that Brandi had apologized aft the alleged kisses, and yet different claimed that Brandi was “asked to leave” implicit her “inappropriate behavior.”

Brandi powerfully denied immoderate wrongdoing successful the matter. “Brandi has been prohibited from sharing her broadside of the communicative and successful turn, radical person lone heard unsubstantiated versions,” her rep told People successful a February 28 statement. “Brandi maintains her innocence and vehemently denies immoderate wrongdoing.”

Along with Brandi and Caroline, different formed members for play 4 of RHUGT include RHOBH alum Camille Grammer, erstwhile RHOC stars Vicki Gunvalson and Gretchen Rossi, RHONY alum Alex McCord, and RHOA alums Phaedra Parks and Eva Marcille.