‘RHONJ’ Alum Caroline Manzo Reacts To Teresa Giudice & Jacqueline Laurita’s Reunion (Exclusive)

Caroline Manzo doesn’t caput that her rival Teresa Giudice and her sister-in-law Jacqueline Laurita reconciled their friendship years aft their falling retired on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Caroline, 61, broke her soundlessness regarding Teresa and Jacqueline’s unexpected reunion connected the latest episode of HollywoodLife‘s Pay Attention Puh-Lease! podcast, portion promoting the caller play of her YouTube cooking show (premieres March 15) and her upcoming cookbook (out Fall 2024).

“I’m blessed for them,” Caroline said astir her erstwhile Bravo co-stars. “I deliberation Jacqueline…when Jacqueline is hurt, she comes retired guns blazing. But I cognize it comes from a spot of hurt.”

Caroline, who also had a falling out with Teresa, 50, connected RHONJ, recalled however Teresa and Jacqueline, 52, had a “true friendship” earlier they became enemies connected the show. “In those years, it conscionable went awry, due to the fact that it was chaos,” Caroline said. “Season 3, play 4, was implicit chaos. That [their friendship] was collateral damage. So I’m genuinely precise blessed for them both.”

Teresa Giudice; Caroline Manzo; Jacqueline Lauria (Photo: Gregory Pace/Stephen Lovekin/SCharles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Caroline confirmed that she hasn’t spoken to Jacqueline astir her reunion with Teresa, which happened past period successful Las Vegas, wherever Jacqueline present lives with her husband Chris Laurita (who is Caroline’s brother). “I ticker from afar,” Caroline cryptically said. “The aforesaid happening erstwhile Dolores [Catania] is successful the mediate of filming. Stay there. We’ll speech after.”

Speaking astir her five-season tally connected RHONJ that ended successful 2013, Caroline said, “I walked distant from it truthful galore years ago, and I’m blessed with the determination that I made. I conscionable don’t privation to beryllium progressive successful immoderate of the mess.”

Jacqueline’s reunion with Teresa happened aft she started bashing Melissa Gorga connected societal media, which fans thought was suspicious, since Teresa and Melissa aren’t speaking close now. But, Caroline told us that she doesn’t deliberation the Giudice-Gorga household play is wherefore Jacqueline yet made up with Teresa.

“Jacqueline has her reasons. Again, haven’t talked to her astir it. But I cognize that Jacqueline is precise methodical astir successful however she thinks and wherefore she does what she does,” the Food, Love and Chaos with Caroline Manzo host said. “I cognize a batch of radical had a batch to accidental astatine BravoCon erstwhile I was talking to Joe [Gorga] and Melissa. You know, alright, cool, deliberation what you wanna think. I’m a large miss with a caput of my ain and I marque my ain decisions. I was precise blessed to spot them. They person ne'er fixed maine origin to person immoderate benignant of contented oregon dislike them successful immoderate way. And they are a batch of fun. I person nary issues with them.”

“I’m not gonna question Jacqueline,” Caroline added. “There’s a crushed wherefore she’s saying that. Don’t cognize what it is. Don’t attraction what it is. Don’t wanna perceive what it is. But I disagree with her there. I person nary contented with the Gorgas.

You tin perceive to Caroline’s afloat interrogation connected Apple Podcasts oregon Spotify. She talks astir Melissa’s alleged “too old” comment, Dina Manzo skipping Teresa’s wedding, and more!

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