Caroline Manzo Reveals She Was Asked Back to RHONJ

Caroline Manzo Says She Was Asked Back to RHONJ, Talks "Right Scenario" for Return, and Admits She Was a "Soldier" for Dolores Catania

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Caroline Manzo isn’t ruling out the opportunity of returning to Bravo for a future season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Although Caroline, who left the present in 2013 after season 5, lately turned down a proposal to reprise her full-time position, she admitted throughout a current interview that she isn’t opposed to the thought earlier than sharing her ideas on Dolores Catania‘s ongoing position on the sequence and gushing over grandmother life.

“It would have to be the right scenario,” Caroline defined to OK! Magazine whereas attending BravoCon final month. “I did get asked back this past season, but I declined. I’m at a point in my life where I do things that make me happy. If I’m not happy, I’m not gonna do it. I’m not going to put myself in that position.”

“Never say never —but it’s not on my radar,” she added.

While Caroline isn’t eyeing a return at this time limit, she loves that Dolores has continued to seem on the present since season seven.

“I wanted Dolores from [season one],” Caroline revealed. “She was offered [season one], but she turned it down. I was a big soldier for her to try and get on [the show].”

“[And] when she got back on, she knew exactly what the equation was,” she continued. “She was in a couple of episodes in the past. She understood the job, and she understood the journey.”

As RHONJ followers have probably seen, various forged members from the present have spoken out about Caroline’s potential return to the present, with Teresa Giudice telling Carlos King final month that she’d love to have the unique women return.

“I would love the first, the way we started, season one and season two,” she shared.

And whereas speaking to Page Six in September, Dolores stated she “would love to do [RHONJ] with Caroline because fans love sincere, organic relationships — which is something that we have.” stated the star.

In the meantime, Caroline is concentrated on her position as grandma to daughter Lauren Manzo‘s 5-year-old daughter, Marchesa Anna Scalia.

“She’s the love of my life!” Caroline advised OK!. “I would jump in front of a train for that child. She is the brightest light in our world and just so special in so many ways. We really hit the jackpot.”

The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 is predicted to start airing on Bravo in early 2023.