Jacqueline Laurita provided an replace on her relationship with sister-in-law Dina Manzo earlier this week whereas showing on Carlos King‘s podcast.
Before confirming she’s shifting to Orange County, revealing if she has any regrets from her time on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and sharing the place she stands with Danielle Staub, amongst different issues, Jacqueline confirmed when she final spoke to Dina.
“The last time I talked to Dina, really, was when her father passed away [in April 2020],” Jacqueline revealed on the February 20 episode of Reality With The King. “We used to be super close. We used to go on vacations together.”
According to Jacqueline, she and Dina started feuding on the present and in the end stopped talking due to the drama. However, after Jacqueline realized of the violent break-in at Dina’s dwelling in 2017, throughout which she and husband Dave Cantin had been overwhelmed by males allegedly employed by her ex-husband, Tommy Manzo, she spoke together with her “a couple times.”
“I’m always open and willing to forgive people and be friendly with people,” Jacqueline said. “[But] I think she had a harder time with letting go of the past so she kind of keeps her safe distance.”
Although Jacqueline and Dina are estranged, Dina has hung out with Jacqueline’s husband, Chris Laurita, lately.
“When he’s been in California, he’s had dinner with her. She’s been out to Vegas before and he’s met with her, but I haven’t really hung out with her,” Jacqueline shared earlier than confirming issues could change as soon as she strikes to California “in June.”
Recalling her seven seasons on RHONJ, Jacqueline stated that whereas she doesn’t suppose she dealt with herself “well” in each second, she doesn’t have regrets.
“I can’t say that I regret just because I always feel like, in life, things happen for a reason. Things happen to move you forward and grow from,” she defined.
Jacqueline additionally famous that in her time on the present, she usually discovered herself in hassle with producers.
“I used to get calls from the producers, from the higher-ups because I wouldn’t do something. I would get in trouble,” she shared.
Jacqueline additionally upset producers when she didn’t present up to the season three reunion.
“I thought I quit at that point,” Jacqueline defined. “I don’t know if people realized, but we wrapped the season four finale the night before the season three reunion and were not in a good place. I had already shut down off of filming. I didn’t know my contract had me on there for another year, so I had to come back the next season, but I really felt like I couldn’t take any more.”
According to Jacqueline, her son Nicholas was on the peak of his regression at the moment, which made filming extra of a problem.
“He was not diagnosed but he was about to be diagnosed [with autism]. I was fighting with Teresa. It was just so much negativity and the whole stripper gate thing, that like, disgusted me,” she revealed. “I couldn’t go to the season three reunion and pretend like I’m great with Teresa. I seriously had the biggest breakdown. I just didn’t want any part of it. I cried. It was terrible.”
And, when it got here to filming the season 4 reunion, Jacqueline heard that not solely had been producers bringing in Danielle Staub, however Kim Granatell was additionally going to be there.
“I’m texting Caroline going, ‘You’re the target tonight. Kim G.’s on her way.’ The finale, someone’s always the target and we wanted to know who the target was. So anytime I would hear something, I’d be like, ‘It’s you,’” Jacqueline shared.
As for the way her daughter, Ashlee Holmes Malleo, is doing, Jacqueline confirmed she’s “good.”
“She’s got my grandson, Cameron, who’s now six. And he’s like the cutest thing,” Jacqueline gushed. “I love FaceTiming with him. It just sucks that he’s not here all the time … but I spoil him from afar and she’s a good mommy with him. She lives in New Jersey and I live here.”
Jacqueline additionally provided an replace on her relationship with Danielle, revealing the 2 of them haven’t spoken because the season two reunion, the place the 2 of them shared a hug.
“We had gone to do press and someone from the press outlet told me she was trying to give them, or sell them, stories about me. And I’m like, ‘What? I thought we made a truce,’” Jacqueline shared. “One of her friends or fans or whatever turned on her, starting sending me all their private DMs … She was telling [the] girl to attack me on social media … And then she was telling lies about my daughter to people … So I was like, ‘How can she just make this stuff up about people?’”
“That, to me, is a dangerous person, and I was just like, ‘I’m not having anything to do with her,’” she added.
Needless to say, Jacqueline shouldn’t be open to reconciling with Danielle.
“No,” she declared. “Too many dangerous lies …. To me, I’d rather keep my distance.”
Also in the course of the interview, Jacqueline revealed if she’d be open to showing on a future season of Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip.
“Could I handle two weeks on a girls’ trip? Yes. I could handle it. I could have fun. Even if I fought for two weeks, it’s two weeks of my life, I could handle it. But realistically, I can’t do it because I don’t have a sitter for two weeks long for me to go on a trip like that to watch Nicholas,” she defined.
Then, when Carlos urged it will be simply seven days, Jacqueline stated she might perhaps “juggle it.”
“But if anybody wants to touch my boobies and vagina unwanted, I won’t say what I would do,” she added, giving a nod to Brandi Glanville‘s alleged actions towards her different sister-in-law, Caroline Manzo.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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