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More drama this week on the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
The episode starts off with Caroline Manzo auditioning two of her sisters to be Dina’s replacement. No, just kidding! But oddly enough, the two sisters look more like Dina than Caroline. Albie’s law school dilemma is brought up and Caroline shares she is at a crossroads in her life, as her kids are now getting older and getting ready to move out of the house. It seems Caroline, who has devoted her entire life to her kids and family, is now starting to realize it’s time to start stepping back on the mama bear role.
Teresa and Jacqueline meet up for lunch with Kim D. who does her best Kelly Bensimon impression when she utters a “Hiiiiii” as she walks in late. And did you know Kim D. and Kim G. are sister in laws? Yep I just found that out today. Definitely puts things into perspective. Teresa brings up a good point when she asks Kim D. if she can be trusted since she talks about Danielle behind her back, only to turn around and hang out with her. Kim D. invites the ladies to her fashion show and informs them Danielle will be in attendance. Jacqueline is hesitant to be in the same room with Dirty D (excellent nickname given to Danielle via our awesome commenters), while Teresa seems on-board.
Next up is New Jersey’s equivalent of Kelly Bensimon, except Danielle, even at her worst, still seems very sane in comparison to Kelly. Danielle shares she’s received text messages from 16 ex-cons people informing her that Kim D. has invited her enemies to the fashion show. Dirty D then storms into the Posche boutique and demands to see Kim D. Danielle immediately decides the front desk lady, Donna, isn’t bowing down to her, thus causing her to storm out of the store. Danielle proceeds to once again involve her young daughter in her adult issues via a phone call. Danielle then decides to head back into the store and commands Donna to have Kim D. give her a call. Donna has the best reply as Danielle storms out again: “Didn’t catch your name.” The only thing missing from this scene was Danielle screaming out a ‘Don’t you know who I am!’
Kim D. returns to the store and calls Danielle, who accuses Donna of being rude to her and putting up her finger at her. I went back to watch the footage and at no point did I see Donna raise a finger at Danielle. Dirty D then proceeds to return to the store to stir up some more drama. When Kim D. doesn’t bow down to her, she threatens to stop shopping at Kim D’s store because it would “ruin” their friendship. Perhaps someone should inform Danielle the only reason Kim considers her a friend is because of her wallet. Kim D. realizes she no longer has to pretend to be Danielle’s friend, you know since Danielle is no longer a paying customer, and politely kicks her out of the store.
Danielle, who’s one on one interviews always seem overly dramatic and all around insane, then decides to verbally unleash on Kim D. saying, “believe me she will miss my money,” in regards to her vow to no longer shop at Kim’s tiny little boutique. Isn’t this the same woman who has spent the past two seasons whining and crying about being broke??? Perhaps Kim D. accepts monopoly money.
Caroline and her hubby Al Manzo have an interesting conversation during which Caroline urges Al to retire because she doesn’t like “being alone.” Caroline is 50-years-old so I’m guessing Al is around the same age, which leaves me puzzled as to why she would be pressuring him to retire from a job he seems to love. Asking Al to scale back seems more than fair, but asking him to retire all together seems way over the top. It’s funny enough I discussed Caroline making her entire life about her kids and family last week. Now I do think Caroline’s a good mother, but it doesn’t seem healthy for anyone to have their entire life revolve solely around their kids. Hopefully Caroline can discover herself once again and learn to start living life as Caroline and not as Albie, Chris, and Lauren’s mother.
Kim D. decides to call Danielle and issue a sorta maybe apology. Danielle accepts and decides she will be in attendance for the fashion show. Danielle gives us the second best quote of the night (the best is yet to come) when she states: “Kim D. has no idea what kind of crazies she invited to her fashion show.” This for some reason reminded me of Kelly Bensimon telling the other ladies at the NYC reunion show that they are “dangerous and unpredictable.” Something tells me Danielle and Kelly would make excellent friends!
Next up is the obligatory scene in each episode during which the “others” gather around to talk about Danielle. Caroline informs the ladies she will not be in attendance at the fashion show and Jacqueline feels she should go to support daughter Ashley, who will be modeling in the show. The ladies seem to contradict themselves by now saying the will not allow Danielle to dictate what events they can and cannot attend, when they’ve pretty much spent the entire season proclaiming they want to avoid Danielle at all costs.
We then see Dirty D and her BFF Kim G. as they prepare for the Posche fashion show. In her one on one interview, Jacqueline pretty much sums up Danielle with the following words, “Danielle’s a piece of work. She wants everyone to see her like she’s this victim…”
Danielle walks into the fashion show with a new bodyguard in tow. Apparently Danny the ex-con got fired after for yelling out gay slurs during his last gig. Upon seeing Jacqueline and Teresa at Kim D’s table, Dirty D decides this is an attempt by the women to get at her. On a different side of town, Caroline and hubby Al go on their date night and Caroline sensibly asks Al to try to take more time off work. Al finds this a reasonable demand and promises to do so.
We’re now back to the fashion show and Danielle has decided a psychological FU is needed for what she deems to be the ultimate diss by Kim D. Danielle decides it’s time for her revenge and she begins pouting, ignoring the fashion show, and pretending to be on the phone.
Danielle then gives us the best quote of the season night when the says, “Paris Hilton taught me that, just pretend you’re on the phone.” Aaaah, it all makes sense now! You can never go wrong in life when you consider Paris to be a role model. Ashley takes the runway, and we hear Danielle mutter the words “coke whore” under her breath. Was Danielle referring to Ashley or Kim D? Interesting comment.
As the fashion show moves along, the ladies continue to do the high school stare down. Teresa deems her clique the “cool girls” and Danielle’s clique the “mean girls.” And then out of the blue, Teresa decides she wants to say hi to Danielle. This took me by surprise and I wondered if it was genuine at all. For certain reasons, I will go with genuine for now. Teresa however seemed more confrontational than wanting to make amends during her conversation with Danielle. Thing take a turn for the worst during the very awkward conversation. Curse words are exchanged and the dramatic aftermath will be continued next week.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS – Not much to say about last night’s show. The guests were Caroline Manzo and her son Albie. Andy Cohen was a bit more obnoxious than usual and Atlanta Housewife Kim Zolciak skyped in to give her expert opinion on Danielle’s singing. Kim said Danielle sounded great and wished her the best. Kim also informed us she is once again off with the still married Big Poppa, while also claiming to have a new person in her life. The hotness known as Albie Manzo received a few questions regarding his hotness and Caroline also denied Danielle’s claims that Dina left the show for other reasons.
TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RECAP AND LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE?
This show is a snooooozefest! I can’t believe Teresa is still flapping her botoxed gums. Danielle is beyond strange and demented but Teresa is just plain trash!
@199 Tammy.. It seems like almost every episode.Probably not every, but it seems like it. So really it is kinda of a win/win for her ya know.
I can’t understand why Posche is getting so much exposure. Is Jacqueline really that stupid to think Kim D. really wanted Ashley in her fashion show and not just to make sure it would make the screen. I thought both Jac. & Teresa looked horrible that night both modeling furs from Posche. NO WAY is Jac. 118lbs as she stated in her last blog. Her boobs alone must weigh that. I hate that Ashley is getting all the air time also. You can tell it is going to her stupid head. We really are creating monsters here.
I’ve asked people if they really want to be ‘that’ person that attacks a child for their looks. People on these boards have called the Guidice children everything from gorillas to gargoyles to ape-faced trolls. It’s just pathetic that people seem to think it’s ok to do so, but as Lady Dy said, it is their right. We all take care to respect each other’s right to express their opinions on these boards, and even if we find it personally reprehensible and distasteful, they do have the right to go to that level. It’s a shame, but we all form our opinions of our fellow posters based upon what they’ve committed to writing, and due to the tendancy to attack children, some posters reflect poorly upon themselves. We may not all agree, be we can agree to disagree and this is one of those instances.
And yes, I think that some of our fellow posters are too invested in these reality show characters. We don’t know these people and I find it funny how some individuals are personally affronted by the lunacy we see on TV. I know I know, higher interest rates, yada yada yada…our personal lives must be perfect because we throw enormous amounts of boulders at people on TV!
Monica,
Jacqueline had a breast reduction and you have to remember, these shows were filmed almost eight months ago. If you look at some more recent pictures of her, you will see that she is a small woman with boobs to match now.
Travel plans fell through for today – feeling icky and not up for a seven hour drive with two kitcats…we shall go tomorrow, yes, we shall!
@204 Hi joan,
First and foremost, Im sorry you are not feeling well..Sending well wishes and cyber hugs sweetheart!..Tommorow is another day,and yes you will be on your way to your Holiday Plans, yes, you will!
I totally agree with your post, btw.
Just a FYI…This is what I posted to @dy-yahoo….
Hey Dy,
I was unable to post for quite some time, contacted RT. The only way I could respond was to reboot my computer to an earlier date and log on to RT that way. RT contacted me and stated I wasn’t banned and requested **** so they could look into it. They’ve been great.
When you see my posts after I said I thought I’d been banned, it’s because I rebooted. No probs with any other secure sites, so I didn’t know what was going on.
Today(this evening) is the first day I could read and respond to posts without rebooting,……blah, blah…
I enjoy RT and sharing our views and snark with one another. I’ve disagreed with many posts here and am not afraid to do so. That’s the point of a discussion, really. I try not to get caught up in it, but alas, sometimes I do. Not proud to react, but will always apologize if I’ve crossed a line. I try to respect everyones POV, and appreciate that most all of us can agree to disagree.
Blah, Blah….EVA xoxo
Not that many care and stroll by….But felt I needed to respond..
Peace to all…
@lck,
That speed bump (originally) was more then me just calling you an “asshole”..question mark.
Peace Out! xo
Eva
Can someone please explain whats going on with KimD’s lips…?? My husband says she reminds him of Daffy Duck. ..!!!
Got called into work at 9:30 Monday nite.no show teenagers…so when I got home hubby says I OWE Him to watch HWNJ with him..after all..he did “let” me ?? watch lifetime when we moved to the country !!! LOL LOL….
So, yes I am shameful to say I watched with him….
Still not impressed !!!! Teresa is a just a slug…..whats with the provoking at DirtyD ???? D sure did fall for that hook , line and sinker !!! OMG…… Can you just imagine what thoughts went thru her head ?/ ( D)….she might have actually thought at the urging of KimD that maybe, just maybe Teresa wanted to be friends ??? hahahahaha……
this show is really starting to bug me…..would rather watch Kelly implode than these FAKE wanna be’s….
HAPPY 4th to you all….
Let Freedom Ring …..
Diva :>)
Hey Diva
Daffy Duck..Lmao..That was good.
Yep Tersea poked the crazy no doubt.. Still can’t stand Danielle though,I’d pull her weave just because I don’t like her. j/k, nooo, I’m not.
Happy 4th xo
Hey Eva
xxo
Alrighty then Dy,
Peace and fluff,
Eva
I was kidding Eva..I’m a little saucey today
@212 Dyana,
Alrighty, me TOO!
WOW, Dyana….
Really??
@214 Eva.. What are you talking about?
Common courtesy.
No biggie, Have a lovely weekend.
Peace to you and yours.
Common courtesy?..
Eva what did I do?
I’m sorry if I said something to upset you. Please explain.
@208…???..I didn’t understand it then, and still don’t. ???
OMG, love you teresa, but please stay away from
Danille! this is what she loves, so people will feel
sorry for her. She does not deserve any one feeling
sorry for her. Please don’t fuel her fire anymore.
Love you any way.
.kim d hope you stay on the side of the good guys
meaning, J. and Teresa. Danille will only cause you
grief! Love your store.
Teresa is nothing but an instigtor You knew exactly what you were doing. When you spoke to Danielle, you were not being sincere. Even the look on your face was nasty. You were out to make trouble…that’s why you came out the bag so quickly. You need to focus on your bankruptcy, your husband’s DUI and your husband business partner suing him. You talk about about Danielle but atleast we know who Danielle is! You try to appear like you are so nice. That’s what you say…i’m like the nicest person. Yeah right. You even made little slide remark when you were running late for the dinner one night at Carolines. You were on camera and said sorry…that sorry was so fake. The Manzos better watch you.
I doubt very seriously you would be acting like this if the cameras were not on you. Because no one is going to be having someone disrespect them the way you do to people.
You really showed us who the real Teresa is. *ish please. Your just as fake as they come .
If you don’t want to be bother with someone…leave them alone…let her be….she was not bothering you.
Concentrate on your own life.
You’ve lost another fan!!!!
Now on to Ashley. Ashely needs to stay in her place. She was instigating with Danielle as well. Waving to her with that nasty smirk. Ashley is very insecure and has low self esteem. I pray that Bravo stops giving her so much air time. Jacqueline has her hands full with her and I just hope she gets her life together.
Paris Hilton is very pretty. Like her style.