Jacqueline Laurita has discovered a new way to drunk rant â is this good or bad? She recently posted two videos answering viewer questions about her life, the show, and all things in between. Interestingly, Jacqueline ignored most of the questions about Teresa Giudice (she was asked over and over again where they currently stand) but she did address her situation with Dina Manzo, drop hints about the reunion, dish on almost landing a spinoff, and more.
Jacqueline is preparing for the Real Housewives Of New Jersey reunion, which films next month. Jacqueline predicts itâll âbe a good oneâ and âextremely eventful,â adding, âI think itâs gonna be pretty intense.â
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The remainder of the season is also really dramatic and will go in surprising directions, although Jacqueline warns, âthey cut so much outâ of the backstory. Sheâs annoyed that the viewers arenât getting more information.Â
Jacqueline admits she was âsurprised at Melissaâ this season (she did not mean that as a compliment) and has not spoken to Melissa or Teresa since filming wrapped. She also has âno ideaâ how Juicy is doing in prison and Chris hasnât spoken to him.Â
Jacqueline insists sheâs no longer as emotionally invested in the show as she once was, and although she finds editing annoying sometimes, she understands itâs meant to be âentertainment.â
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âI found it really hard to express myself when I first started doing Housewives because I was always taught if you donât have anything nice to say, donât say anything at all. So I was very uncomfortable,â Jacqueline explains.
She bit her tongue a lot because she didnât want to hurt peopleâs feelings or be mean. âIt was really hard for me,â she continues. âBut then after youâve been on for a few years youâre just trained [that] if youâre thinking it to just say it, so that the viewers understand what youâre thinking. And it makes better TV.âÂ
âItâs frustrating sometimes because things that air donât really tell the full story of what happened in a scene, so thereâs always more to the story that people donât see,â describes Jacqueline. âBut then I look at it as, itâs entertainment. If people are loving me or hating me â as long as theyâre engaged in the show. I donât have to deal with them in my real life. People are judging you for what they see and theyâre not getting the full story, so I donât get offended.â
âThereâs things that Iâm shocked, over the seasons, didnât make the air. Cause Iâm pretty open and I put a lot out there. I donât really get embarrassed because everybody has shit in their lives, and has ups and downs. The people who are gonna be in my life, are gonna be in my life.â
âWe donât have any say in editing,â adds Jacqueline. The Housewives do not get to view unedited footage, only the final episode cuts.
Jacqueline maintains that reacting to the other women and the drama is her job, so she tries to be real in those moments, although she separates her real life from her TV life when the filming stops (yeah right, twitter queen!).Â
She disagrees that being required to discuss certain topics or instances makes the show scripted, or that producers influence the drama this way. âItâs pretty real. Youâre just put in unusual situations you wouldnât normally put yourself in, but whatever happens in those situations is real,â she clarifies. âItâs not scripted at all.â
âWhen youâre cast to film on a show, youâre cast to film together so you have to talk about each other. Would I be talking about certain cast members if I wasnât on the show? Probably not,â Jacqueline says. âBut when youâre all forced to film together things happen and you gotta talk about whateverâs going on in your life.â
âIn a typical situation if I was fighting with somebody Iâd probably just ignore them and walk away, but when youâre on TV and youâre being filmed â if I were to just walk away every time you guys would be bored to death. So youâre kind of trained to just, whateverâs on your mind, express yourself and think out loud.âÂ
âThen of course you canât just let it go, because you gotta film telling everybody whatever happened in the scene,â Jacqueline adds. âYou gotta make sure thatâs caught on camera so the viewers know whatâs going on too. So that gets a little redundant.â
She is friends with some of the ladies in real life, naming Kathy, Rosie, Siggy, and Dolores, but others are just co-workers or acquaintances.Â
âI love Rosie,â Jacqueline gushes. âRosie is amazing. I love Kathy and Rosie.â
She also adores the new girls Siggy Flicker and Dolores Catania.Â
âI love Siggy. Sheâs a very kind person. Sheâs very much like me season 1: she just wants peace with everybody, she just wants everyone to get along. She doesnât really know the full history of everything and sheâs just navigating her way through it. I think sheâs a great addition to the show â her and Dolores. I actually pushed for them to be on the show. To be honest, I recruited them. Theyâre both great. I talk to Siggy and Dolores all the time.âÂ
From what Jacqueline is hearing, both Siggy and Dolores will be asked back next season.
She describes her relationship with Teresa as âweâre like the sisters who rip each otherâs hair out and the next second weâre hugging. Itâs really weird.âÂ
âNever say never,â Jacqueline shrugs of a future friendship with Teresa. âThis is gonna sound crazy, but my favorite Housewife to watch is Teresa!â Jacqueline laughs. âI just think sheâs so funny and she makes great TV.âÂ
 Jacqueline now takes her relationships with on-screen enemies in stride. âI wouldnât quit if anybody returned on the show,â she promises. âListen â Iâm the last person to be afraid of confrontation. I never have a problem with confrontation. I do best with one-on-one confrontation, but I donât get intimidated by people.â Â
âYouâve gotta film with those people even if youâre uncomfortable around those people,â Jacqueline says, âso thatâs when things happen: because you donât really wanna be there, but you gotta be there!â My, my â miss I once skipped a reunion has certainly had a change of heart! âI never regret things I do because it always leads to other things.â
Jacqueline was asked several times if she feels famous â she doesnât. When sheâs not filming, she primarily hangs out at home and with friends and family who know her well.Â
She explains that being part of RHONJ definitely creates a divide between her real life and her reality TV life, and certain aspects of her real reality are never seen. âI have a lot of friends who are not part of the show and would not be part of RHONJ in a million years. Itâs hard hanging out with them when weâre filming, because we get so involved with filming.âÂ
She also says filming never really wraps since they do âpick up interviews,â or the confessional one-on-ones, throughout the season so production can get soundbites from each woman that coincides with whatever scenes will likely make the final cuts. RHONJ is no longer actively filming that Jacqueline knows of.Â
Jacqueline also commented a bit on Caroline and Dinaâs feud â she is not involved this time.
âCaroline and I are good,â she says. She talks to Albie and Chris more than Lauren.
âWeâre peaceful right now, but I havenât seen [Dina] in a few years. We havenât talked at all.â Jacqueline isnât sure if Dina and Chris are in contact, but they were recently on a âgroup textâ thread, and Dina did a shout-out to promote The Little Kernel on social media. She is still close with Jamie Laurita, her BIL, and they talk frequently.Â
âItâs unfortunate with Caroline and Dina,â Jacqueline muses. âI guess itâs like that with a big family â it like goes in cycles. Never say never. Eventually people come around. Did you guys ever think Teresa and Melissa would be friends? She finally took my advice! I donât care if itâs fake; it doesnât matter. Itâs so much better for the parents, the kids⌠Itâs so much better for Teresa to have a relationship with her brother, and all she has to do is respect his wife to make it work.âÂ
Jacqueline has not seen âfreaking psychoâ Danielle Staub, but she heard a rumor that her name is on Danielleâs âkill list.â (aka the list of people Danielle wants to murder). Jacqueline doesnât think Danielle will ever return to Real Housewives Of New Jersey because sheâs âsort of a liabilityâ but says Danielle âbegsâ to return every season.Â
Moving over to the personal side of things, Jacqueline shares an update on Ashlee and the baby and talks plastic surgery, finances, spinoffs, and how she feels about Housewives from other cities.Â
Ashlee is doing great. She, Pete, and the baby are currently living with Jacqueline, and sheâs thrilled. âIâm in love with Cameron! I just wanna kiss his face off. Heâs the cutest little baby.â Theyâre each taking shifts watching the baby breathe while he sleeps.Â
She doesnât know what she wants the baby to call her. âIâm still trying to find a name for myself. Iâve been joking around saying Iâm âglamâma, but I donât know what to call myself. I thought of Gigi. Gigi sounds like someone with her face pulled back really tight and perky tits when theyâre old,â Jaq laughs. âYeah, I could take Gigi!â
Nick is also doing really well. He goes to school, has help at home, and is adjusting to Cameron. âI donât know if he quite understands it yet,â Jacqueline concedes.
She denies any recent plastic surgery.Â
âI actually have not done one injection or filler since right before we were filming Housewives,â Jaq maintains. She demonstrates moving her eyebrows and explains that half of her face moves, while the other side has the remains of the fillers and is still semi-frozen. She is adamant that the only permanent surgery sheâs done are nose, tummy tuck, and eyes. âIt was free â who wouldnât do it?!âÂ
Sheâs also had a boob reduction three times. âThey keep growing back so Iâm gonna do it again,â she giggles.Â
Jacquelineâs friendly with several other Housewives from other shows. âThereâs women from each of the Housewives that I talk to. Tamra and Gretchen, I love. Carole⌠and Kim Zolciak. I love Kandi â sheâs a sweetheart.â She recently ate at Lisa Vanderpumpâs restaurant and really likes her. âI love Andy Cohen,â she adds. âI think heâs brilliant.â
The Lauritaâs finances are also improving. âThings are definitely going better with us. Little Kernel is doing aaaaamazing â itâs in almost 4,000 stores already. BLK is finally making money!âÂ
Theyâre still in their house but doing updates because they still want to sell. Jacquelineâs budget includes getting Starbucks only a couple times per week now [Side-Eye], but since Pumpkin Spice has been out sheâs been getting it every day. The number one perk of being part of the show has been the connections sheâs made in the autism community.
After leaving RHONJ, Jacqueline discussed doing a spinoff, but decided against it. âI just think that takes a lot of work with it just focused on you. Iâd rather be part of a group to be honest with you. If I had a show itâd probably be called âLivinâ Laurita Locaâ.âÂ
Jacqueline also revealed her funniest moment that never made the air. âI shouldnât even talk about itâŚâ she begins, âbut we did this Halloween thing one time and Teresa dressed up as Danielle Staub!â
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âShe put underwear on with an earring, like her thing was pierced â like nude panties (over her clothes),â Jacqueline laughs.
âIt was terrible!â
Other random tidbits â Jacquelineâs uncle was a piano player for Frank Sinatra. And sheâs traveled the entire length of the Alaskan highway in an RV.Â
Sheâs also decided sheâll be doing weekly Facebook Live sessions after each episode airs.Â
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