Another day, another chapter in the Manzo family drama. But when you publicly make claims, like Lexi Ioannou did then you can expect people to reply and react. This is exactly what Lauren Manzo did. And now, Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Ashlee Holmes is stepping up to the plate after “Dina Cantin’s daughter Lexi straight up lied.”
In her own social media post, Lauren said she never wanted to address family drama. But it looks like it’s all out there in the open. The Manzo histrionics, especially between Dina and Caroline Manzo goes way back, but is now spread throughout the kids and cousins too. RHONJ, ripping families apart!
RHONJ daughter Ashlee Holmes defends the Manzos after Dina Manzo’s daughter Lexi spoke out
It’s been a long time but looks like bad blood is still present. Despite Dina being happily married now, she still has all the feelings over what happened after the demise of her nuptials with Tommy Manzo. Both she and David were victims of assaults. And Tommy is serving time for “hiring a hitman” to stalk and attack them.
This all happened between 2015-2017 but the hurt is still present. Dina’s daughter Lexi confirmed that when she went on Gia Giudice’s podcast. She told everyone that she was so disappointed that her family didn’t help her and her mom get their things back when Tommy kicked them out.
Lauren already spoke up about this and now it’s Ashlee’s turn. She shared a post on social media with many clips of the family and a voiceover sharing her thoughts. She prefaced it by saying that the Manzo’s opened their doors to her, helped her, made her feel special, and showed up for her.
Ashlee then subtly accused Lexi of using her controversial claims against them to benefit her own business. She mentioned each accusation was timed with a “certain Home Goods launch” or a “shoe launch.”
She shared that Lexi’s accusations hurt everyone and explained that Lauren and Caroline tried everything to get her childhood items back, even going so far as attending the garage sale and offering to buy everything back.
“They fought as hard as they could. And they didn’t do it for attention. There were no cameras, no podcasts, no brand launches.”
As for Lexi’s claims that they didn’t do enough to help her, Ashlee says they were “just lies” as she was present at the garage sale and during the alleged phone calls. In the end, she said her post was not for retaliation but clarification.
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