Dolores Catania recently appeared in Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenwhere she shed light on Teresa Giudiceunexpected reaction of a bombshell revelation involving Jackie Goldschneider.
Andy investigated the situation, asking Dolores about Jackie being exposed by Margaret Josephs for inviting Teresa’s husband, Louie Alleysex’s, to his house. To Andy’s surprise, Teresa had no reaction.
“I feel like, number one, she said that when Jackie did that, she wasn’t her friend. She said, ‘At one point, Marg and I were friends. I was never friends with Jackie. I expected that from her.’ The other thing is, as long as she hates Margaret, she has a free pass,” Dolores explained.
Andy questioned Dolores further about the infamous “Warrior video” and whether Jackie was responsible for releasing it. Dolores remained uncertain. “I don’t know who did it, Andy. I really can’t say. She said no, so I have to say, unless she proves otherwise, I don’t know,” she stated.
When asked if she agreed with Rachel Fuda’s comment that Louie may not be straightforward with Teresa about everything in his life, Dolores defended Louie. “No, I think he’s open about everything,” she stated.
During Sunday’s highly anticipated episode, Jackie was seemingly revealed as the person behind everything Teresa tried to throw at Margaret throughout the season, information that led to a major confrontation at Rails Steakhouse.
Tensions were high before dinner, with Teresa’s husband warning her to stay away from Margaret, whom he called a “piece of trash.”
“I hope Margaret and her family suffer. You know, I hope her son suffers the way I suffered,” Louie told Teresa. “The way other people in our family suffered. To deal with a woman like that, she’s a disgusting, vile human being.”
Louie also expressed disgust for the “opportunistic” Rachel and Teresa’s estranged sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga.
Melissa and her husband, Joe Gorgaalso complained about Teresa and Louie, with the latter insisting he would never reconcile with his sister after she and her husband ruined a business deal, allegedly generated bad publicity against his construction business and hired a private investigator.
“It’s okay to finally say ‘It’s over,'” Melissa assured her husband.
When the girls finally arrived at Rails, things got off to a bad start when Teresa refused to sit across from Margaret.
Jennifer Aydin It is Danielle Cabral started things off by arguing about the latter woman’s charity event, which turned into an argument about money. Aydin claimed that “clown” Danielle was jealous of his life and mansion, while Danielle insisted that Jennifer’s massive home was “empty” in terms of the things that matter.
Things got out of hand when Jennifer poked Nate Cabral in the chest after Danielle’s husband had gynecomastia surgery to remove breast tissue. Danielle responded by throwing something at Jennifer, and chaos ensued.
The sisters-in-law then got into the fight, with Teresa calling Melissa a “whore” and Melissa saying Teresa was “white trash.”
The women separated for a moment, before Jennifer Fessler decided she had had enough and left the restaurant.
Teresa set her sights on Jospehs, and the women argued over timelines as it related to Louie and his ex-girlfriend. Both insisted that the other had engaged in a smear campaign, before Teresa yelled, “You are a disgusting, soulless human being.”
That’s when last season’s pre-reunion meeting took place at Margaret’s house. Jackie insisted that the meeting was “all of us showing up to decide how to destroy Louie,” despite what she had said previously.
Margaret was still Teresa’s target, as she shouted, “You’re a liar, that’s why you married the damn plumber, you disgusting pig.”
Rachel came to Margaret’s defense, prompting Teresa to attack Rachel’s husband, John Fuda. Rachel responded by asking Teresa to keep his name out of her “fat hotdog mouth.”
Margaret silenced the room next as she claimed that it was Jackie, not her, who invited Louie’s ex into the fight. Teresa didn’t believe the claim, and Jackie denied it as well. Margaret did have receipts, however, as she claimed to have screenshots showing numerous phone calls between Louie’s ex and Jackie dating back to 2021, in a confessional.
“I met her,” Jackie finally admitted.
Margaret took the opportunity and said she was Jackie, no she, who was behind all the drama with Louie. Jackie responded by telling Margaret to “shut up.”
“No!” Margaret screamed. “You let it come to me!”
In a confessional, Jackie explained her behavior.
“Listen, it was February 2021. That season started with me and Teresa[at odds]. And the whole world was weighing in on whether or not my husband was cheating on me,” Jackie said of her husband, Evan Goldschneider. “Teresa and Jennifer were calling people, trying to get information on my husband, trying to get pictures of women, and here comes this woman saying, ‘Hey, I have something for you to put in your pocket.'”
“So if Teresa said to me, ‘Well, your husband did this…’ I could say, ‘Well, your husband did this,'” she added. “That’s the game. That’s the game we were playing.”
Margaret swore on her son’s life that she never spread stories about Louie to the press, insisting it was “fucking little snake” Jackie all along.
Teresa, however, was unmoved and shocked the room by saying that she agreed with Jackie’s actions.
“I’m not surprised that Jackie would talk to this person,” Teresa said in the confessional. “I understand why she did it, because she thinks I was trying to hurt her with the Evan rumor, which I was — I swear on my kids — I was not trying to hurt her.”
Despite Teresa’s apparent acceptance of Jackie’s actions, Jennifer predicted that her ex-wife would eventually become upset.
“I feel like Teresa is giving Jackie a pass because she doesn’t want to give Margaret the satisfaction that it worked,” Jennifer told the cameras. “But Teresa is also known for being a delayed reaction, so when these things are processed and resolved, I don’t know how OK Teresa is going to be with it.”
Melissa was upset with how the reunion went, calling it a “total failure” in a confessional.
Dolores agreed in a confessional of her own, stating, “Everybody cuts so deep, like, it’s toxic. I look at this conversation as a death.”
It’s no surprise that the episode was dramatic. The explosion argument is the reason why it will not be a traditional meeting for season 14.
“It will all make sense when you see the ending. It’s one of those classics Shirt endings that people will talk about for a long time,” Andy said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Reality Check with Kiki Monique. “When all of us producers saw the final cut of the finale, we made a decision separately and then talked it over.”
“It is in the great tradition of absolute, dramatic shock Shirt finals and they have this epic final group encounter, which is like, it feels like the Last Supper and it’s so Shirt“, he added. “And it’s shocking, dramatic and incredible TV. I’m telling you, when you watch it, I think you’ll feel complete. I really do.”
Just after, Variety reported that instead of a reunion, the women were split into two groups and placed in two separate rooms at Rails, where they watched the final episode. Teresa’s room included Jennifer and Jackie, while Melissa’s room had Margaret, Danielle, and Rachel. Dolores split her time between the two rooms, the outlet reported.
A final episode of this season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs next Sunday, August 11 at 8pm ET/PT on Bravo, with the ladies watching the explosive finale and adding behind-the-scenes commentary in lieu of a traditional reunion. Episodes will stream the following day on Peacock.
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