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The Real Housewives of New Jersey is currently on a break. The show isn’t being filmed, there’s no word on the cast, and some of the ladies seem to be pursuing other projects. However, Jennifer Aydin recently sat down for a podcast interview where she discussed the show, its future, where she stands with Rachel Fuda, Teresa Giudice, and Luis Ruelas using private investigators, and much more.
Fans will recall that Jennifer first joined RHONJ for its ninth season. She quickly became a fan favorite, and many people want her to return for season 15 whenever it ends up airing on Bravo.
Recently, Jennifer sat down on the All About Real Housewives podcast for a lengthy discussion. One of the first topics that comes up in part two of the interview concerns Dolores Catania. According to Jennifer, they’re on good terms but don’t speak often.
She says, “Hey, Dolores, we’re like, we’re cool. There’s like no bad blood between me and Dolores, you know? I mean, we don’t really talk.”
Jennifer continues, “I haven’t really spoken to her too much. You know, she’s been busy traveling, and like, you know, what she said at Watch What Happens Live really hurt my feelings. I love it when people love to send me examples on how Dolores is not my friend, you know?”
For context, Dolores answered a question about who she’d like to see return to RHONJ and omitted Jennifer’s name.
The interviewers then asked Jennifer if she thought Teresa and Dolores were really friends. Specifically, they mention how Melissa Gorga said that Dolores is closer to her and Margaret Josephs than she is with Teresa.
She says, “I don’t believe that. I don’t believe that Dolores is closer to Margaret and Melissa than Teresa. No, not at all.
“I believe… Dolores will always be loyal to Teresa. I do believe that.”
The conversation then goes to the belief that Luis hired a private investigator and if Jennifer believes it happened. She responds, “Well, first of all, Louis never hired a private investigator, okay? He never hired Bo Dietl. ”
They then discuss Margaret talking to Luis’ EX. She says they knew it the entire time. However, she goes on to add, “We knew this the whole time. That’s the only reason we ever even talked to Laura. And I want to know she wants to say that she spoke to the ex after she spoke to Laura, but the timeline doesn’t make sense.”
She goes on, “The subpoena for her to go and talk about the ex, she declined, was in November of 2021. We met with Laura in February of 2022. When we met with Laura, Laura told us, she talks to the ex.”
Jennifer adds, “Now, I don’t know if Margaret is the one responsible for putting out that video. I know the ex was sending that video to everybody.”
Jennifer also discusses working with bloggers and why she believes she was targeted when other people on Bravo talk to them. She says, “Well, I think the reason that I’m targeted is because I’m the one that’s being put on blast. Any one of these bloggers decides to out their housewife, believe me, there’s going to be an uproar. Every housewife that hates that housewife that’s being outed is going to be like, we want answers.”
They then ask her if she thinks Bravo has her back as a network. She says, “As far as like Bravo not having my back, I feel like Bravo has my back. Remember, the shows that you guys see are produced by the production company, not Bravo.”
She adds, “So I don’t know if it’s like Bravo is really against me, or is it the production company, I feel like would be the question. The production company, I don’t think they’re against me. I think they’re just trying to make a good show. They’re trying to move it along. They only got 13 episodes. I knew that before the show even aired.”
Regarding where she stands with Rachel, she says, “Oh, I don’t have a relationship with Rachel Fuda. No, no, no, no. I mean, I don’t think we ended anywhere bad at the finale, but she didn’t like my cheer, my be aggressive cheer from my cheerleading days.”
Jennifer goes on, “She didn’t like it. She’s like, you fu***** loser. You know what’s your Fu***** loser? Your hot dog lips, okay? That’s the pot calling the kettle black. You look like a fucking sabra wiener. Those lips.”
The conversation then goes to Jackie Goldschneider and her owning up to speaking to Luis’ EX. Jennifer says, “You know what? I’m glad Jackie took accountability. If there’s anything that we can learn on this journey, especially wanting to be an example for people who are watching us is just take accountability.”
She adds, “I know Jackie really wants to have a friendship with Theresa, and she’s not going to like, I know Margaret was trying to be like, how could you be friends with somebody who did that or said that about your husband? First of all, let’s just make this clear. Theresa only said that for the sake of the show. Did she hear a rumor like that? Maybe. Do we all hear rumors about our husbands? Maybe. She brought it to the show.”
Jennifer then addresses the future of the show and of RHONJ will get a reboot. She says, “I believe that we are going to pick back up. And I believe some of us are coming back and some of us are not, is my belief. I will say that I am not fired.”
She then says, “Nobody’s fired. No decisions have been made. We were like, not even like, they’re not even thinking about it right now. They are just thinking about like, what is the best way to tackle it? And whatever their decision is, obviously everybody’s going to have to abide by it. So it’s all good.”
The interviewers then ask Jennifer about the scene with Teresa and the lawyer. Specifically, they wanted to know who talked to Luis’ EX since it was edited out of the show.
Jennifer explains, “So I think he just, like Jim was there repeating, he was reading things from the transcript. And because of the filming and legal things, he wasn’t allowed to say certain names. But basically like this woman, the EX, is actually under gag order from before the show even started.”
She continues, “She’s not allowed to talk about Luis, apparently is what Jim was telling us. So when she wanted to get information out on Luis, she wasn’t allowed to be the one to do it. She had to get somebody else to do it. So in the transcripts, it read something to see the effect of like, this woman was giving information to Margaret Josephs to bring on to the Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
When asked what she regrets from the show, Jennifer says she wishes she wouldn’t have discussed her husband’s affair.
Fans can watch old episodes of RHONJ on Peacock.
