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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 1:43 am 
That made me cringe too, Keldogg! I was embarrassed for her that she made it about "how many times..." geeeze...
Personally, I think they're all offensive in their own ways. Teresa isn't the only one who isn't the brightest bulb .....
Why do I watch this stuff?! lol
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 4:18 am
Idol, I have said since the season started that Teresa and Juicy seemed to be the cause of the family problems. It was painful watching her at the reunion. I almost fell off the couch when she said Juicy didn't have a drinking problem.
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Roblover
Member
05-17-2011
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 5:45 am
I really do not care one way or the other about any of these women anymore, but I do think Teresa responded to the "Does your husband have a drinking problem" question the only way she could have. She hesitated just a bit before answering. No matter what she thinks she had to answer that with a no.
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 6:31 am
Increasingly I am beginning to feel that this show is doomed;here is no good reason to watch this show.There are too many books to read, flowers to plant, places to shop, naps to take.
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 6:54 am
No matter what she thinks she had to answer that with a no.
No she didn't. If she felt he did, then she should say that. Lying and covering up for alcoholics and drug addicts is called enabling.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 6:58 am
Well, it wasn't an intervention or something. I think it was the right thing for her to do as a wife. She may very well be aware of it and for all we know they could be addressing it in the privacy of their home
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Fayc
Member
01-16-2010
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 7:08 am
If they are addressing it in the privacy of their home, then why for goodness sake put it on national tv? If you are going to put your life out there, then you have to be honest, or people see you as a fake.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 7:19 am
$$$
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:01 am
I don't blame them for keeping parts of their lives private. I've never thought being on a reality show meant total access. There's parts I really don't want to know about! Blech blech... lol I have a lot of problems with what Teresa has said and done, but that's not one of them. Unless we were signed up for a rehab show, I'd never say that on tv.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 12:38 pm
I agree, she could only say no to that. Andy is pushing the tabloid lately. I could tell by her hesitation that she aware and she was upset when he was drunk at the dinner party. He also had a DUI even though he said he had shots at the friends house after the crash. I think she knows but that is a private issue.
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 2:42 pm
http://absurdtosublime.net/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/
Dina wrote a long blog and discusses what we have been talking about it here.
FWIW I have no problem with Teresa keeping things private, but she should just say that instead of tiptoeing around questions and/or lying. When asked a question she doesn't want to answer she should just say "it's a private matter".
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 8:38 pm
Quote from Dina's article:
It’s a shame this TV show used to be about our lives and now some lives are just about a TV show. That’s not how it should be…
Wow....how very true.
Thanks for posting the article, Frogichik. I really enjoyed reading it. I'm not saying Teresa is in any way innocent in all that happened this year, but I did feel in watching that Caroline and Jacqueline decided they liked Kathy and Melissa which did lead them to sort of gang up on Teresa.
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Cashewotis
Member
06-05-2011
| Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Hi Everyone,
I have enjoyed reading all your posts and comments and thought I would join the party What I found interesting about this show is the juncture where reality and reality tv meet.
Some have said that Andy Cohen and company were ganging up on Teresa but it makes sense since Teresa was the star and A storyline this year and I imagine it was something like this:
A- can Teresa reunite with her estranged family?
B- Caroline's children leave the nest and Caroline gest a new job
C- will Ashley ever grow up and become the daughter Jacqueline wants?
When you watch the show and hear all the smack talk one tends to forget that the cast is not making spontaneous off the cuff remarks but is actually responding to questions asked by producers in a confessional. The producers are like kids with matches hoping to create tv drama by asking inflammatory questions. Probably like this:
? to Teresa:so do you really think Melissa married your brother for money? Do you think Melissa copies you or is jealous of you. And they do this with all the cast praying for juicyy soundbites that pop ans sizzle and fan the flames. At this point they can usually just sit back and toast marshmallows by the campfire since the cast can usually be depended on to toss more coals into the fire.
In the end though no one really did anthing more despicable than talk crap about each other so it really was only to quote Caroline "epic" in their own minds. Whatever character flaws these people have are magnified and distorted by this witches' brew of inflating egos and tv tricks to create reality tv.
The real part of this show is that they actually do hurt each other's feelings and ruin friendships but for most of them it seems this is the price they are willing to pay to be on tv. That they are willing to pay that price for fame or money is kind of interesting to me.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 3:18 pm
Hey, I've lost friends and family members and didn't even get paid! No fair!
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 4:55 pm
This reunion show was just plain sad. Most of the families and friendships have been torn apart.
Theresa's daughter Gia is a neurotic mess for someone so young. She has been exposed to way too much family drama. Shame, shame, shame!!
I know Caroline is supposed to be "mother hen", but I'm just not so crazy about her anymore.
No fun at all.
Was it worth it all ladies???
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Rubyroo77
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11:29 am
This is Dina's blog about what the truth is! Stormie- this is for you!! It is an eye opener. Miss her, and glad she has her show!
I love what she says towards the end.."I wish all the girls the BEST!! ALL OF THEM. I say we change this housewives thing around and show the world what we’re really made of! Let’s lift each other up instead of trying to tear one another down. Lets showcase what women are capable of, what I thought this show was going to be back in the day~ Running successful businesses, supporting amazing causes, raising incredible children and looking fabulous every step of the way. Unfortunately, not sure what the ratings on that would be : ( so I doubt that will happen."
http://www.dinamanzo.com/press/the-truth/
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Roblover
Member
05-17-2011
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11:30 am
No, it was not worth it, Reenie, which is the reason I won't be watching Season 4 or any of the other HW shows anymore. The word "sad" keeps coming up in all our posts. There is no joy in these HW shows anymore. I prefer to watch Bethenny Frankel's show because it is more like what I expected when I first started watching the HWs. A glimpse,sure manufactured to some extent, but still a glimpse into a woman's life that has more fame and money than I do.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 12:35 pm
Thanks Ruby, I like Dina too, I'm glad she said something, wouldn't it be great if what she said at the end actually happened--wonders never cease. I love her new show, made me laugh that she plugged it, but it is fun and entertaining, drama free
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Rubyroo77
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 5:37 pm
I feel the same way Stormie!! I really would enjoy watching the housewives just as Dina said. I don't need the drama either!
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1jetsfan
Member
07-21-2010
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 7:47 am
I agree with Dina also. Would love to see all the drama turned around in a season. Don't think it would be boring, but not sure BRAVO would like us to see harmony at this point.
BTW, I was at The Brownstone last night for a comedy show/dinner attended by 450 women. On my way to the car valet, I literally ran into Caroline's husband Albert. Let me tell you, the camera is not kind to him. He is tall, thin, and very good looking!!!
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 9:42 am
1jetsfan - how exciting!! How was the Brownstone? Food? 450 people is a lot of people! I don't think I realized the place could hold such a large event.
I agree, wouldn't it be nice to see a bunch of family/friends live life w/o destroying each other?
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 1:24 pm
I've been to the Brownstone but before the RHW show started. Wow, very interesting about Albert, thanks for the scoop. The Brownstone has good food and I believe they are reasonably priced compared to other banquet halls around here but they book fast!!
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:49 am
Teresa has really gone off the deep end now! From her Bravo blog
And then she spends thirty minutes bashing my ten-year-old daughter, screaming that Gia is “tragic”
Caroline said it was tragic that a 10 year old would be so hurt to write and sing a song like she did about grown folks business.
Did ANYONE who watched the final think that Caroline was bashing Gia?!
http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/season-3/blogs/teresa-giudice/moving-on-and-up?page=0,5&Jersey%2FThickerThanWater=1&Matchmaker%2FDallasSiteTakeover=1
ETA OMG there is more
Family is everything to me. If my only brother was married to someone who didn't crave the spotlight, I know we'd all be a family like we always were.
So I guess Teresa is the only one in her family allowed to be famous?!
ETA Ok I have finished the blog and she is delusional. My head is spinning.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 2:33 pm
ITA with you Frogi. I have noticed that when Teresa talks about how the other women had guns blazing, blah blah blah - she fails to mention that something happened the day before while they were filming Season Four, which led to Jacqueline not going to the reunion and making season four her last season with the show. And I guess they couldn't mention it since they were still filming or if it was mentioned, Bravo edited it out of the reunion. Being as everyone likes Jacqueline, I would imagine that they were all pissed with Teresa. I'm dying for next season to start already.
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1jetsfan
Member
07-21-2010
| Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 12:37 pm
Reena/Panda, the food is always wonderful at The Brownstone, and the place is historical and is kept up nicely. I'm there at least once a year at a fundraiser for something or other. Been going there for years. In fact, my stepdaughter was going to have her wedding reception there in 2010, but her date was booked, of course.
I do look in the papers to find out when the next LadyBug foundation event is, but since I now realize that Dina is not speaking with Caroline, perhaps she'll hold events elsewhere. Interesting.....
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