Category Archives: Jacqueline Laurita

The Real Housewives of New Jersey on Watch What Happens Live Recap

19 Sunday May 2013

Posted by in Albie Manzo, Caroline Manzo, Chris Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Joe Giudice, Joe Gorga, Kathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Recap, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice

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RHONJposheOkay, this is a strange show. It’s a one on one with all of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Only it’s not sequential, or all together, it’s them each talking to Andy about a subject and then the answers are sort of interspersed with each other. It’s two or more sides to a story, and then suddenly there is a new topic, more flip-flopping between interested parties and some video footage in between. It’s rather frantic and disjointed, so this blog will be as well. It’s not exactly a blow-by-blow but it is pretty detailed. I hope it makes sense.

Andy starts with Kathy and asks about growing up with Teresa and Joe as cousins. She said she is older than they are and to her (and Rosie) they were just like little dolls. Teresa was just like Milania. Then, they show that part of Tre’s interview and she says there were long periods of times they did not speak (the two families, I assume). They started speaking again about the time Tre turned 16. Continue reading »

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Jacqueline Laurita Claims Someone Tried to Break In to Her House!

29 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by in Jacqueline Laurita, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ

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Gif Credit: T. Kyle RealityTVGifs

Jacqueline Laurita of the Real Housewives of New Jersey just tweeted that someone “tried” to break into her house today. And of course she could not wait to tweet about it. 

It’s Been a Bad Month for RHONJ Jacqueline Laurita

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by in Chris Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, lawsuit, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ

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RHONJjachowdareyouIf you thought Stiletto Gate 2013 was bad, things just keep getting worse for Jacqueline Laurita. If you did not read the Stiletto Gate post, you missed a good one if I do say so myself. You should if nothing else go look at the shoes, which I understand do not actually exist but are part of some project, but still. Anyway, we have been hearing about the financial problems of Jac and Chris for quite some time now. Possible bankruptcy, lawsuits galore from a variety of sources including I believe their prior business improprieties and also misappropriations of some funds to a cancer charity if I recall correctly. But when your problems hit TMZ, more than just obsessed Bravo fans know the truth. I wonder how much of this will be on the show? Continue reading »

STILETTO GATE! ©

13 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by in Bravo, Chris Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Joe Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ

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stilettoI blame Jodi Arias for being woefully behind on Stiletto Gate 2013©. I am sure most of you are up to date and I am sort of writing this for myself, but I can’t skip over a good courtroom drama! Since John Karagiorgis (aka Johnny the Greek) pressed charges against Joe Gorga, Chris Laurita and Jacqueline Gorga last week this week that trio was in court demanding the same charges for JtG! Let’s look at what they told the judge.

According to a recent article on NorthJersey.com , “Jacqueline Laurita testified that Karagiorgis was “asked not to attend” the March 30 event in Ridgewood, ‘but showed up anyway with a bodyguard,’ who she said appeared to be armed.” Wait what? You are testifying under oath that you and a couple of other guys jumped a guy with an armed bodyguard and clobbered him with a stiletto? Oh lord. These housewives tell such ridiculous lies in court. It’s astounding really. My guess is that this person who was “asked not to attend” was fully wired for sound by production, right Jac? Continue reading »

Real Housewives of New Jersey Brawl? No Way!

06 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by in Albie Manzo, Caroline Manzo, Chris Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Joe Giudice, Joe Gorga, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice

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RHONJtrefightdirtyYeah, Yeah, I heard about the big brawl in NJ last weekend. I have just not been feeling writing about the Real Housewives of New Jersey yet. I don’t know why, perhaps I have RHOBH overload. Or RHOA overload. I guess I need to gear up and get to talking about RHONJ and RHOOC.  So about last Saturday, it seems that Johnny the Greek (JTG) finally got the camera time he was seeking and now he wants to press charges. Really Johnny? Johnny is claiming he still has a stiletto mark on his forehead that Jacqueline left there.

The story among the RHONJ sources are a bit varied on this one. Here is the version I think is probably the closest to the truth. JTG (JTG) has been wanting to be on the show for quite some time. He is connected to the show through salon owner Penny who is friends with Tre.  The opening of the second Posche store was the setting for the scene. That store is connected to or part of Penny’s hair salon. Continue reading »

Jacqueline Laurita Joins the Ranks of Housewives With Tax Problems

03 Sunday Mar 2013

Posted by in Jacqueline Laurita, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ

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Another day, another Real Housewife of Somewhere with a tax issue. I just don’t understand these people who don’t pay their taxes! How hard is it to keep records and hand them to the tax guy in January? This time it is Jacqueline Laurita. The NJ Tax Division is coming after Jac for nearly $340,000. That is STATE TAX!  Just how high is state income tax in NJ, anyway? I just don’t get it. Then again, I save my money, live in a small house that I actually own, and have investments for the future. Jac lives in a house the bank owns, and has a fabulous collection of handbags and $1,000 dollar shoes. One of us is doing it wrong. I guess we shouldn’t worry too much about Jac though. Lest we forget, she has a million dollar a year secret source of income she doesn’t tell anyone about, right? I wonder why Chris Laurita isn’t included on the bill? Do they not file joint returns? Oh wait, it seems they don’t file at all.

Tidbits About Real Housewives of New Jersey Filming

01 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by in Albie Manzo, Caroline Manzo, Chris Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Joe Giudice, Joe Gorga, Kathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice

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RHONJtrepeaceI’ve been getting lots of requests to talk about what is going on with the filming of Real Housewives of New Jersey. I’ve been hearing things for quite a while but not enough to warrant a blog. Now there is all of this ex-boyfriend of Melissa drama going on and I might as well try to sort of catch y’all up to speed. I warn you in advance it isn’t any shocking tea.  Let’s start where I left off last season. Remember this shocking post where I (at least temporarily) professed myself to be a Tre hugger?  I still believe that Tre was set up in Strippergate by production and that Jac Laurita was fully aware it was going to go down. It appears that a certain producer is no longer working on RHONJ. I also said that on the new season, Tre was going to get the good edit and the story arc would be Melissa getting a turn in the crappy edit chair. It turns out I was at least half right there.

I think New Jersey is about mid-way through filming and the hammer seems to be dropping on Melissa. Recently, an ex-boyfriend of Melissa’s has shown up on twitter and SHOCKINGLY RadarOnline has picked up the story. The guy is named Bryan and he claims to have been Melissa’s boyfriend before Melissa married Joe.  I should point out that Melissa got married almost 8 years ago in 2004.  Isn’t it interesting that this guy turns up on the season where Melissa has been cast as the villain?  Basically this guys tweets say that Melissa lived with him and his parents while working at Lookers and at some point his father threw her out of the house. He claims Melissa hid in bushes and stalked him. He also says that Melissa gave him an ultimatum to stop seeing other women or “she would marry the millionaire.”  This is supposed to paint Melissa as money hungry. Really? Is this news? Find me a housewife that didn’t consider finances when marrying these “rich” people.  Continue reading »

Exclusive Tea on the RHONJ Contracts for Next Season

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

Posted by in Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Kathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice

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This story is a TAMARATATTLES EXCLUSIVE independently sourced by me. Please do not copy the entire post. If you quote or comment on the story please provide a link to Tamaratattles.com.  Thanks!

Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the rumors about the Real Housewives of New Jersey casting shakeups are untrue. I have an independent source on RHONJ and know the facts. First of all, filming has not started yet. I know you’ve heard that Bravo wanted to capitalize on the Sandy superstorm drama but that’s simply untrue. One producer with one hand-held camera shot some video at the Sandy Relief Drive in Union, NJ last Saturday.  The entire Manzo family and Jacqueline have been working tirelessly on relief efforts since the storm began. It’s NOT a Bravo storyline, it’s just that they are decent people. Y’all know I am a Caroline fan so let’s keep it classy in the comments. This is a huge disaster up there and not something that should be trivialized by our Bravo bashing. There will be other threads for bashing any RHONJ you’d like. But this is not the one.

But what y’all want to know is who is coming back, right? Here is the tea… Continue reading »

Andy Cohen Calls Out Teresa Giudice For Making $6500 on Her Apology Story

21 Sunday Oct 2012

Posted by in Andy Cohen, Bravo, Bravo Andy, Caroline Manzo, Gia Giudice, Jacqueline Laurita, Joe Giudice, Joe Gorga, Kathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga, News, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Recap, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice

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Fine. I’ll sit up and blog this one last episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. But I ain’t happy about it. Andy wants to address the gay slurs again. Because insulting gays is bad. But making multiple shows with people degrading women is called making a living. Oh Teresa, “Everyone laughed. It was funny.” Joe looks bad enough. You are not helping.

Then they pitted Team Tre against Team Caroline in a truck pulling contest. Team Caroline won. This footage should have stayed lost. Maybe the next segment will be the lost scenes of Tre looking smart and misunderstood. Nope. Toilet humor. Why am I watching this?

Jacqueline Laurita is giving parenting advice to Teresa Giudice on national TV. Jac says she learned to “take some time out of her busy schedule once in a while to spend time with her kids” when she was raising Ashley. That must have been once in a very short while if her tweeting schedule this past year is any indication. Just today, one of the few days she doesn’t have Nick shipped of to extensive ABA training, she went and got a facial. I guess she needed a little me time. I don’t care how out of control Tre’s kids are, she spends way more time with her kids that Jac does despite being  at a million appearances. Continue reading »

Camille Paglia Has a Very Interesting Viewpoint on The Real Housewives

16 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by in Bravo, Bravo Andy, Camille Paglia, Jacqueline Laurita, News, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHOBH, RHONJ, RHOOC, Tamra Barney

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Good news not-so-gentle readers! We are not the only ones on the crack pipe that is Bravo. All this time we have thought we were down here in the gutter alone wondering how the hell our lives got to this point. I posted about my own personal journey into the bowels of hell that is the Real Housewives, likening it to a drug addiction gone off the rails.  But today I discovered we are not alone. In fact we have one of the most famous female social critics of our time in our midst. Camille Paglia, the anti-feminist feminist author extraordinaire has a new book, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars, a collection of essays about art pieces from ancient to modern times. In a recent interview promoting the book with Salon.com which I highly recommend in its entirety, Paglia goes off on a very long dissertation about her love for the Real Housewives with detailed discussions about editing and who her favorite housewives are. You will not believe who she chooses. Or why she says the Real Housewives of New Jersey is better than The Sopranos and Downton Abbey.  Or her thoughts on Andy Cohen. You simply must click through and read this all for yourselves. Do it now. Continue reading »