Sorry for the delay in this week’s RHONJ recap. I’ve been watching the impeachment trials and just before the dinner break last night decided I needed a nap. I didn’t wake up until five am! So, of course they apparently had a good episode without me! Argh! Let’s get straight to the episode.
We pick up with Teresa’s arrival to Jennifer’s with a huge chip on her shoulder. Jennifer tries to explain to Teresa why Margaret is so hurt. Teresa is clueless as usual. Then everyone comes together to drink some wine and Teresa and Margaret start to talk. Teresa says she has a special place in her heart for Margaret. So far so good? When Teresa tries her old standby and says Danielle has never done anything to her, Margaret replies, Charles Mason has never done anything to me, but I’m not going to bring him into my friend group. Of course, Teresa doesn’t know who Charles Mason is. Sigh. Then, Teresa goes back to defending Danielle and then storms off.
It’s time for the first group dinner. After announcing that she is wearing head to toe Chanel to Dolores, Jennifer hits the tequila. Meanwhile, Margaret says she is not going to be a part of any embarrassing scenes in the Hamptons. Good luck with that, Marge. Jennifer pours everyone a healthy shot.
They take two cars to the restaurant. Teresa, Jackie and Melissa are in one car and production has told Melissa to bring up the whole conflict between Teresa and Margaret again. Because everything has to keep going until someone gets physical. When Teresa can’t remember the quote about people coming into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime, she calls Dolores in the other car. Margaret realizes that Teresa is talking about her. Poor Marge.
Money Can’t Buy You Class
You would think by now that these Hamptons restaurants would not allow Bravo to film there anymore. How the heck do the producers get to tell Joe Giudice what to say while he is in an ICE facility? And yet, they do. He calls at exactly the time everyone is at dinner and asks Dolores to find Teresa a nice doctor and then maybe Joe and Teresa can have a relationship like Dolores and Frank. Joe has apparently convinced Teresa that no one will want her if they divorce because she has too much baggage. Marge decides to back off Teresa since she is going through so much. Teresa says she is only with Joe for the kids at this point.
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Teresa brings up her fake prenup again. I couldn’t figure out why she told that lie in the first place. Now we know, production needed a segue so that Jackie could bring up that she had her husband sign a prenup. The second that Jackie lets the cat out of the bag that she has “family money” aka a trust fund, Jennifer is all ears. And she has a million personal questions that are none of her business. Jackie basically sings Money Can’t Buy You Class in her talking head.
The Green Eyed Monster
The next morning at breakfast, Jennifer says she videotaped Jackie’s house and sent it to her husband. She said he told her to buy one. After yet another rude scene about what Jackie eats or doesn’t eat, the girls prepare to go shopping. Margaret gets stuck with Jennifer who is picking out her Hamptons house on the way into town. As if. She can’t afford a Hampton’s house because she is blowing all her money on over the top parties and all the Chanel she can cram in her closet. She’s a label whore and they seldom make good investors.
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Jennifer can’t shut up talking to Margaret about Jackie’s money. In the other shop, Dolores points out that the reason Jennifer can’t shut up talking about money is that she is new money. Dolores does point out that Jennifer is very generous with her money. Well, why shouldn’t she be? She didn’t have to work for any of it. She tells Margaret that she thinks Jackie is cheap, especially when it comes to serving food. Margaret tries to point out that Jackie has an issue with food and it isn’t really something she thinks about for others.
Production’s Fingerprints Continue To Be All Over Everything
Margaret’s babysitting time is up and I am sure she needs a drink after that shopping trip with motormouth. It’s time for lunch and things are about to get heated. There is very little time in the episode left. I’d like to pick this moment to point out Dolores’s eyes. First of all it looks like she has a black eye on both eyes. I don’t mean I think someone hit her, it’s just a weird skin sort of thing. But the big thing is her eyes are bulging out of her head. Does she have a thyroid problem or something? I’ve been noticing it the entire episode.
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Production sends Jennifer to the bathroom so that Margaret can fill everyone in on what Jennifer was saying about Jackie. Jackie has black stuff under one of her eyes too. Maybe it is the lighting or they are sweating off their mascara. Anyway, Jackie confronts Jennifer about the pizza party and lets her know that the kids got exactly what they wanted. Jennifer basically says it is not about the kids it is about impressing the adults. Sigh. Jackie is really irritated when she should be just laughing. Jennifer is so jealous she can”t stand it.
Is Nothing Off Limits With This One?
When Melissa tells Jennifer to stop mocking a child’s birthday party and everyone seems to agree with Melissa, Jennifer starts trying to throw Margaret under the bus. She says Margaret is the one who keeps saying that Jackie has an issue with food. Margaret quickly smooths things over with Jackie. Then Melissa sticks up for Jackie and says that Jackie’s kids will be far better off with their inheritance than Jennifer’s kids who will inherit a bunch of Chanel shit. I paraphrase. But that sends Jennifer off the deep end. So she starts throwing cutlery at Melissa. Oh bad idea. Very bad idea.
When is Melissa getting booted off the show?
I will start watching again.
Just curious why you say that? She is probably the sanest cast member they have.
She’s never been arrested she doesn’t throw glasses at people she doesn’t pick fights is it is probably why people don’t like her I think the show needs her
Shes manipulative and full of it, never forget her pitch to get on this show was to take Teresa down with Joe gorga.melissa always creates a bad group dynamic hence why all the originals are gone! And then plays innocent. This is a women who didnt want her own sisters as housewives! Talks about Jennifer but started this show as a kept women making her husband spend money to make her a 30 something year old pop star….Please TeamTeressa(even with her aloofness)
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I’ve been giving Teresa some thought this season. If you took away her family and jail drama, would she even be interesting? What would that Teresa even talk about? She’s not smart, she’s not funny, she’s not particularly nice (to anyone who doesn’t live in her house). And now the role she’s settling into is bitter, bully. If everyone has to walk on eggshells because Teresa could blow at any minute, maybe it’s Teresa that has the problem. I’ve lost track but for years now we’ve had to cut her some slack and forgive her bad behavior because of what she’s going through. For me, the well has run dry. (Same on the “It’s an Italian thing” – also not an excuse for being an assh*le) She’s not awful because she’s stressed – she’s awful because she’s awful. I will give her this – Melissa did come on that show with bad intent. But for 3 seasons Teresa tortured her family in her transparent quest to “take her down”. She only quit that mission when her own legal problems got in the way. I’m sick of her lording over the other ladies in the show. I would say that hopefully Teresa is noticing what’s going on with the other OG’s and adjust but she would never be that self-aware.
WTF are you smoking?
Wait! You called Melissa, a woman “women”. Is that you Danielle Staub?
Wasn’t she a housewife? That doesn’t constitute a “kept woman”, I don’t think. What does Jennifer do??
Sucks dick for Chanel bags.
Melissa did come on the show to take Teresa down, felon or not. She plays the game well, but it seems more like a role than her actual personna. Melissa’s home scenes seem incredibly staged.
As for Melissa’s sisters, I think it’s teresa who doesn’t want them on. They used to go after Teresa on social media.
Agreed. Melissa is low-key the heart of the show. She & Joe definitely bring something to the table. She’s not over the top, but she’s no wallflower, either.
agree
Was that a typo? You must have meant Danielle! Hopefully this is the last of her on RHONJ.
I’ve always kinda liked her. She’s not my favorite but she seems far better than most of them, she’s not as unpredictable. She also can’t help her husband and his family so I give her a pass there. She also looks fantastic. I caught an old episode and I couldn’t believe how diffferent she looked. Her plastic surgeon enhanced her appearance, so many of them try to look 10 years younger and it’s not a good look.
Where have you been Missy?
I. Can. Not. Stand. Jennifer. She is so vulgar and gauche. She doesn’t deserve her husband. Remember, Jennifer, money shouts but wealth whispers. Back in high school, in the seventies, the college recruiters would always say that the worst dressed kids came from the wealthiest neighborhoods. That’s because we were all hippies. I am sure that has all changed. She keeps bragging about Paramus and that just goes to show how clueless she is. She may as well say Hackensack. Yet, I would love to sit down to her mother’s meals. They look amazing.
Ummm I can’t stand Jennifer either but Paramus is not like Hackensack lmao. GIR, Come on now.
Drawn & quartered. You have gotten Jennifer described succinctly. Vulgar & gauche indeed. Her Amazon bribes to the children so not sit well with me either. Sure indulge the children ( I have no problem with that ) but for the love of God stop bragging about how much your pool boy ( I mean cabana dwelling husband who cannot stand the sight or sound of you, alledgedly) earns. Its tedium.
I remember Jackie saying that her parents were sentenced for embezzlement or something like that-They wore ankle monitors? Is this really old family money?
Maybe they embezzled more to increase the family fortune?
Was it embezzlement or tax evasion? I thought the latter.
Yes!! looks like tax evasion- similar to what Teresa did. Jackie doesn’t have old money she grew up middle class on Staten Island. This narrative she’s spinning here is suspect. I’m sure she has a trust fund from her parents investments but she seems to really like everyone knowing about it. Not much of a whisper is what I mean.
I think when she said “family money” she was implying she didn’t earn it. Not that they have had it forever.
That is a $2.5 million beach house. Dune road is prime real estate. I’m sure Jennifer would have been gossiping on how Jackie could afford it, so I don’t blame Jackie for saying how.
Jennifer is so far up Teresa’s ass #MiniTre She needs to come back to reality and watch #S3 of the #RHONJ where Teresa threw a “pizza party” for Milania at Joe’s (lasted less then a month) Pizza restaurant.
Jennifer said on the RHONJ After Show that “This is Housewives not f**kin hobo’s” again about serving just pizza and Teresa (bless her) agreed….lol Does Teresa remember anything? Even though watching Jennifer is cringe-worthy, I agree with Jackie “Jennifer is the gift that keeps on giving.” Someone please tell Teresa who Charles Manson is … #Madonne
Jennifer is hilarious and saved that episode. The amazon box lol
I like her too 🤷♀️ Lol unpopular opinion for sure. I love me some exaggerated characters. That’s why I love housewives.
I can’t stand Jennifer. I tried to like her. She is beyond uncouth. It’s none of her business how Jackie does or does not spend her money. I kept wondering if that was scripted last night. I could not believe anyone would be so brazenly intrusive.
Teresa irks me even worse. I actually, like a dumbass, felt bad for her years ago when the Gorgas and Wakili’s joined the show and tried become besties with Teresa’s friends. I did think they were all doing her shitty. I also began hating Mama Manzo when she grilled Teresa on Jacqueline’s deck that night, almost demanding, on camera, that Teresa tell all about her legal woes. Yet, Caroline’s hubby’s side piece and his alleged mob member father in law who was allegedly found shot in a trunk were off limits. She’s a hypocrite! I’m over my sympathy for Teresa though. She’s a moron. How does anyone born in this century not know who Charles Manson is? How can she refuse to look at what Danielle has done? Danielle was horrible to Margaret, said horrible things about her and to her last season. She was pushing up on Margaret in that clothing store, up in Margaret’s face. It’s all so asinine. Danielle has never shut up about Ashley pulling her hair (which witnesses said she exaggerated), and then she pulls Margaret backward by the hair. Either Margaret has a good heart or production told her to forgive Teresa. The poor poor Teresa schtick is getting old though.
Me too! I was on Teresa’s side when Melissa came on board and I hated Teresa during the early seasons. Now I love Melissa (she’s grown and matured) and absolutely hate Teresa and her stupid comments. Yes Teresa you have a lot of baggage and you’re a moron. Maybe some guy wearing a track suit from Patterson will give you a try but not much else is going to hit that without having some ulterior motive.
Yea I wondered about ulterior motives of the pool guy that supposedly gave her a deal on her pool.
I am in the corner wearing a dunce hat but must admit I love watching Theresa on this show. I don’t agree with the multiple felonies committed yet I still think she makes great reality television. Pool guy is hot !!!
I’m right there with you marc, she does make good TV. I think she honestly doesn’t know that it can be scripted and she just puts it all out there, except fot her truth about her crimes. I love Nonno and I love her daughters, family life. That is what I enjoy about her. And of course, her kitchen is lovely, it’s a kitchen that is warm and inviting to have coffee, tea, dinner, chat with family, friends.. watch your husband get drunk and break a tooth, omg, remember that?
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Just when I was really liking Jackie because of how she is handling her mom in regards to her brother being gay, and modeling that well for her children, she says shit about a kid’s birthday party. It is sad to me that she uses her kids’ birthdays to impress adults. Not impressive at all. Ugh. The most fun I have is watching Dolores and Melissa’s faces when they aren’t at the center of the fight or discussion. Cracks me up.
Oh, I thought Marge had MAYBE gotten through to Tre when she said “would you want to be friends with someone who called you a bad mother” etc…. and Tre was “of course not” and all I’m old school I wouldn’t forgive… seriously, did Tre have a brain injury or something? Did Nonno drop her on her head?
LOL…You mean Jennifer…I still get them mixed up
TT – Great recap! Teresa said real friends should be able to say anything to each other and not tip toe around on eggshells. Really Teresa? If anyone tries to tell her something that she doesn’t like or agree with they make the top of her table flipping list. She is a complete idiotic fool.
Agree 💯!
I didn’t see WWHL last night, but does anyone know if Andy pointed out that Jewish people don’t exactly love the stereotype of being called tightwads? He’s usually quick to point out those kinds of things.
The “you’re so different” refrain from Dolores is a bad look, too.
Yes, I’m tired of hearing Doris repeatedly stating that Jackie was raised so differently. I mean everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why is it always about Jackie’s raising??? Dolores, Teresa & Melissa we’re raised similarly, but Marge, Jackie & Jennifer were all raised different than those three.
I swear, these women seem ignorant of all social graces.
Delores, Teresa and Melissa were raised “Old School Italian” The social graces are different and coming over unannounced is an example of the different values.
Yeah, I had that vibe about that comment, too. But it’s possible Deloris would also find WASPs super chilly. Lord knows I’d die if people just dropped in on me all the time, so she might not like me very much.
I want a head’s up if someone is coming to my house. One of my kids, now grown, always had a slew of dr and physical therapy appts, plus both kids had extracurricular activities, and my husband has a job where he is on call and gets called in at crazy hours, works all night, etc. When we first married, his mother would pop by, open the door and walk in. She caught me in my bra & panties one night. The next time she did it, my husband was asleep in the bedroom. I went and woke him up bitching about her walking in whenever she wanted. The baby monitor was on and she heard me. It did take care of it though.
I find Jennifer entertaining, but last night was awful to watch. I would have shut that conversation down immediately rather than listen to her prying questions. She came across as terribly envious of Jackie (which is irritating since she is so privileged herself). Just be happy for your friends! Is that so difficult?
I’ve decided I’m not a fan of Teresa. I love her girls and think they are the true champions of reality tv. Watching them navigate the trauma of their lives with grace is hopeful to me. Teresa and Joe are very lucky to have them. I feel they’re both on the despicable side–neither seeming to have any self awareness and neither are able to keep their children out of their marital problems.
Jackie isn’t her “friend” 🙂
Jennifer’s self worth is based on her being rich and being able to buy logos to announce to the world that she is a “rich bitch” who can afford logos. Coco Chanel would be rolling over in her grave to see what a travesty the woman is making of her “name”. Of course, for the most part Chanel has nothing to do with Coco’s fashion revolution of how contemporary women dressed.
And she was completely flabbergasted that Jackie – who she assumed was an inconsequential upper middle class woman – was actually the richest bitch in the group.
Yous guys (TM Joe Guidice) probably all saw that Theresa and Carolyn are going to be in a Super Bowl commercial together. I’m sure it’s all in the spirit of making a buck, but it would be nice to think they might get a little friendlier after this.
So, my family, both sides, were children of Eastern European immigrants. As were all my friends’ families. Asking about wealth accomplished 3 things.
1. Were people lying (either way) about their finances? Could you trust them?
2. Were they potentially getting uppity? And therefore acting “better”than others in the social group.
3. Was there a way to get a slice of the pie?
I get where Jennifer is coming from.
And I gotta say, the overwrought “parties ” thrown for children baffle me. Why set expectations that only get higher every year? Jackie’s kids wanted Nutella cake and pizza? Cool! Maybe they don’t get pizza often.
This show can be so production-driven that it is unwatchable.
At least one of Jackie’s kids is getting bullied and lost most of her friends early in the season. (I remember crying over that scene.) I have a sneaking suspicion that Jennifer “doth protest too much” and is jealous that Jackie’s children’s friends are perfectly happy to come to their house to play & eat pizza for a birthday. They do not need to be bribed with resort like pools and play rooms and over the top food and mparty favors. She’s been harping on the simplicity of that pizza party for too long for it not be hitting some deeper emotional wound. Just my opinion. 🤷♀️
I think you are unfortunately on to something there. I feel bad for Her daughter she seems like a sweet girl.
I live in an affluent area in NY. Some kids birthday parties mirror Jennifer’s. I have the means to throw a big party- but I’m team Jackie on this one. I’d rather put the money in a college account (hello tre, I’m looking at you complaining you don’t have money for your kids college).
My 6 year old wanted a slime party this year. I bought some slime kits off of amazon and put them in the yard. Made a three tier cake with Duncan Heinz (cost $4!) and sprinkles. Her friends (and their moms) are still telling me it was the best party they went to! It cost maybe $50. And the goodie bag was the slime that they made. Jennifer would have been appalled
Beware, if the party is so great, they will want it duplicated!
I made a box cake mix with red and green food color squiggles in it, frosted with powder sugar and butter frosting. Tube of decorating gel “slime blobs”. That was 30+ years ago. My son will turn 35 and has requested that same cake every year.
Take that, new money!
A long, long, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG, time ago when I was a wee one, Duncan Hines or someone like that had a boxed cake mix called Tunnel of Fudge.It was a chocolate bundt cake that I suppose had a packet of fudge inside and you poured in half the batter, then a circle of fudge in the center of the slices and then poured in the rest of the cake batter.
Now my mother made lots of cakes from scratch, but this particular boxed cake was simply delicious. I don’t have a lot of memories of my oldest brother because he was a lot older than me and went to Vietnam when I was in like preschool. But I remember he asked for that cake, my dad asked for that cake, and when we returned to the country apparently that cake was discontinued. I didn’t quite get it. I kept on asking for that cake much to my mother’s annoyance. I still think about that cake.
For my birthdays, I almost always had a Barbie cake. Mother would buy a Barbie type doll, take most of her clothes off and make a six or seven layer tiered cake where the cake was a fabulous ball gown.
I miss my mama.
Why do I feel like Jackies kids would be the bullies…hmm
I think this all has to do with giving them all a storyline to fight over… production probably whispers in their ear to go for it. Idk. Anyway, If Jackie doesn’t want people to know she comes from money, why do you, me, and everyone who watched this episode know? We all know! So she’s using this for a storyline and Jennifer fell for the bait to help Jackie’s plan… Or production told Jennifer to ask all those questions and to also put the damn pizza party down.
For the record, Teresa’s pizza party was cute, the kids made their own pizza and they had a pizza cake. Jackie ordered pizza and an Amazon box. Pizza is fine, but a bit lazy with the goody bags, show the child who attend that he or she is special and gets a fun (cheap) goody bag, not just something from an amazon box. Take 10 minutes out and just throw it in a goody bag for the kids.
I like Jennifer, she’s new wealth and just puts it all out there, the good the bad and the funny, which she is, she makes me laugh. Jackie is a pill, who thinks she is better than most on the cast. Just because she is smarter, doesn’t make her better. Ehh, I just don’t care for her. Something about her.
As for Marge and Danielle’s fallout, I believe it had to do with production before last years season. Danielle was probably pissed that Marge was a HW and she wasn’t. Idk.
Joe Gorga trying to warn Teresa with Danielle’s past relationships, Marge, Dolores, Melissa, even Jennifer. What about Teresa’s past relationships? Caroline, Jacqueline, Danielle, Kathy, Rosie, Kim D, the list goes on and on.
I’m not defending Danielle, just throwing out how phony the show is.
I suspect Jennifer is playing a part to keep a storyline on this show. I’ve seen signs of both intelligence and compassion from her seeping out here and there. I think she is playing the villain. Unlike say Danielle and Teresa who are truly dumb and awful.
I think Jennifer is harmless and has her funny moments. When she, her sister and mother were saying that the children were stressful and ruining Easter was some comic relief. I also like how she is trying to out her mother for not fully accepting her gay child. She might be doing some good by showing her mother how ridiculous it is to not accept her own child. If she is a villain, I am a millionaire.
Danielle is a villain. She is the scariest housewife to ever appear on any franchise.
Haven’t posted in forever, but when did Tre get another shore house? They talked about Jennifer being jealous of Delores, Melissa and Tre all having beach houses. I thought Joe and Tre had to let theirs go during their tax fraud? Did I miss something?
Jennifer is the worst and crude. Can’t stand her creepy acting husband either.
If you go back and watch the scene in the dress shop, you can see Tre smiling while the fight with Danielle is going on, hair pulling too, play in slow mo and you’ll see it. Production at its worst.
Not that I know of. The beach house, the prenup, people seem to be going along with a lot of things. I can see the scene where they talked about beach houses having Tre make them reshoot to include her.
Tre and Melissa both have (or had) Shore houses on the water in New Jersey. Jackie has an oceanfront house in The Hamptons. There is about a two million dollar difference in price. Oceanfront in New Jersey is another story.
Why hasn’t anyone pointed out to Tre (tres stupid) how Danielle destroyed stuff in her designer “friend’s” shop? He didn’t throw water on her. He didn’t embarrass her. He didn’t look upset either, so I deduce that production told him in advance not to worry what got broken because Bravo would pay.
Whenever we say “Production,” it makes me think of Carnivale when they would say “Management” and it seems just as evil.
Melissa hit the nail on the head when she pointed out that 30 years from now Jackie’s kids will be set up and all their kids won’t because they (parents) spend so much now on trivial shit. Hopefully that means Melissa is smart enough to be socking money away properly for her kids college funds.
Although Melissa is the one who got nailed by Chanel for selling fake merch at Envy. Did those people ever get their money back?
And will LV come for Delores for that ratchet tie dye “LV” sweatshirt? She’s just gross, I’m from Philly, I can handle “youse”. Hell, it’s practically proper English these days, but when she says “yuz” I want to punch the TV.
This comment made me nod in agreement then giggle.
I’ve been recording the season but have also been deleting w/o watching a single episode. I don’t have to watch! Thank you everyone!
You’ve got the right idea, read the post and comments. Clearly some of us have not hit rock bottom just yet 🥴
I haven’t watch any of this season, but this recap cracked me up. You make most of the shows sound way more interesting then what we see on tv.
“Sucks Dick for Channel Bags” …. dying!!!! Omg!! That made me spit out my tea. Thank you TT!!!! God I needed that!!
Hello! I am so over Jackie and her elitist bs! Don’t talk about my food, yet that’s all she does and then lies about it, I ate snacks, lie! I ate chips, lie! You are a grown woman who thinks you are kick ass, but you are afraid of food? Its a disorder, not a disease, you picked it, it didn’t pick you! Grow up! You are not a confused 17 year old…and then you say I don’t talk about money, but make sure everyone knows your husband signed a prenup several times, and how much you have. By the way, your PARENTS have money, that you get from them. You have no sense of humor and crawled up Melissa’s ass from the beginning.
You continue to embarrass your husband over and over and think that’s ok. You should be ashamed of yourself. You pretty much make me sick!
Wow, you are one rude , uninformed bitch. NO ONE CHOOSES TO HAVE AN EATING DISORDER.