Jackie Goldschneideris speaking out about her experience withTeresa Giudicespreading a rumor that Jackie’s husband,Evan, had been cheating on her.
On Wednesday’s season 11 premiere ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa, 48, asked the other cast members —Melissa Gorga,Dolores Catania,Margaret JosephsandJennifer Aydin— whether they had heard that Evan “screws around” with other women when he goes to the gym.
The rumor-spreading prompted a heated argument between Teresa and Jackie, 44, that ended with Teresa storming out of Margaret’s house, where the tense conversation took place.
“There is not even a thought in my head — not even for a second did I worry about whether or not this was true. It was nonsense,” she said. “However, we did end up having some issues becauseI’m a cast member on this show; he is not. So to have his life suddenly be the center and have his reputation [involved was an issue].”
“And he is the best guy, really, so to have his reputation and everything he worked for on the line because of what one woman said in such a public forum about him made me feel so badly. And then there was the issue [of], ‘Is this the group of friends for me?'” Jackie added.
Still, the Bravo star said she’s “really proud” of the way the couple the situation. “You’ll see us work through all of that, and the way that we come out the other side,” she said. “I think that we handle it with such grace and such integrity, and we never go low.”
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Teresa Giudice (L); Jackie Goldschneider.Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty (2)
In an interview withPage Six, Jackie said she and Evan actually watched the premiere episode together.
She also addressed the analogy she used during her blowout argument with Teresa, in which she compared Teresa spreading cheating rumors about her husband to her saying she heard Teresa’s 20-year-old daughterGia"snorts coke in the bathroom at parties."
Explaining that she used the comparison in an attempt to show Teresa how it feels, Jackie told the outlet, “It’s unfortunate that she didn’t understand my analogy.”
“Clearly, I’m not trying to say anything about anyone’s children, but just thefact that there was such an explosive responseto an analogy that used your child’s name — [it was like], ‘Do you understand, now, how I feel?'” she said.
Jackie and Evan Goldschneider (L); Teresa Giudice.Manny Carabel/Getty Images; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
During Wednesday’s episode, Jackie slammed Teresa for spreading the rumor — during her husband’s birthday party, no less.
“This weekend, you took [Evan’s] name and what’s most important to him in the world — being a great husband and father — and you s— all over it,” she said. “And you did it to all of our friends at his birthday party.”
She went on to demand that Teresa retract the statement, saying, “I need you to admit, whoever told you this had no evidence and was just saying words that you took and ran with.”
“I never asked for evidence,” Teresa replied. “I’m just letting you know somebody put this out there.”
Cast ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo
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During her appearance onReality Check, Jackie said she wished that “husbands and children were off-limits, like a lot of people like to preach.”
“But unfortunately, Teresa went there,” she continued. “And for some reason that I think has nothing to do with my husband, decided to spread a baseless rumor, and I think it’s more her issues with me.”
The Real Housewives of New Jerseyairs Wednesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
source: people.com
