Jennifer Aydin is having lunch with her brothers and sister-in-law in Episode 11 of RHONJ. She tells them about her fight with Danielle Cabral and says, “She came up in my face, very aggressive, very hostile. And I pushed her as a reflex.”
She demonstrates to her brother how oh-so-softly she pushed Danielle. Jennifer then recounts how Danielle hit her on the side of the head with her drink. “You believe that?” Jennifer says.
She’s also upset that Teresa Giudice tried to get her and Danielle to make up at the “Namaste B$tches” live podcast event.
“In the heat of the moment, when it comes to rise for me, like this is how you show up?” Jennifer says in a confessional. “I never would have expected that.”
Meanwhile, Danielle is at Rachel Fuda’s house giving her the tea on the podcast day. She tells her that before she stormed out, she whispered to Jennifer, “And by the way, you look like absolute sh*t tonight.”
Rachel wants to have all the girls over (minus Teresa) for a pajama party in hopes that the “RHONJ” cast will bond. Has she seen this group?
Teresa Giudice is ready with receipts
Teresa’s dorter Gia Giudice is studying for her LSATs and is so proud because she only went to college for two years. In a surprising show of self-awareness, Teresa tells the cameras, “My vocabulary is not that great.”
She reminds Gia that she and her sisters have gone through a lot but it’s only made them stronger. Gia brings up Luis Ruela’s court case with his ex Vanessa Reiser which has been going on for three years.
Vanessa had filed a restraining order against him, claiming he harassed and stalked her. “So basically, she’s been trying to ruin his reputation. Like, you don’t do that. You don’t put lies out there about someone and try to hurt them in any way,” Teresa says.
Didn’t she once spread a rumor that Jackie Goldschneider’s husband Evan was cheating on her with some girl at his gym during “RHONJ” Season 11? Oop.
The reason Teresa is so mad at Margaret Josephs is because she was supposedly talking to Luis’ ex and orchestrated the whole lawsuit. Once the case is closed, she’s going to out Margaret and have her lawyer James Leonard show proof of Margaret’s behind-the-scenes doings.
Dolores Catania is worried about Teresa Giudice
Dolores Catania visits Jenn Fessler in her very nice house and thankfully, she’s not playing the guitar. They start talking about the podcast day and Dolores explains why she got so heated at Jennifer when she started yelling.
“Teresa is a mess. She weighs about three pounds,” Dolores says. “On the way there, Teresa called me and she’s like, ‘I have anxiety beyond anxiety.’ And she goes, ‘If I pass out, please call 911.'”
She tells Jenn that Teresa tried to tell her about Luis’ court case but she cut her off because if information gets leaked, she doesn’t want to be blamed. “I see a shell of what she used to be,” Dolores adds of her “RHONJ” bestie.
In a confessional, Dolo says, “Teresa alone can handle anything. But I think Louie gets worked up and Teresa feeds off that. And now, worrying about Louie and what’s going on with Louie is killing her.”
At Jenn’s house, Dolores explains that she doesn’t think Jennifer was wrong to yell at Teresa but she was just worried about her friend.
Jenn tells Dolores that she reached out to Rachel and tried to explain that she was sticking up for her husband John Fuda but got no reply. She then got the text for the pajama party but declined to go.
The group is so divided that Dolores suggests going on a girls’ trip to mend some fences. This inspires Jenn and she tells Rachel that she’ll be going to the pajama party after all.
Jennifer Aydin and Teresa Giudice hash things out
Teresa and Jennifer meet up to hash things out and Tre apologizes for what went down at her podcast event. “She f*cking ripped me a new one and you guys didn’t even say anything,” Jennifer says.
“I was not going to start fighting with anybody. And, I had to get back out there and do a Q&A and take photos,” Teresa explains. “So I was not going to ruin my night, you know, and like, get into it with her.”
Jennifer says that she’s more upset that she always has Teresa’s back but doesn’t feel that it’s reciprocated.
“Even the Tulum party … you didn’t say a word,” Jennifer says. “When I see you altercating with somebody, you never ask me to butt in and I jump in because that’s just my personality.”
“Maybe that’s my fault. Maybe I need to stop doing that,” she adds. Teresa apologizes again and assures her that she has her back. If it comes down to her or Danielle, she’s going to choose Jennifer.
No one fights for once on RHONJ
Pajama party time! Everyone except for Teresa comes in their gifted pink PJs. Jenn comes in and Rachel asks her to talk. Jenn tells her that she’s so done fighting with her and it seems Rachel is also ready to let go.
Rachel explains that when she heard her husband’s name in the same sentence as Teresa, she got triggered. Jenn reminds her that she was defending John. However, Rachel would have liked it if they had talked privately instead of overhearing the convo at Danielle’s party.
Jenn gets it but she’s also hurt that when she texted Rachel, she didn’t get a reply back. Rachel apologizes and Jenn accepts it. Hooray, one friendship from “RHONJ” is salvaged.
Just when you think reality television can’t get any more ridiculous, a lipstick reader named Krissy comes in to tell everyone’s fortunes by looking at their lipstick imprints. Ok, Krissy.
Danielle walks in late bearing gifts and it’s a cake that she baked of all seven of them lying side-by-side like a cute sleepover. Except one on the edge with dark hair is falling over and they all ask if that one’s Jennifer. “No comment,” she replies.
Besides the slight shade, everyone is kekeing and having fun talking about sex and prostates. Dolores takes this chance to tell them that she and Jenn are planning a retreat for everyone to heal. They’re all in and Jenn says, “Sounds like it’s going to be a lovely trip!” Famous last words.
