From “Solo Dolo” to smitten!
Dolores Catania proudly launched her Irish boyfriend, Paul “Paulie” Connell, to Web page Six over a Zoom name throughout our newest interview with the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” star.
After inviting the hunky businessman to affix her as she mentioned the Season 12 reunion with us, Catania, 51, listed what she loves about him as he appeared on with a shiny smile.
“I like all the pieces about Paulie. I like the familiarity that I’ve with how he jogs my memory of, like, an old-school man that I grew up with. And he’s so good to me,” she gushed.
“I really feel very secure with him. I really feel very safe,” Catania added, gesturing to Connell, who flaunted his muscle groups in a fitted white T-shirt throughout his impromptu look. “I’m very drawn to him as you possibly can see … and I like his accent.”
In the meantime, the Dublin native — who immigrated to the U.S. at 20 — appreciates Catania’s “down-to-earth” character.
“What you see is what you get. There’s nothing placed on together with her. Individuals ask me, like, ‘Hey, is the present actual?’ I’m like, ‘It’s very actual. That’s how sincere she is,’” he mentioned in his charming dialect. “She’s only a very real, good particular person and it’s simply good to have any person that helps you and has your again.”
Catania mentioned Connell has had her again, too, whereas she’s processed the drama inside her well-known buddy group as the most recent installment of “RHONJ” aired.
“He’s a voice of cause, he’s very logical, he makes a number of sense. He places a number of wit into it. He’s very, very humorous and he’s very sensible,” she mentioned of her associate’s help.
“He offers me a distinct perspective on [the show] and he doesn’t agree with me on all the pieces. So I like that I’ve that calming pressure with me. And I additionally like that I’ve any person subsequent to me that has my again.”
Connell — who had by no means seen an episode of “RHONJ” earlier than assembly Catania — informed us that he now likes watching his girlfriend shine on the small display.
“I’m an enormous commentator so I actually have quite a bit to say. So, typically it’s higher I don’t watch it perhaps when she’s there,” he mentioned with amusing. “However I take pleasure in it. The components that I do watch, I take pleasure in.”
The Eco Electrical Companies CEO continued, “I believe it’s hilarious as a result of I’m so near her and he or she’s so humorous. Like, she’s very witty. So I get it extra.”
However has Catania’s humorousness made Connell wish to suggest? “There’s a number of good issues coming,” he teased, to which his love repeated, “There’s a number of good issues.”
“I say there’s intention. We’re on this for the precise intentions,” she elaborated additional on the concept of one other marriage. “Relationships are a number of work, we spend a number of time collectively, we’re rising collectively. Tomorrow isn’t promised to anybody however we’re [headed] in the precise route and now we have quite a bit in widespread, although he grew up in Eire.”
Requested if Connell may seem on the subsequent season of “New Jersey,” as the lads are practically as concerned because the “Housewives” themselves, Catania merely replied, “Keep tuned.”
A playful Connell then introduced, “I’m going again to work now!” — and jetted out of body.
Catania’s pal, inside designer Vanessa DeLeon, launched her to Connell final fall after cameras went down for “The Actual Housewives” — months after she she break up from now-ex-boyfriend David Principe — and the brand new couple has been inseparable ever since.
The truth TV character was beforehand married to Frank Catania, with whom she shares youngsters Gabrielle, 26, and Frankie, 23.
“I wish to share my life with any person and I would like any person to share their life with me. I’ve all of it to present now,” she informed Web page Six in February, noting that her veterinarian daughter and actual property professional son approve of her beau.
“They’re pleased for me. They only wish to see their mother pleased,” she added. “And so they’re good. Every thing I put into them, I can now put right into a relationship.”
Half three of the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” reunion airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
