Teresa Giudice revealed Dolores Catania was not invited to her engagement get together due to Catania’s long-standing feud with Dina Manzo.
“I do know her and Dina don’t converse,” the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” star, 49, mentioned in Friday’s episode of Christian Grey Snow’s “The Slut Pig Podcast.”
“However Dina’s in California, Dolores is right here. So I can have relationships with each of them,” Giudice continued. “Dina by no means tells me something about Dolores and vice versa. Dolores doesn’t say something about Dina.”
The OG Bravo star — who has appeared on “RHONJ” alongside each girls in full-time capacities at separate factors — mentioned that she needed to keep away from battle as her celebration was “small” and “intimate.”
“I used to be like, ‘ what? She’s gonna be on the wedding ceremony, and he or she’ll be high-quality,’” she mentioned of Catania.
It was beforehand acknowledged on the “RHONJ” Season 12 reunion that Catania didn’t rating an invitation to the December 2021 fête as a result of she and now-ex-boyfriend David Principe had not been on a “double date” with Giudice and Giudice’s fiancé, Luis “Louie” Ruelas.
“I’d have preferred to have been there, however I wasn’t mad as a result of actually, all I care about is her. However I felt unhealthy when individuals requested me [why I wasn’t there],” Catania, 51, instructed host Andy Cohen.
“So I referred to as Teresa and mentioned, ‘Was I not invited since you’re mad at me?’ And he or she’s like, ‘No, no, no, we solely invited {couples} that we exit with,’” she recalled. “I assumed, ‘That’s sufficient for me.’”
Giudice’s sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga — who, alongside castmate Jennifer Aydin, attended the get together — mentioned she was “in shock” that Catania was not there.
“You guys have been pals for therefore a few years,” Gorga, 43, famous.
Catania — who has moved on with businessman Paul Connell after splitting from Principe final 12 months — replied, “If that’s how Louie and her needed that get together, that’s high-quality. My concern is her having fun with her day.”
The “RHONJ” girls have lengthy handled sophisticated dynamics. Giudice is shut with Manzo, 50, who has distanced herself from Catania over time. (Giudice confirmed on the “Slut Pig” podcast that Manzo is in her bridal get together, whereas Catania and Gorga weren’t requested.)
“We simply went our separate methods, I suppose. Some individuals like to maneuver on from one other life and like to depart what’s behind them for a purpose, I suppose, no matter purpose that’s,” Catania mentioned on the “Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino” podcast in February 2021, explaining her fallout with Manzo.
“Perhaps they assume you realize an excessive amount of about them, or possibly they’re not who they are saying they’re. Regardless of the case is.”
In the meantime, Catania is pleasant with Dina’s sister and former co-star Caroline Manzo, who famously doesn’t get together with Giudice. As for the Manzo sisters, they’re presently estranged.
Half two of the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” Season 12 reunion airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
