Jennifer Aydin and Dolores Catania aren’t foes but are they truly friends?
That’s the question Jennifer is hoping to get answered at the Real Housewives of New Jersey season 12 reunion.
In a new interview with Access Hollywood’s Housewives Nightcap, Jennifer admits she’s currently reevaluating her friendship with Dolores.
“She claims to defend me — and she does in real life, she really does defend me. And I love her. And I thought, ‘She loves me in real life and sometimes is a jerk to me on the show,’” Jennifer explained. “But now I’m starting to realize she doesn’t like me and just appeases me for the show. So I don’t know where we stand. I just know some of the things I saw [this season] were really hurtful. Hopefully, we can try and work it out at the reunion.”
Earlier this month, Jennifer opened up about her complicated relationship with Dolores to Page Six, noting that she questions Dolores’ loyalty on more than one occasion during season 12.
“Dolores is friends with me, and I know she loves me deep down. I love her, too. But when I don’t feel her loyalty, and it happens this season, it hurts,” she revealed.
Fractures in Jennifer and Dolores’ friendship first came to light on a recent episode of RHONJ.
Jackie Goldschneider called out Dolores’ lack of loyalty to Jennifer after she told her not to cry over her husband, Bill Aydin’s affair coming to light.
According to Jackie, Dolores is “Margaret [Joseph’s] friend first,” and she doesn’t have Jennifer’s “back.”
Dolores slammed Jackie, saying it’s “not [her] place to say” who she’s friends with however, most everyone in the conversation agreed with Jackie’s assessment.
“You’re more my friend. Dolores, you’re much closer with me,” Margaret quipped while Jennifer admitted that she’d “love more” support from Dolores.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT.