Caroline Manzo reveals that her step-niece Danielle Cabral unfollowed her on social media after being cast on RHONJ. Get all the details!
Real Housewives of New Jersey OG Caroline Manzo is opening up about her step-niece and newest Jersey Housewife, Danielle Cabral.
Caroline appeared on the Thursday, August 10 episode of Jeff Lewis Live, where she opened up about her relationship with Danielle.
To start, Jeff Lewis asked Caroline: “So, besides Dolores [Catania], who else are you friends with on that cast?”
“Well, Danielle Cabral is kind of like a half-ass relation,” Caroline replied.
The RHONJ alum elaborated, “Andy [Cohen] had a conversation with me about her when they were considering her, and she is my brother’s daughter. Okay? My niece. My brother and his wife divorced many years ago, and his wife remarried.”
“The gentleman she remarried had two kids, one of those being Danielle Cabral,” Caroline added.
While Caroline has known Danielle for 20 years, she admits they aren’t exactly close. Instead, Caroline says that she and Danielle are friendly and cordial when they see each other at family events.
Caroline explained, “It’s like, ‘Hey, hey, nice to see you. Merry Christmas. Oh, Happy Easter.’ You know, one of those things. I only see her at family events and stuff.”
Jeff then asked, “But does she know that you facilitated her being on the show?” to which Caroline replied, “I don’t think she realized that until Andy said it. Yeah.”
According to Caroline, Danielle NEVER thanked her for helping get her cast on RHONJ. However, Danielle did reach out to Caroline’s daughter, Lauren Manzo, before joining RHONJ.
“Well, she did originally when they were considering her. She called both myself and my daughter Lauren and, you know, ’What do you expect?’ and I was brutally honest with her. So was Lauren, and then, you know, I guess she got the gig, whatever, and then strangely, she unfollowed all of us, including my niece and everything, and never thanked anybody. Nothing,” the 61-year-old explained.
“I’m glad she’s doing what she always wanted to do, and she always wanted to, you know, be in the public eye and stuff like that, so I’m glad she finally has the opportunity to do that and, you know, carry on,” Caroline continued.
Previously, Caroline revealed that she hadn’t talked to Danielle since the 37-year-old joined RHONJ last year.
“Interestingly enough, she was cast, and then I think they introduced her to Teresa. She hit it off with Teresa. That’s the last time I heard from her,” Caroline said on a podcast back in May.
According to Caroline, Teresa and Danielle are cut from the same cloth, with Caroline noting that Danielle has “got a lot of Teresa in her.”
Speaking of Teresa Giudice and Danielle Cabral, they both will be returning for season 14 of RHONJ along with the rest of the RHONJ cast.
Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, Dolores Catania, Rachel Fuda, and Danielle Cabral are all returning for season 14, along with friends of Jennifer Fessler and Jackie Goldschneider.
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Season 14 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey is currently in production.
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