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RHONJ’s Jackie Goldschneider opens up about her “organic” friendship with Teresa Giudice and slams the “false narrative” being pushed online.
“There’s this narrative going around by some people that I did it for relevancy,” the RHONJ “Friend of,” told Heavy.com on the red carpet at Z100’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023. “I can breathe and be relevant enough. I can show up and just be relevant enough. So I didn’t need to do that.”
“I can’t wait for people to see organically how a new friendship came about,” Jackie added. “I think it’s great. That’s what the shows should be like — you were fighting, and then you found your way back to each other. Who wants to stay on a ‘team’?”
In recent weeks, Melissa Gorga has called Jackie’s friendship with the RHONJ OG “convenient.” She has also accused Jackie of striking up a friendship with Teresa to get more airtime on RHONJ throughout season 14.
While Jackie and Melissa are not on bad terms, Melissa has taken Margaret Josephs‘ side in her ongoing drama with Jackie that is set to play out during season 14 of RHONJ, which will air on Bravo in 2024.
“Nothing happened with Melissa. So I don’t know if Melissa just jumped on what was happening with me and Margaret [Jospehs] and made it hers,” Jackie told In Touch at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball in New York City on December 8. “But I have no problem with Melissa. I never had an argument with Melissa. So I’m officially saying that I have no issue with Melissa.”
On the Jingle Ball red carpet, Jackie was joined by her RHONJ co-star and Two Jersey Js podcast co-host Jennifer Fessler, who admitted that it was “difficult” for her when Margaret and Jackie’s drama began.
However, the two haven’t let Jackie and Margaret’s drama get in the middle of their friendship.
“Certainly, I’m still not happy about it because I love them both dearly, but I have really tried to learn to use my boundaries,” Jennifer told Heavy.com. “I’m going to let them do them. I’m going to do me. That’s it.”
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RHONJ will return to Bravo for season 14 in 2024.
