Jennifer Aydin appeared on Sunday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, where she addressed claims of leaking information about The Real Housewives of New Jersey to bloggers.
After one blogger leaked a series of screenshots of Jennifer, 47, speaking about the happenings of the show and seemingly planting certain narratives, she was questioned about the allegations against her as she also spoke of her friendships with Teresa Giudice, 52, and Jackie Goldschneider, 47, looked back on her fight with Danielle Cabral, 38, explained doubling-down on her claim about Melissa Gorga, 45, cheating with an Envy model, and more.
“Listen, I just want you to know that all bloggers out there start out as fans and we are very good to our fans and some get more invested than others. Is there a very big lesson in here? Absolutely,” Jennifer told Andy Cohen, 56, on the July 14 episode of WWHL, noting that she’s learned, “Don’t talk to anybody. Don’t talk to bloggers. Don’t be so candid and naive and think you’re being nice to the fan in an attempt to not make them not like you and really just say, I’m not dealing with you anymore.”
While Jennifer may have been caught sharing info with bloggers, she claimed she’s not the only one.
“Nobody is innocent here. Everybody talks to bloggers, Andy. Everybody talks,” she insisted. “Mine is just being put on blast. But I will say, theirs is being put on blast too. It’s just too hard to follow, and who cares at this point?”
On a recent episode of RHONJ, Jennifer admitted to feeling that Teresa didn’t have her back as much as she had Teresa’s. Looking back, Jennifer said she sticks up for all of her friends in the same way.
“When I have a friend and if you would be gracious enough and lucky enough to be my friend, you would see, I jump through hoops for all my friends. Ask [Bill Aydin]. That’s why he’s cut me off from making new friends,” she revealed. “I pull in all the strings. Every week, there’s a new freaking being in my house and he’s like, ‘Who are these people?’ I’m just too nice.”
When Jennifer was asked if she stood by her decision to push Danielle or if she had regrets, Jennifer said she didn’t remember pushing her castmate after the incident took place and explained that it “was just a reflex.”
“I know on camera, it didn’t look like we were that close, but trust and believe, when someone is that close to you and you can, like, smell their breath, it was a reflex,” she reasoned. “So I did push her, and of course, I regret it. I regretted it that night. I felt bad. Jen Fessler told her that I felt bad, and I didn’t feel bad that I pushed her. I felt bad that I aired something that happened between us off camera, and I can understand why she got so mad.”
“Nobody understood why I didn’t like her anymore. It happened off camera and I didn’t know how to say it to her,” she added of why the incident took place.
Although Teresa admitted that she and Jennifer had ulterior motives for befriending Jackie amid production on season 14, Jennifer denied that they were “using her.”
“We were both being strategic in becoming friends. But she was using us too,” she noted. “But I will say now, you know how when you pretend to get to someone and then you get to know someone you realize you really like them, and then all that’s out the window? Now it’s true … We’re friends now.”
Commenting on Margaret Josephs, 57, sharing Jackie’s text message slamming Dolores Catania, 53, as a slob, Jennifer accused Margaret of using the text to ambush their makeup.
“She was pretending to go to that crudité and then she whipped out that phone the moment they were making up. I told Jackie that night, I’m like, ‘She ambushed you on purpose.’ I told Jackie, ‘You should air her text messages, too,’” she shared.
During Sunday’s episode of RHONJ, Danielle unloaded on Jennifer about all the things she’d like to say to her in a confessional. But according to Jennifer, it meant nothing to her.
“I would care if Taylor Swift said that about me, but a pebble in my shoe? No. You’re just annoying,” she declared.
She also shaded Danielle when asked if her hairdresser had styled her hair for the appearance.
“No, but if she did I would have paid her,” she stated.
As for the comparisons between her hair and Teresa’s recently curled locks, Jennifer explained, “Me and Teresa both have naturally curly hair.”
Also looking back at Sunday’s episode, Jennifer said that she and Danielle “couldn’t do anything to each other” amid their confrontation at church as Andy questioned whether she truly “took the high road” as she claimed.
“I was trying not to lose my temper. She was trying to egg me on, Andy. What do you mean?” she asked. “She was trying to egg me on while she was making it fresher. I’m trying to die it down, and she’s doubling down.”
During another segment of WWHL, Jennifer was asked to say nice things about Danielle, which she failed to do.
First, when asked why Nate was fortunate to have Danielle as a wife, Jennifer replied, “Because sometimes you need a man in the family.” Then, after being asked to rate Boujie Kidz from one to 10, she stated, “I love a fun DIY project.”
Jennifer also took the opportunity to diss Danielle when asked why Teresa was lucky to have her on her good side again.
“Because obviously, you saw, she has a very good right hook, from experience,” Jennifer answered.
As for how her friendship with Teresa has changed since she didn’t fully have her back after her and Danielle’s fight, Jennifer confirmed there’s no bad blood between them.
“Teresa’s the type where, she says, ‘You need to tell me.’ So once I told her, she realized, she’s like, ‘I’m gonna be more there for you,’” Jennifer revealed. “Sometimes she just doesn’t do anything intentional. This is just who she is, and being her friend, I acknowledge that about her. So we’re good. She’s one of my best friends.”
Moving on to her claims about Melissa and the model, Jennifer said she was just “being shady and funny.”
“I didn’t even think that would make it to final cut, so sorry, Mel,” she shared.
Although she and Danielle are far from civil, Jennifer admitted she would be okay if Teresa decided to remain friends with their castmate.
“From what I know, Teresa and her haven’t really been in touch, but Teresa and I respect our decisions to be friends with whoever we want, so we’re good,” she said.
Also on the live broadcast, Jennifer denied using Ozempic but admitted to being on Mounjaro, which is similar to Ozempic.
“I am not on Ozempi.c So everybody was yelling at me, saying that my head is too big for my body, it’s just my hair, and that I gotta stop taking Ozemic because their family members can’t get it. I am not on Ozempic. I’m on Monjaro, okay? It’s Monjaro, 2.5, you know, I’m sorry,” she shared. “I love being this weight. I have so much energy.”
On the WWHL: After Show, Jennifer was asked what Margaret said about Dolores and her boyfriend, Paul “Paulie” Connell, that was so horrendous.
“Jackie has not repeated anything that Margaret has said about them,” Jennifer confirmed. “Jackie wants to take the high road and she refuses to tell us anything that Margaret said about any of us.”
Then, when Andy mentioned that using Jackie was a fail, Jennifer again said, “We weren’t using her,” before adding, “But we thought we might as well try.”
“But I’m proud of her that she’s keeping her integrity, unlike some people,” she also stated.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 14 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.
