<p>My goodness! Who is Richard Lawson? He certainly has a lot of… gumption 
If I was him I’d be anticipating a visit from Teresa’s husband!</p>
<p>MidwestParent - look on Bravo’s website – I’m sure they’ll rerun it. Also, I think they mentioned that there’s going to be yet another end of season RHNJ episode on Thursday night, though I forget what it is – lost/extra scenes from the dinner, perhaps?.</p>
<p>All of that talk about the woman’s new breasts in front of those kids. Call me Miss Manners but I thought it was weird. And the blonde one basically said she’d get rid of hers if it were up to her but they’re for her husband??@###%!@. Hello? Its her body, right? (Sorry, my 70’s feminism rises again!)</p>
<p>Tonight at 9pm EST is “the last supper” which is a new episode, after the finale episode.</p>
<p>All those kids are being exposed to way too much. That is the problem when parents are alarmingly enmeshed with the kids.</p>
<p>Richard Lawson writes humorous recaps of the various RH series on Gawker. (Don’t assume if you read them that they’re an accurate recounting of what actually happens; he uses the episodes themselves as jumping-off points for flights of fancy that are quite entertaining and imaginative.)</p>
<p>quick question about RHONJ, who is the father of Danielle’s children I was watching a re-cap and her oldest daughter states who ever brought up the book must really hate her mother, but I thought the author (Danielle’s ex husband) is her father…am I wrong?</p>
<p>I think she had more than one previous marriage. Am guessing the daughters are from a husband she was married to after the book’s author.</p>
<p>Also - of course they want to keep us guessing, but any ideas as to what Caroline was talking about at the end of the sit-down? Dina declined to talk about it, but Caroline was almost hysterical, and saying “you know what you did,” to Danielle, who of course denied knowing what it was.</p>
<p>The book was written by Danielle’s first husband. Ofc, they were never legally married bc he never bothered to get divorced from his first wife.</p>
<p>Danielle’s second husband and father of her children is the owner of a company that invented and manufactures some sort of specialized fitness equipment. I think maybe some type of treadmill. I read it once somewhere and it was a familiar brand but have since forgotten the specific name.</p>
<p>For the record, all of the Housewives have said on their blogs and on the show that Danielle is the one who told the TV crews about the book before it ever came up. Then the Bravo crews came to them asking for their comments on air about it. The Manzo/Lauritas and Teresa claim they never were going to talk about the book on air unless Danielle told on air whatever it was she claims she has on Dina. (which I assume is lies bc she would have spilled it on air if there was any way to prove things)</p>
<p>Momo, that is incredible about Danielle telling the Bravo crew about the book!! She has some nerve!! As far as that last thing where Caroline got so upset, from what I could figure out Danielle approached someone to “do” something to Dina. The approached person wouldn’t cooperate and that was the end of it. Not sure what that person was asked to do or say to Dina, though, but by Caroline’s reaction it must be pretty bad. If I were Danielle’s kids’ bio-dad I’d be working towards custody at this point. She is a complete nut and has stolen those girls’ childhood innocence completely.</p>
<p>I found the link to Tommy and Dina’s wedding, featured on “My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding.” they only spend $1.1m on it. I don’t think this links to a blog. </p>
<p>Edited to remove link since it is a blog. The episode is on the Astrochicks website -</p>
<p>I just watched Dina’s wedding footage. I’m speechless. Firecrackers coming out of a wedding cake? There are no words.</p>
<p>There’s another sister too - named Cookie. I didn’t see anything about Tommy that I found attractive - to each his own I guess.</p>
<p>Tommy reminds me a lot of Caroline’s son Chris. When I watched the wedding show I kept thinking those two seem like peas in a pod.</p>
<p>As far as what Danielle did, that is up for some discussion. There is a rumor posted on another board that Danielle approached Dina’s ex-husband (Lexi’s dad) with some info that caused him to either try to get full custody or threaten. That would explain Caroline’s violent reaction as well as Jacqueline’s blogging to the effect that she has cut Danielle completely out of her life. Jill Zarin had commented on her website that she recently had dinner with Caroline, Dina, and Teresa and that after hearing what Danielle had done to Dina had changed her mind about most of the NJ housewives and had a better understanding of why they acted the way they did. </p>
<p>The person I didn’t get in the reunion show was Teresa. IDK if she was extremely uncomfortable being forced to sit next to Danielle but she was so quiet and just not herself. I feel bad for her being painted as an idiot. She is obviously a loving mother and wife and some of my favorite scenes are those of her with her family.</p>
<p>Teresa isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, Momof…“A used house isn’t 'cleansy!”?" I’m not a big fan of her uber-materialism, either. She’s raising those girls to be golddiggers.</p>
<p>I wonder what dirt Danielle could possibly have on Dina that would involve any sort of custody dispute. She seems like a decent sort to me, except for her ostentatious ways.</p>
<p>As far as the “cleansy” comment goes, Teresa did look fairly nervous during the reunion show and I don’t know about anyone else but sometimes I don’t say the most intelligent things when I am nervous. I could tell she was embarassed by a lot of what was shown but also owns it and you have to respect that. While I don’t personally agree with the extravagant way they spend their money I also doubt they are raising ax murderers (or kidnappers for that matter). Teresa’s kids seem to be having a childhood, something I am wondering if Danielle’s kids are having at all. It is a lot to take on to be your parent’s “best friend” and confidante. Even in divorced families you do have a choice. Kids don’t need to be saddled with their mother’s relationship woes or introduced to every guy she meets. </p>
<p>I cannot imagine what Danielle feels she has on Dina that she has not brought to light or what she may have done to aggravate the custody issue with Dina’s ex. I have seen a lot of theories (none I would repeat here). Watching part 2 of the Reunion show and seeing Danielle talk about her traumatic childhood I could not help but wonder if she has ever sought professional help for these issues. Obviously they are still something she considers a reason for her admitted bad behavior and neediness but I have to wonder if she is trying to work through them or is she just using them as an excuse to continue and gain sympathy? I would hate to think it is the latter but anyone who has been victimized in their childhood by adult men should be thinking long and hard before bringing men she hardly knows home to her two young daughters.</p>
<p>Just saw Regis and Kelly, all of them were there, but Danielle. The interesting things they said about Danielle and the “what she did” was against Dina and close to being illegal, thus I don’t think it was a custody case issue, maybe more of a stalking issue or getting a friend to try to assault her. Also when I read Jill Zarins blog, the NYC and NJ wives all were at a fashion show, minus Danielle. Jill Zarin found out the scoop and stated now that she knows the back story she gets it, and even apologized on her blog for previous comments. I am betting that Bravo was there and this might be a NYC episode, but the conversation of what Danielle did will not be broadcasted. I think we will find out eventually because Danielle will spill the beans.</p>
<p>The other thing is they stated is they have no contract for RHONJ season 2, even Caroline said email Andy and tell them you want us back. I bet they are haggling over $$$. I read that they got 30K to do it, whereas the NYC and OC wives are making 100K, and yet NJ had the highest viewer ratings of all of the franchises. These wives were smart from the get go because they hired an attorney to get paid, originally Bravo was not going to pay them. That is supposedly when the fight between Danielle and Dina started, because they all agreed to pay 750 ea for the attorney to represent them and than Danielle hired her own attorney behind them, negotiated her own contract and refused to ante up the 750.</p>
<p>I was wrong about the fashion show, Danielle was there, but seated away from everybody else, I guess that is how Jill Zarin got the scoop. Also it was announced that the fashion show is the Finale episode for NYC season 3</p>