Margaret Josephs
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And Joe would come, and we'd have coffee every day, and we got very, you know, very bonded. But it's not like it was like, oh, my God, here he's coming, you know, throwing me down. It was nothing like that. We became good friends first. And then we realized we were both in bad situations.
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And then I realized after, like, months and months and months, I was really in love with him, you know, and we were friends first. And then, you know, we, of course, had an affair, which people found out about. And we decided that we both had to leave our spouses, and we did. We both moved out. My son moved with us, which was only a few blocks from my house. It was Christmas time.
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And it was very funny. And my son was like, I can't believe you're moving in with the contractor. You know, it was a little crazy. And he was young. He was 15. And I said, don't worry about it. We're going to throw a huge party.
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So, you know, I had like 150 people. And catered events. And then no one talks. I said, don't worry, we're going to be yesterday's news. You know, you've got to put it out there. And I'm truly believing. It's like if you don't want everyone to talk about your dirty laundry, just put your dirty laundry out there and you have to get ahead of it.
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You have to, if you want to control the narrative, you have to put it out there. Yeah.
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And I think that's very important for housewives.
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So if you're like always like, don't talk about secrets, you know, not good.
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Brynn, I'm so happy to be here, and congratulations on your new podcast. I'm very excited. Thank you. And I thought you were great on New York. Aw, thank you. And I know it was a brutal season, but you're a tough broad. I'm a tough broad. What was your take on my season? Listen, I think you're someone who stirs the pot, but they need you.
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I wanted a reunion. You know, also the reunion is also for resolution, moving on. They were like, well, there's no resolve. There's nobody, you know, people don't want to be together. Who decided that? Bravo. Bravo decided that. Oh, they did? Yeah, Bravo's like, there's no reunion. I was, like, upset about it. I was like, what are you talking about? I went to a reunion. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Not to mention you didn't miss out on the money.
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Yeah, so it was just... So ours was, like, that alternate reunion where I had to watch the last episode, you know, at Rails, which was, you know, in a room with my friends. And... Yeah, which was disturbing because I had to see things that were said and craziness. So I was not happy we didn't have a reunion because I actually had a lot to say. Wait, we'll say it here.
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No, it was just very disgusting and disturbing. I mean, you saw it. I mean, they had to sit down with an attorney about me, which I thought was crazy. But you know what? I made light of it. That's any serious situation that I didn't like, I made light of it. You know, I sent a funeral arrangement.
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I think, yeah, I was so irritated that morning. That's why I sent it. It was just like, I couldn't believe they were having a sit down with like an attorney who's I wish I always say his office is right around the corner from the meth clinic. You know, really, truthfully, it's it's an Atlantic city around the which is an above a pizza parlor where my attorney literally is on Park Avenue.
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And would never show up on television.
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So I was like seething that day. Yeah. So I was like, what could I do to piss them off? You know, and make a joke out of it. So that's why I did it.
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It was set up like an all cast. We knew we were going to be in separate rooms. And we had to watch the last episode up until that point. I never had seen the episode.
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It just seemed like it was like the final episode had not aired yet. And we went and watched it. And we went and watched it. So people just watched you guys watch yourselves? Yeah, and comment on it. That's so weird. I know. I lived it. But, you know, there were some shocking things. Like, Teresa's husband said he wants me to suffer and wants my son to suffer. I saw that.
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That was very disturbing. I was very. And that's why those boundaries you can't go back from. Right. For me.
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In my opinion, they need you because you have to have someone who keeps it moving. And I think that's what it was. My thing about New York was, listen, you guys were going up against OGs, right? They can't compare to that. It's a totally different show. And I think the sad thing was it got too dark at the end. Not unlike my show, which got extremely dark.
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Yeah, that can never come down. You know, I don't wish them ill at all. You know, I want her and her husband to be happy. That's truly what she wants. That's truly obviously what Teresa wants. That's her life and that's what she wants. I want her to be happy. I want nothing to do with them. Everybody else, fine. You know what I mean? Because they're my friends. Melissa and I, very close.
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You know, we talk every day. Rachel, great. You know, Dolores, great. Jen Fessler, all the time. You know, we're a good crew in general. Danielle, I get along great with Danielle. She realized that those weren't her friends. They set her up and did horrible things to her. So I think the rest of the girls, we're all great. You know, it's funny. We're all different age groups. What about Jackie?
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Jackie now Jackie Judas Goldschneider absolutely not no she showed her colors it's unfortunate what she did but you know you don't do those things but you just said housewives is resolution there's certain people you could have but when there's certain boundaries crossed and by the way I made up with a million people I mean Teresa had my hair pulled she didn't pull it Danielle pulled it I took Teresa back yeah
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She threw an entire table of food at me. Right. And I took her back. Right. I mean, I have had a lot of resolution. There's endless things that people have done to me that I have forgiven them, like major things. There's certain boundaries. when they're crossed, that you can't have resolution. You know what I'm saying? And I think that's what the bad thing is that happened with our show.
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That everybody was so enmeshed and so tight. Jackie was one of my closest friends. But all along, then to find out she was betraying me, deceiving me, you know, and did those things. It was a little weird. I mean, I really went to bat for her numerous times. And, you know, I had her best interest at all times. And, you know, we had a real bond.
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And the other thing is the girl has not been announced. She was not announced of apologetic. That was the other thing. She wasn't like, I'm so sorry I did that to you. I'm so sorry I lied to you. I'm so sorry that I let you take the fall for everything terrible when I was the one meeting, you know, with Louie's ex. Yeah.
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leaking things you know she never she never once apologized for that if she apologized now no no no it's so late now it's years later so is this all that you would have said at the reunion yeah I would have said those things you don't you don't show an ounce of remorse you're like what are you you're crazy you will do anything for fame it's bizarre yeah it's
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you know when someone's like that would betray someone who like has stuck by you and listen and and i will say this also like you said with you and jenna there are things i know about jackie that her and i should i would never say yeah i just would never you know she was so upset because i released the um screenshot of what she said about dolores you know in my season that was nothing that was a big deal her and dolores weren't good friends yeah
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You know, that was great TV. Yeah. But, you know, the true intimate things that Jackie has told me or that I said, you know, I would never say.
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That's that's unacceptable.
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And I wish it wouldn't have gone that way because that's a rough topic. Yes. That's a very rough topic. And I felt very, you know, I felt sad about it because, you know, my heart broke for you. And everybody, I don't think people are empathetic enough to what was going on.
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Oh, no, and then you're having a rage. That's why a reunion's so good.
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I can't carry from season to season. That I don't want to do.
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I have that issue on our show. People carry from season to season.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I hope for your sake that you guys can move on from stuff. I hope that people are kind and-
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Empathetic and forgiving. I hope that you guys could bond.
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Well, we went on pause only... When did we go on pause? Not that long ago. July. July. July this year. Yeah, July this year. July this year.
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Yeah, so I was like... Listen, when you guys got rebooted, those are my friends on New York, right?
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The OGs. So, of course, I was devastated. Yeah. I was devastated for them. I was like, oh, my God. You know, I'm so close with Dorinda. Yeah. And she was already, you know, and she's still such a star, such an icon. You know, and those girls are so great.
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They're so amazing. They're amazing. So I was like, oh, I wish they'd called something else. You know, but you understand things. I understand things move on. Right. Things change, whatever it is. They did Legacy is great. You know, I think two shows could live at once. Yeah. You know what I'm saying?
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You know, I think people still want to see them. I think people want to see you. I think it's two different things that people could relate to. You know, and that's the thing. Do I think, yeah. And I was like, oh, are they going to do to us what they did to New York? You know, possibly, you know, it's totally feasible.
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Yeah.
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And if it happens, it's meant to be. What are they going to do?
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Yeah.
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I don't know if it's as easy to get people in New Jersey as it is in New York, as many people who are willing to do it because they have the families and everything else and the husband and the family dynamic and everything else. But if it happens, it happens. I can't I can't do anything about it.
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There's no secrets to be kept when you're on a housewife show.
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What about that whole thing with Jenna being poor in the Uber?
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No, it's so funny. And then, you know, Jenna could have said, well, well, I'm not cheap. I just, you know, I just, and then she could have said, I think you're cheap because you don't want to pay for my Uber. That's what a good friend would do.
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You can't tell them.
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You can't say whatever you want.
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This is the one job you can say whatever you want and you don't get in trouble. Yeah, and it's awesome.
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But people don't understand that. It is the one job you can be unfiltered.
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I think people get very self-conscious and worried what other people think of them.
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I think that's what it is also. Probably. Listen, you know, there's other friends of my friends in real life where I think they're cheap. Now I do say it to them actually.
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I would love to be on New York. I actually said to Joe the other day, I said it was just so funny because I said, should we just sell our house and move to a penthouse in the city and, you know, just go, you know, be in the Hamptons? He's like, no, because he has tons of motorcycles and everything else. And I just said I could see it because I'm a very New York person.
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I get my nails done in the city. We eat most of our meals in the city when we go out. I do. I, you know, I shop in my tailors in the city. I spend a lot of time in New York City. My son lives in New York City. So I'm just like something. I said, Joe, he's like, no, I can't live in an apartment today. You live close enough to the city. It's not a big deal.
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Yeah, I always said that, you know, I could be on New York or New Jersey. It wouldn't make a difference. And we used to say that with Dorinda also. She could be on New York or New Jersey.
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But the one thing I will say about all you ladies on New York Now, everyone's so beautiful, glamorous, well-dressed. You guys have a very, you know, cast that all looks amazing. Yeah. I will say that. Everyone's very well-edited. Everybody has great style. I mean, we cannot say that about my show. No. I mean, no, that's a given. Who specifically? Oh, I mean, come on.
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I mean, you know, I mean, some people live in a house that looks like modern day dictator. And those people will insult my house. And, you know, you could say what you want, but like my house is like a classic Tudor. I maximalist style. Right. You know. Yeah. And they will insult my house. And, you know, it's pretty classic. I can't. It's.
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Oh, I get fans that say the mouth. I mean, besides the fact how, you know, because Danielle Staub said to me, she calls me trout mouth. My mouth does move funny. My husband will make fun of me also because I speak so expressively. Yeah. My mouth moves funny. So she called me trout mouth. So that has stuck. That has really stuck, you know.
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And so when fans went and saw me, they're like, your mouth moves so weird. You know, you talk so funny. I was like, yeah, it's expressive. What do you want me to do, you know?
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Also get new material. It is. It's just like, yeah, come up with something original. Yeah, come up with something clever.
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So that's like the one that – like the insult that stuck from her, which, you know, okay, it was clever.
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So it's very – but fans always say that. You look old or you look this. I was like, yeah, okay. And if you saw these people that write to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It is all-time classic. And they write – and, you know, I get the Facebook Messenger alert. I get the Instagram alert. Yeah. Do they hit you up on both? Yeah, on both.
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I don't even go on Facebook anymore. I'm telling you, it is classic. And then when I, I've spoken about this before, and then blogs will say Margaret's insulting her fans. Margaret's not insulting her fans. I am very sweet and kind. I make jokes about it. You have to stick up for yourself. Some of these people, I'm telling you, you would die. You would die what some of them look like.
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They look like they never left the house in like 35 years.
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It's creepy. It's actually creepy. I have people – They love to say, your kids hate you. You're the worst mother. Because, you know, I don't put my kids on television.
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But they're much older.
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But still. And when I first came on the show, I said, two of my stepchildren don't speak to me. Well, we have six kids between the two of us.
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Oh, wow.
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And at the time, two of my kids didn't speak to me. Well, that's over and done with.
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Yeah.
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They do. You know, we're a very close family. Except my stepdaughter and I are still estranged. And she's amazing. She's an amazing mother. You know what I mean? But she has issues with me. And they're always like, your kids hate you. You don't have a son. And I was like, I do, and you're crazy.
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And that's uncomfortable. And I think people don't realize that when someone's a victim of SA or sexual assault, you do disassociate.
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But I keep them very protected and private.
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With little kids, I think it's harder. My kids are all grown adults, and they're up and out, and we just keep them off social media. My oldest stepson from my first marriage, who I'm very close with, is turning 50 already. Oh, my God. Yeah, I mean, my ex-husband, you know, is 20 years older than me. I'm 57. He would have been 77 already. Wow. So his, you know, Brett.
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Yeah, Jan's son is turning 50. He just got married at 49. I walked him down the aisle in September. Oh, my God. Yeah, so it's like when these people are, like, trying to judge my family and stuff, then I kind of want to, like, shoot back.
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But I don't even bother because it's so sick.
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You want to find a partner.
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When I just said I would like, I mean, at my age, it would be nice to be. I've outgrown the sugar baby age. I'd have to pay for a sugar baby.
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If I was someone's sugar baby, the guy would have to be like 100.
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And you make jokes to make light of it. And I wrote about it in my book, you know, when I was, you know, when I was a young girl and, you know, I got ripped on my own show about it. You slept your way to the top. You did this. You did that. You know, and I think. people like fans and things aren't empathetic to that or understand.
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No, I don't want to be anybody's sugar mama.
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I don't want to be anybody's purse or nurse. That's what I said. There you go. Those days are over. Those days are over. If anything, you know, Joe and I, you know, that's it. Last stop here. Oh, that's. Yeah, last stop here.
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Really? Yes. And I'm like, you could even, prior to being with Joe, I was always very flirtatious with men. You know, I had a great family when I was married to my ex-husband. My family was unbelievable. We had an amazing family. We didn't have an amazing marriage. Like, I enjoyed being with them. We had an amazing friendship, but our marriage wasn't great.
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I am blessed now that I have an amazing marriage. We have an amazing partnership. I never even look at other guys. It's actually bizarre. All my friends are like, you were the biggest flirt. You were this, you were that. I never even look at other men. Like, that doesn't cross my mind. I've outgrown that phase because I'm very happy with Joe. What's the secret to such happiness with your partner?
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We're very comfortable with each other. I think we have a friendship. I still think sex is very important. I do believe that. Make each other a priority. I'm not saying I sex four times, five times a week. When we were first together, we always did. But we have sex a lot. Okay.
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We shower together every day. Isn't that funny? That does not mean sex. I love that. And everyone would make fun of me on the show.
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It's very intimate. We have a very intimate relationship to the fact is so we don't stay on the phone. So I'm not on the phone. So we shower together. Okay. And our new shower, we built it so we have two shower heads because it was a little crowded under one all the time. Yeah. But we're in there and you're alone and you could talk and no one's bothering you.
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And then you're in the bathroom getting ready. I love that. And you know what? That was very important to us. So then no one annoys us.
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It's just like I have a ton of people in my house at all times. And think about it. You have to shower every day. So there's like you have to shower.
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And by the way, if I'm showering, he'll take another shower. So you could be with me, which is actually kind of funny. Okay, Joe. So I think that's important. We go to bed the same time every night together. Have you ever gone to bed angry? Never. Never. We argue. I'm not going to say we don't fight, but we don't fight a lot. We make a lot of time for each other.
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I got married. I was with Joe. We weren't together as long as you would think. Wait a minute. I got on Jersey in 2017. We got married in 2013. So four years. You weren't worried at all?
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And the show doesn't put a strain on things? No, not really. I mean, listen, sometimes he probably thinks I'm bitchier. But our marriage, I feel like it doesn't. I think it does put a strain on some people's marriage.
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And thank God they haven't been victim to it or anything like that. And I think people don't realize how you act if something like that happens and people deal with it in different ways. So I think people aren't sympathetic, empathetic or understand the nuances of it. And I think I understood the nuances of it. And that's why I really, I felt terrible for you. I really did.
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No, I feel like our marriage, listen, I feel like, yeah, I feel like Joe is, yeah, we really love each other and he's a solid person and he, he enjoys it. He enjoys it because of me. It's not his whole life. Yeah. You know, and I think that's, that's very important. And I think that's what it is. And I think, you know, we're together and he did it for me, but he loves it.
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I'm not going to say he doesn't love it. He, He works with other guys on the show. He works with Joe Gorga. He works with Dolores' ex-husband, Frank. They work together. He loves John Fuda. You know, those guys, the guys had a big bond on my show and Joe loves it. But he has his own life. You know, he has his own business. He does his own thing.
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Yeah.
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He doesn't want to like and he enjoys it.
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Yeah, he's right in there. But he's not like if you go on social media, I have to do his posting. Yeah, that's cute. It's not like he's the one. That's cute. I'm like, Joe, you got to post. It's my birthday. You know what I mean? I'm like, hello. Do you write the birthday post? No, I don't write the birthday post. To the most beautiful, non-trout looking, fabulous. No, he writes the birthday post.
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But he's like, he'll have to look. He loves to pick the picture and do all that. But it doesn't cross his mind. But he answers his own DMs. He loves to be on Instagram late at night. And answer people. I mean, he writes to female plumbers. I'm like, Jo, don't do anything inappropriate because, you know, someone will screenshot this.
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Yeah, but he doesn't, you know, he's not about being in the spotlight himself. Yeah. Which is nice.
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You're young. Thank you. You're going to have many chapters, many beautiful chapters.
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I mean, I've had many beautiful chapters. I've had endless chapters. And I think I have more ahead of me, too. I mean, you know, this too shall come to an end. And prior to this, I was a lifestyle expert on TV. I have a great business. I have a line in Walmart. I love interiors. By the way, I love the way your apartment came out.
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Oh, thank you.
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They're gorgeous. Shameless plug. My mocktail line, I'm trying to blow up soiree because I don't drink alcohol. Which is, I'm going to plug this. We're looking for a venture capitalist. I could plug that also. Oh, I know some people. No, do you know why? Because beverages take a lot of money. And I will tell you, Lexi and I are amazing at marketing. We self-funded. It's doing great.
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But, you know, you need an engine behind you.
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No, of course. But, you know, to get it going, we did. I was like, because I've been in licensing so long.
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And I'm paid on royalty. Right, right, right. And which is great. But I was like, we started this from scratch. And it's important for Lexi to own something.
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I think it, I don't think they handled, you know, some of the ladies didn't handle it correctly.
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When do you think you'll find out about Jersey?
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You know, it's weird because it's like, and I'm sure for you, like, people, you'll walk down the street and they're like, Marge, I hope you're coming back. Imagine I were to Goldman Sachs. Yeah. And I'm walking to, you know, I see the, you know, CEO of Goldman Sachs. Hey, buddy. Hey. You know, I hope.
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Hope you don't lose your job. People say that to me all the time. They don't realize. It's a job.
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Some people say that to me. They're like, you know, they're worried about my job. I'm like, you know, please. Or like when they say they're casting.
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People are interviewing for your job.
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People are interviewing for my job right now.
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It's so weird. But the people, I guess because we're public-facing figures, people are always like, well, what's going on with the show? What's going on with the show? Well, do I ask you what's going on with your job every fucking two seconds? It's like, when are you getting a raise? When are you doing this?
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I know. It's a little bizarre. It's like people have no boundaries when it comes to asking you. No.
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Yes. And I think there was some very deep bonds. There are some very deep friendships. And listen, you know, and I know a lot of them said two things can be true and everything else. You didn't kill anybody. You didn't, you know, you didn't sleep with someone's husband.
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I'm great. I'm grateful that they're so interested and so invested.
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But it's like it is a little odd because it is like a job.
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I know. I know. When people ask, I'm like, don't worry.
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You know, it's a job.
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I know. I'll tell you one thing. My mother was upset because she didn't film a lot. Marge Singer loves to film. She loves the film. Marge Singer loves to film. Marge Singer, I don't know if you realize, she's the weather girl in the morning. If you ever want the weather forecast, you just go to my mother's Instagram. Really? Yes, Marge Singer is the full-blown weather girl.
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She's adorable. She will do the weather. She will tell you what crazy holiday it is. Every day is something. Today is like, you know, kiss your cat day. Today is this.
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It's like, you know. It's 18 degrees today. It's very blustery. You know, I'll probably have to wear a hat. Bundle up. You know, she goes through, like, the whole thing. She could be the weather girl. My plastic surgeon says he will not start, you know, doing any surgery or leave the house until he watches Marge Singer in the morning.
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Well, I mean, she would not be happy about that one. She would lie to whatever they're saying. You know, Mark Singer, very vocal about her, you know, political beliefs.
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Well, it took me a while to have it.
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No, yeah, I can understand she's human. I mean, you know, she still drives me crazy. I could get triggered stuff. I mean, I'm sure I make her nuts. But she did the best she could. She was, you know, a 20-year-old who gave birth to me. You know, she left my father by the time she was 22. Yeah.
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And, you know, single mother. And, you know, she did a great job. She gave me everything she possibly could. And, you know, we were, you know, totally crazy.
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Yeah.
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You know. But, yeah, I can respect her for that. She worked really, really hard.
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No, you didn't boil someone's bunny.
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Yes. I have a great work ethic because she was a hustler. She was definitely a hustler.
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She does meteorology in the morning. And then she works for my husband now. Oh, really? Yeah, my husband owns apartments, which we don't really talk about on the show. And she is the bookkeeper. Because my husband's bookkeeper, I just want to say, was 90-something, and she died. So they needed my mother to go now, who's 78. My accountant's 80, I think. I love it. It's hysterical.
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No, so Mark Sr. goes in every day and she's like, she's crazy. And she collects the rents.
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And someone actually vandalized her car. She drives a car with eyelashes on it. And someone ripped the eyelashes off the Mini Cooper. She took to Instagram. Yeah, let's find them.
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She had a fit. Joe was cracking up.
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They did not find them, but she was like, you know, some hoodlums took these. I took my eyelashes off. Some Hudson River hoodlums took my eyelashes.
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I know. I said Mark Singer. I don't know. You probably annoyed somebody.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jo put the eyelashes back on her car. People know her car all over. They beep at her everywhere.
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Yeah, so I give her credit. Still wearing the high heels. Doesn't leave the house without makeup. She's still wearing high heels? Oh, my God. She's better in heels than I am. She's always in the high heels.
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They are so personal and it's hard.
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Yeah, she's like Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Oh, yeah, for sure. We're very into the glam. I might wear sweatpants, but I'm wearing a fur right to the supermarket. Yeah, same. Yeah, same thing. You know what Marge Senior will say? Andy likes me better than he does.
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Yeah. And truthfully, I don't. I don't think you were trying to ruin Uba's reputation. You really loved her. And you guys had a deep relationship. And I think it was nice to see you guys at the reunion. I don't think there was malicious intent there. And I think that everybody immediately went to malicious intent. It was sad. And that was hard for me to watch. Because I don't think it was that.
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Marzia is one of those and I'm like Marzia well it's true honey he comes to say hello to me first I'm like he's a thing for mothers relax Marzia I know she is so funny how I mean watching you guys you share so is that how it is in real life so when the cameras are down did that just was that always your relationship being so open and honest about your childhood with her is that always how it was or did that happen because of cameras no do you know what it was we were always very close you know because we're 20 years apart she was the same age as my ex-husband yeah
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But listen, it was tumultuous also. People are like, you threw her under the bus. You wrote about her in a book. No, we have a very intimate, bonded relationship. But listen, I always say I was the parentified child, right? But she's also my mother and my best friend, which is a little weird. But I feel like we raised each other because she was a single mother. So of course we're so close.
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As crazy as she makes me, I can't live without her. And I love her so much. And she's the best grandmother ever. the best mother-in-law to Joe. She is like, she does anything. She's just the greatest. She's like so close at Lexi. So she's fabulous. But I had, you know, when I told her, I didn't tell her certain things because I wouldn't want to upset her.
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Tell her certain things like how you felt growing up or? Certain things with my sexual assault. I never told her certain things that happened. Like she didn't find out until my book came out.
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I didn't want her certain things to know. Yeah.
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And it's just – you know, and it's so upsetting and it's just like my mother – It's funny. She's so strong, but she's also not strong in some ways. I was afraid she was going to catastrophize and freak out. You don't know what's going to happen. You just want to bury. You know better than anyone. You want to bury that stuff.
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You want to pretend it didn't happen or make it go away or you make light of it.
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And I think resilience is one of the most amazing traits someone could have because it's very important to have that. And I get it because I feel like I'm extremely resilient myself, you know, and I get it. No. And I feel like my mother is extremely resilient. I mean, you know, she's a Hungarian immigrant. came here, you know, on a bicycle over a border into Austria.
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You know, so she's she's also resilient, but she's buried a lot of stuff, too. I think we all have that, you know, and I think people bury it and, you know, Thank God so many people haven't had to go through that. But the people who have, you know, can relate and understand and see it.
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It is resilience. It's funny. My son always says to me, you don't have patience for people who aren't resilient. I said, no.
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I don't either. Yeah.
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And I guess – and I think maybe I have to learn to have that.
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Because when I see someone, you know, if he has a girlfriend or something, and I'm just like, oh, she's not for us. I go, that's not for our family. Low resilience. Low tolerance. You know, she's weak sauce.
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That's my big line.
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You know, I think a lot of people think sometimes, you know, if I say something, you know, oh, it's malicious intent. No, things happen. Things come out of your mouth. You're not trying to, you know, ruin someone's character. I think I'm very direct. People take it as, oh, Marge, you're such a bitch. You're vicious. You're that. No, being direct is not that. You know, I'm much older than you.
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be vulnerable yeah and I understand that yeah you know and I think hey do you think you've become more vulnerable I think I think I am very vulnerable I think because um you know I'm tougher and I don't you know I do cry very easily I'm very emotional and very empathetic and people but I think like on my show people thought like you know she's so tough she's this she's that because I don't crack as easily you know and I'm just like that doesn't mean that I don't hurt it doesn't mean you don't hurt
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That doesn't mean I haven't been through stuff. Because, you know, I'm not hysterically crying every single day. Like some people are like, you know, you've got to pick them up off the floor. No, I'm not going to have to be picked up off the floor.
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Beverly Hills did it, but we didn't do it. We always did it, except this year we didn't because no one liked each other. So, you know, at the after show, we could always, like, do it a little.
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I just can't believe they let you guys just not like each other.
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I mean, we were, like, literally, they were, like, you know, you girls. No. You know, it was literally like, it was crazy. I was like, what is going on here?
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Yeah. So it was one of those.
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Yes, I've been on semaglutide for a while.
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It's a pharma.
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I'm going to tell them.
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Amazing. It's great. It was life changing. It's not like I was, I was like overly voluptuous. I was getting overly voluptuous. Joe was happy. My, I always had huge boobs. I got a boob reduction and that immediately made me look better anyway. Cause my boobs naturally were so big. My nipples were like cheeseburgers. It was crazy. And I was like, and everybody on my show had implants look great.
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I got on the show when I was like 49 already. I had a strong, you know, sense of self. Yeah. I have very thick skin. But, you know, it's still hard because I think people, when they don't understand you and they make assumptions about you, I was shamed nonstop because I left my husband for the contractor. Um, when I wrote about my book, you know, what had happened to me as a little girl.
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I was like, Joe, I got to get a boob reduction. So during COVID, right. As soon as things opened up, like
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So I got, I went to Maryland, Dr. Joseph Michaels. I did it. Reduction, lift, the whole thing. Perfect.
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It was like life changing. I was like, this is unbelievable. I was so happy. You know, I felt great. But then, you know, then I lost weight. I went on semaglutide, which is like, it's going to be like three years. I was an innovator. I'm just going to say I was one of the first ones. You pioneered it. I was like pioneering.
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First one on my show. You know, everyone's like, what's going on?
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Oh, my God. I was so happy. I was like, well, they called it peptides at first because I read about it in Town and Country. My doctor was in town and country. Ed beat him. They're in the city. And they were like, this guy, Jamie Gable, whatever it is, he gives people peptides. But he does. He also gives peptides. There's a peptide for everything.
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Yeah.
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The editor wanted to get, like, shredded, and the guy was like, I can't lose weight. And all of a sudden I said to Joe, I was like, we have to go here. I can't drop any weight after menopause. He's like, oh, I put in all the medical equipment there, you know, for Dr. Schaefer. He's the plastic surgeon, and Ed Veedham is, like, the functional medicine. I go, you must call them tomorrow.
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And Joe called up, and he's like, oh, your wife, she wants to come in. She'd come right in. I go to, I thought I had to lose 10 pounds. He goes, you got to drop 20. I go, I can't drop 20. What are you, crazy?
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That's crazy.
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I was like, oh, my God. I was happy with, like, after I lost 10, I was happy. I was like, he's like, you could get back to, like, yeah. I was like, no freaking way. And it worked. And I was like, I'm going right on this drug. What are you kidding? I didn't know what it was.
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And then, like, four months after that, four or five months after that, everyone's talking ozempic, ozempic, ozempic, you're on ozempic. I go, no, I'm not. I'm on semaglutide. You're like, I'm on peptides. Get out of here. Yeah, I'm on peptides. Get out. And I was like, forget it. I said, I'm never going off it. I could give two shits.
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I'm still on it. A low dose. Oh. Maintenance. Maintenance. Why not? You know what? They say it prevents Parkinson's. It prevents dementia.
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I'd rather just stay healthy and skinny.
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I think the best part is that it memorializes a lot of special events in my life. We got to film March Senior's 75th birthday. Oh, yeah. That forever will be on film, on camera. I could watch it back. So that's nice. So certain things are forever etched.
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Yeah.
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And never forgotten that way on camera to live forever, which is so nice.
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Yeah.
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You know, charity events that I did, you know, so that I'll forever be there. So that's the best part of being on Housewives. And, you know, you get to do it. And I formed some great, great bonds.
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So that's so nice. What about for you?
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And then, you know, I'd slept with my boss, but I was pressured into it. You know, I was told I was slept to the, slept my way to the top. It, um, I would have never done that. I was like, it was a different time. Yeah. You don't know what you would have done. You don't know what the pressure I was under. You don't know what happened. And yeah. You know, I was shocked, actually.
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No, I think just go back and be your authentic self. Yeah. And I think that's the best thing. Just be real. I think that's the most important thing. I think everybody has a bad season.
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Yeah.
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I think... They can't edit something that you don't say. Right. I always say that. And you know what? You did. You did have a rough season this season. And you know what? I think it's important just to be your real self.
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If you want to have bonds with certain women, certain of the people there, if you really love them, like a Jenna or an Erin or whoever you were close with, I'm saying I would say it. And say it way before you go back to filming. Yeah. So it doesn't seem like, you know what I'm saying? That's just for camera. But I would also just say, like, if you go back, just just be your really authentic self.
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I think that's the most important thing.
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You know, and that's it. And just and just keep it real. And I think that's because you there is something very endearing and sweet and charming. That's why people fell in love with you. No, it's true. People fell in love with you right from the first season. And I was like, they need her. And I think that's very important. And listen, people thought I got hard.
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They loved me when I first got on the show. And they were like, Margaret's so tough now. She's this, she's that. I don't think I am. I think, listen, did I get a little jaded? Did I get upset about things? But I think your good heart will shine through.
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And I think you could – I think it's okay to say that and just say – you could say that to someone on the show. You could say, I'm afraid you're not going to like me for who I am. I don't want to be guarded around you.
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Nothing that bad happened. Yeah. That's the thing. Nothing that you can't come back from.
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People love their dogs more than they love their kids sometimes. I say, my dog, Edie, she's at the top of the food chain in my house.
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I was a little taken aback and disappointed.
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Oh, I knew. I knew I had to say it right away. I said it my first season. Because you know, anything that's in your background, any dirty laundry will come out. People come out of the woodwork. Everybody wants to ruin you. And it would have been dug up. So you cannot have any secrets. Going on a reality show.
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show like a show like housewives yeah you have to be candid about your life and um and just be honest about it because you know what everybody's human everybody has a story and it's okay yeah yeah i have a friend right now that actually she was contacted just i think they're just doing like
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I'm not allowed to make a comment. I mean, it's like they'd rather have you drunk drive and kill somebody than have an affair.
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That's more forgiving than, you know, having an affair or... Cheating on someone, it is a very weird concept to me. And I have a beautiful marriage. My husband and I are great. I was great with my ex-husband who had passed away, unfortunately. We have a beautiful life, and I think it's very interesting.
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You know, I did bring out someone else's affair on my show because I thought they were very hypocritical. People went berserk. People went crazy. Why would you do that? Well, this person's insulting me for my, you know, my career. It was Jennifer's husband at the time. because he was on a pedestal.
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He was made to be, you're, you're constantly saying how great your husband is, but you're telling me what a piece of shit I am.
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So how is he so great and I'm so horrible?
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And I think they, well with my, I feel like I, like with Melissa, we talk all the time on the phone. I think it grows as a sorority. Like I didn't know Melissa before I got on the show. Yeah. And we really bonded. It does become a sisterhood. Yeah. Um, but it takes time.
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And I think, I think there is. And Rachel came on the show later. I was on the show for quite a while for, um, yeah, five years already. And then Rachel had come on the show and she's a younger girl, you know, she's 32. Yeah. Um, And I feel very, you know, nurturing to her and I feel very bonded to her. And I feel like we have a real friendship.
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And, of course, Dolores, even though, you know, she's more, you know, she's still friends with people I cannot stomach. But we're also very close. Though I do feel like there's certain things we do share that we would never cross the line on camera. And then, of course, there's people who I can't stand on my show who do cross the line.
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It's about conflict and resolution and showing how you can move past it. You know, it's a speed... How should I say it? It... It's rushed. Speed friendships.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it is very interesting to me also. Listen, I've had fights with regular friends only because since I've gotten on the show, some people have freaked out and acted very weird.
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Sometimes my husband will say, calm down, housewife. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, you become one. Yeah, well, you're ready to blow quicker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do feel that because I feel like that's what we do when we're filming.
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Things that are in our head that wouldn't come out of our mouth, that's what we do now. Yes. And that's what happens when you're filming. Yes. You just have to be opinionated. Yeah. And certain opinions you keep to yourself because it could be rude.
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But now it's just you have to give your opinion.
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You'll have to go to a Home Depot. He's a regular guy. I feel like you might need a regular guy.
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He was. He was so sweet. When Jan would come to my house for coffee, Jan and I would eat dinner. But Jan was 20 years older than me. Jan, Joe's 11 years older than me. But when Jan died, we had Shiva at my house, 200 people, because that's the home of my son, who I share with Jan.
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Yeah.
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You know, so Joe had, like, helped me organize this whole shiva. We had Jan's whole family there. You know, my family, you know, which is, you know, he's the father of my son. And I think that was probably very hard on him because to see me hysterical. But I'm hysterical because my children are also hysterical. It was a weird thing, you know. It's a very weird thing.
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But that just shows his character. And he is so amazing. He is. He is amazing. He's a very... He's a very stand-up guy. He really is. And I'm very, very blessed. I knew it when I met him. He was a different character. It's not about him. He's not all over social media. I have to force him to post. He's not about being the front and center, which is nice.
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It's very funny. We were both friends with these decorators. Their names are Chris and Marco. They're still around, but they're not together anymore. Okay. And separately. And we would always go to their parties. And I was married to Jan. He was married to his wife. We'd see each other. We'd say hi. We'd chit chat, whatever it was. And then years later, he came to do work in my house.
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And but my marriage was already on the rocks. We're in therapy. You know, things just weren't great.
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I accept this little golden crappy. It looks like chocolate. Can I eat it?
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Yes. Fabulous. Thank you. Thank you. We love you, Mark. Thank you.
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I brought Joe. And I'm so happy to be here. Yes.
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Oh, no, I have not. No, I have not gone to Jersey Mike's, though I should go. You know, I did see Jennifer two days before that at the Gucci outlet.
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At the outlet. At the outlet, believe it or not. It was just very funny because she had said to me, I thought first she snubbed me. She didn't want to act like she saw me. I was like, all right, I'm going to go for the snub.
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And when I was on the line paying, she had come over and she had said to me, she was very upset by the way she was portrayed on the show, said she got a bad edit and that she was portrayed as a villain. And I was like, oh, come on now. And I said, well, if you act like, you know, if you act like the villain, you know, you're going to be the villain. You're the villain.
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And she was like, I'm over it. You know, I want to be like the next Oprah. And I said to her, I was like, okay. I said, maybe you should do like a Turkish cooking show because you did that prior. No, that's what she did.
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But she goes, I don't want my hands to smell. I don't like to cook. I said, okay, whatever. You know, so I was like, I guess, you know, since the Jersey Mike's, the Oprah thing is out.
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I really don't know what's happening. I think it would be sad based on the other reboots. You know what I'm saying? Listen, I like Roni. But I think keeping some of the other ladies and getting new ladies...
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You know a better way? Not a complete reboot. Keeping some and some new.
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Okay. All right. Here we go. Thank you. Okay, I'm going to hold it far away. I can actually read from a distance. Okay. Ooh! Breakfast at Tiffany's Lunch. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
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OK. Gondola ride in Mexico, Real Housewives of Miami.
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And last but not least, Shannon's birthday lunch, Real Housewives of the OC.
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I would go on The Traitors. When Dolores was there, I did do one sneak phone call. Paulie spoke to her before it started, and then they called me on the house phone. But that was before it was allowed, and Dolores was like, Marge, I don't know if you could hack it. Because I didn't have my phone and it was very cute. So, you know, I have to see. Because she's much tougher than I am. She's amazing.
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I mean, I would like to go on. I just hope I can hack it. I mean, Delora.
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I mean, I think I'd be a good trainer, truthfully.
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Wait, wait. What's your pick? Do you have a pick? I think my favorite group scene was the breakfast at Tiffany's lunch. I liked that with those bangs. Yeah, the bangs. And all the fighting and then Mary throwing Meredith out. I loved it.
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Well, it's Meredith's bat mitzvah from Salt Lake City.