RHONJ Update: Amber and Jim Marchese Are Still Awful

Earlier this week, news broke about James / Michael Marchese, son of ex-RHONJ cast members, Jim and Amber Marchese.  Things have not improved. Obviously.

ICYMI: Earlier this week, news broke that fired RHONJ cast member Jim Marchese, and his step-mother, Amber Marchese, were refusing to pay for his son’s college because he is gay.

James started a GoFundMe asking for help paying half of his tuition for Fairfield College.

Jim and Amber probably don’t dislike the publicity this has given them, let’s be honest.  Since they don’t like the publicity, Amber keeps posting about it on her Instagram.  See her first post below, with the pertinent part of the caption immortalized in this article.

That wasn’t working, so Amber posted again on Instagram, see that post below:

In the initial article posted on Instinct,  it mentioned that the step-mother, Amber, snooped through a cell phone, and it was all downhill from there.

Both sides seem to confirm that the family hasn’t talked in two years since all of this went down. Amber says some horrible things in her caption, as you can see above.  I cannot verify that any of this is true or false, but the fact that she thinks it is acceptable to share all of this about her so-called child is telling enough on its own.  James didn’t even name the fired RHONJ couple in the article.

James has almost raised $12,000 at the time of posting this article.  I hope that with all of the attention Amber and Jim and not giving this, James is able to raise all of the money he needs.

Amber did her best to keep this out of the public eye by tagging
@realmrhousewife @allaboutthetea @bravoandy @lisavanderpump @bravotv @enews @people #rhonj #rhony #rhobh @cbalincroft @fairfieldu

Jim has responded to the reports that Lance Bass’ husband shared messages between himself and Amber, calling the Twitter user names.

I hope, for James sake, that he stays far away from these publicity-hungry people he calls his family.  No matter the outcome, Jim and Amber Marchese are awful people and surely are awful parents as well.

We wish James luck on his journey to college, and everything that comes with that!

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