We all know that Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 11 has been a pretty rough season for Jackie Goldschneider. Whether you’re a fan of hers or not, I think we can agree that she’s had a tough time with the cheating rumors spread by Teresa. In a recent interview, the RHONJ star revealed how she felt about the possibility of returning for Season 12.
Given what she went through in the first half of Season 11, it seemed possible that Jackie would be ready to move on from the show. But during Access Hollywood’s Housewives Nightcap segment, Jackie insisted that could not be further from the truth!
When asked if she would return for another season Jackie had this to say:
"“[Yes], 1000 percent. I didn’t make it through this for nothing. If I was gonna walk away, I would have walked away while they were in Lake George, and said goodbye to the drama and just left. I love this show, I’m committed to this show, and I think that I bring a lot to it. Even though you didn’t see my other storyline this season, I think that I bring a different, calmer energy, a different way of arguing.”"
The housewife also said that she had actually filmed an entirely different storyline in Season 11, but it was cut because the cheating rumors were juicier and the season was going to be shorter anyway given the pandemic and everything.
She lamented the fact that the other storyline didn’t get shown, but didn’t go into detail about what it was. That explains why most of her scenes have been relatively dry outside of the Teresa drama.
RHONJ: Jackie teases an explosive reunion
The RHONJ Season 11 reunion has already been filmed and according to Jackie, it’s going to be a really good one this season. The bulk of the drama stems from Teresa/Jackie and Marge/Jennifer, according to her.
Even though Jackie and Teresa mostly moved past all their problems during the show, Jackie said that when it aired, it stirred up a lot of problems that they had to hash out during the reunion. She also admitted that she was nervous to face Teresa going into the reunion.
"“I was very worried going into reunion about how vicious it could be because, let’s be honest, you’re on TV. You’re not breaking the fourth wall, but you’re on TV, so if somebody says something, it’s immediately out there. So, you know, Evan was very worried too, he said, ‘What is she gonna say? What is she gonna say?’ I said, ‘I don’t know what she’s gonna say!’”"
Apparently, she and her husband, Evan Goldschneider even discussed the possibility that Teresa would dig up a fake video from the “dark web” or something. Honestly, Jackie lost me a little at that point because that seems like quite a reach.
But she and the interviewers had a point that if there really were something to find on Evan, it likely would have surfaced by now, whether it be text messages or video footage. I mean we’ve all seen what happened regarding the cheating allegations circling Real Housewives of Dallas star Brandi Redmond’s husband.
New episodes of RHONJ air Wednesday nights on Bravo.