Caroline Manzo had some pretty harsh words about her former co-star Teresa Giudice during a recent episode of the ‘Dear Albie’ podcast. Manzo, who made a name for herself on the early seasons of ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’ was seemingly out for blood when she discussed the potential of her returning to the popular Bravo show.
While appearing on the podcast that is hosted by her son Albie Manzo, Caroline unleashed an expletive-laden rant after a fan asked if she would “come back to straighten out Teresa once and for all.”
RHONJ: Caroline Manzo Reveals She Would ‘Knock The Sh-t’ Out Of Teresa Giudice If She Were To Return To The Show
“I’m just gonna put it out there ’cause I just don’t give a f–k, alright? You know what? I would get great pleasure, fans, community, to go in and just knock the s–t out of [Teresa] verbally and just put her in her place,” Caroline explained.
“I am tired. I am tired of certain things. I am tired of her opening her very uneducated mouth and using me as a weapon to say that I was the one that spearheaded her IRS claim and stuff like that. We are not those people.” Of course, Caroline was referencing Teresa’s baseless claims that it was Caroline who turned her and then-husband over to the FBI for fraud, resulting in them both serving time and jail and Joe ultimately getting deported.
But Caroline wasn’t done just yet. “Sometimes, you gotta smack the bully. I am more than happy to go smack the bully,” she said.
Fans of RHONJ have been calling for Caroline’s return for years, but she has a few good reasons for not doing so. “Bravo doesn’t wanna pay me,” she stated. “So guess what, Bravo? You don’t get this for free. You don’t get the dame for free, Bravo. They are paying Teresa, I’m sure, an exorbitant amount of money.”
Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo started out as friends when the series debuted in 2009. Their friendship fizzled out as the years went on and Teresa has been very blunt about her vitriol for Caroline.
Although the two women seem to despise each other, Caroline did give Teresa credit earlier this month for giving us her iconic table-flipping moment in season one that will forever live on in Housewives infamy.
“That moment gave anybody else coming after us license to go all out. I think it became the benchmark,” said Caroline, before implying that every other housewife from then on out would go on to wonder, “What could my table flip be?”
