Jennifer Aydin was targeted by co-stars Melissa Gorga and Margaret Josephs following a recent episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
After watching as Jennifer spoke for Teresa Giudice on multiple occasions in regard to the wedding drama surrounding Melissa and her family, Melissa suggested Jennifer was acting as a “puppet” for her sister-in-law as she suspected Jennifer doesn’t let Teresa speak because she thinks she’ll say “something wrong.”
“You’re gonna keep pressing me? Yeah, alright,” Teresa said on the April 11 episode of the RHONJ: After Show when the tension surrounding the guest list for her August 2022 wedding was mentioned. “They keep making a bigger deal of this than it is. I’m in a happy place. I’m getting married so I wanna be happy.”
During the RHONJ episode, Melissa and her castmates were left in shock after Jennifer proclaimed that Melissa was only invited to the event out of obligation.
“I said she has to invite Melissa out of obligation? Really? I don’t remember saying that,” Jennifer alleged as Teresa suggested it was a “familiar” comment to Melissa.
“It sounds familiar because Melissa’s sister said that at the christening, that I was only invited because [of a formality]. Her own sister said that,” Teresa noted.
“I’m not saying this is what I’m thinking,” Jennifer clarified.
As for why she often butts in for Teresa, Jennifer said she’s “trying to help.”
“I’m trying to explain to you what my friend is trying to say and having a hard time with because that’s what we do for friends,” she shared. “I’m just trying to help here. At the end of the day, I’m just sometimes trying to articulate what I feel Teresa is trying to say.”
“I think that they’re all angry that Teresa has somebody that can kinda make out what she’s trying to say before she says it,” she continued. “Maybe it wasn’t the best delivery but we have to take into account that Teresa doesn’t always have the best delivery. It’s like, you guys are sisters-in-law, but at the end of the day, you’re family. You’re friends. If there is true love there, none of that should matter.”
In her own segment of the RHONJ: After Show, Margaret spoke of her annoyance with Jennifer’s behavior.
“Jenifer thinks she’s a mouthpiece for Teresa, which is so annoying, and then she just sticks her foot in her mouth and makes every matter worse,” Margaret claimed. “She’s not making the situation better. I swear to God I think she’s trying to make it worse. I’m not even f-cking around with that.”
“It’s so annoying to me how Jennifer has to answer all of Teresa’s questions,” Melissa agreed. “She doesn’t let her answer her question because she knows she’s gonna say something wrong so she literally makes Teresa stop talking and answers her question for her.”
And according to Rachel Fuda, Luis Ruelas has exhibited similar behavior.
“It’s kinda what Luis does sometimes,” she told Melissa.
“Luis does the same but Jennifer does not let Teresa speak,” Melissa replied.
Melissa went on to shade Jennifer as a “muppet” and a “puppet.”
“No one’s answering for me. Why does Teresa get a little muppet, puppet she doesn’t even have to answer questions anymore?” she asked. “She just sits back, like, ‘That b-tch will answer for me.'”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.