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Dolores Catania claims the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast’s finale fight at Rails Steakhouse was relationship-ending for members of the group.
As she promoted the 14th season of the show, Dolores, 53, reflected on the fight, which left her seated at a table alone, surrounded by broken glass, and admitted that when it came to her behavior during filming, the group dynamic brought out a side of her that fans haven’t seen in “a long time.”
“What you’re going to see is the finale of a lot of relationships there,” Dolores told Us Weekly on May 2. “It’s definitely closure for people, and you can’t come back from the stuff that you’re going to see at the finale. No coming back.”
“If there was a shadow of a doubt” about the women reconciling after the season 13 reunion, Dolores continued, “that’s gone” after the finale fight.
“I tried so hard to not get it to the point that it’s at, but because it got to this point, you have to say, ‘It’s so bad that it’s time to let things go,’” she shared.
During the cast’s fight at Rails, Dolores seemingly yells, “You f**king lying c**t,” to Margaret Josephs, 57. And, while she has yet to confirm who her anger was aimed at, Dolores admitted it was “probably one of the worst you’ve seen in me.”
“I’ve had my issues this season,” she added. “Oh, I have had my things on and off that you’ll see, and I’ve gotten through them, and I’ve moved forward. Not everybody’s going to be able to do that.”
Although her status with Margaret remains unknown, Dolores has remained on good terms with Teresa Giudice, 51, who she said had trouble recalling what went down at Rails.
“The funniest thing is Teresa wasn’t even mentally there,” Dolores revealed. “She actually asked me, you won’t see this because she called me on the way home, and she goes, ‘What’d she say?’”
Luckily, despite the cast’s many spats at Rails, they haven’t been banned from the venue quite yet.
“We’re the entertainment. They didn’t have to hire a band that day,” she stated, adding that they “tipped extra.”
As a divide remains between many of the women of RHONJ, they’re preparing to celebrate the premiere separately.
Teresa and Melissa Gorga, 45, still “can’t be in the same room together,” a source told The U.S. Sun on May 3.
“Margaret Josephs’ is actually throwing a big party, so we’re all going to Margaret’s house,” Melissa shared. “I won’t say all of us, but I would say a majority of us are going to Margaret’s house.”
“I feel like the Jersey cast always kind of splits up into sections, as you can tell,” she added. “So yeah, I think a lot of us are going to Margaret’s house this year.”
While Margaret previously confirmed the event, saying that her friends and family would be attending the Cinco de Mayo-themed event, an insider said Teresa, Jennifer Aydin, 47, and Jackie Goldschneider, 47, were not invited.
As for the rest of the cast, Rachel Fuda, 33, and her husband, John Fuda, 37, are currently vacationing in Europe, Danielle Cabral, 37, will be hosting a premiere party at a Red Bank steakhouse, and Dolores will reportedly be at Margaret’s.
“I am more Central Jersey and the girls are more North Jersey, so I am doing a wonderful premiere party at Gabriella’s Steakhouse for everybody that’s in my neck of the woods. It’s going to be a phenomenal party. I’m really looking forward to it,” Danielle revealed in April.
Meanwhile, Teresa will be in Los Angeles doing press, and Jennifer and her husband, Bill Aydin, will be at home with their family.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 14 premieres Sunday, May 5, at 8/7c on Bravo.