Credit score: Jocelyn Prescod/Bravo, Instagram
Margaret Josephs opened up about her communication with Luis Ruelas‘ ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Reiser, whereas showing on Tamra Decide and Teddi Mellencamp‘s podcast on Wednesday.
Whereas additionally explaining why she’ll by no means present proof of Teresa Giudice‘s husband contacting her son and reacting to Luis, 50, wishing struggling upon him, the 57-year-old Actual Housewives of New Jersey star addressed claims of hypocrisy, shared her ideas on Danielle Cabral, 38, doubling down in opposition to Jennifer Aydin, 47, and confirmed her husband Joe Benigno‘s most cancers prognosis.
After being requested if she ever met with Vanessa on the August 14 episode of Two Ts in a Pod, Margaret revealed, “No.”
“However I acquired Vanessa’s telephone quantity. Her legal professional requested her to achieve out to all of us after the Bo Dietl factor. She had a really huge factor taking place there. I then known as her after I came upon about that burn celebration. I used to be like, ‘I need to discuss to your legal professional. Is there one thing I ought to find out about that got here up within the case?’” she defined, noting that she wasn’t named within the case however acquired a subpoena in 2021.
As a result of Margaret has claimed to have proof that Luis reached out to her son at work, many have questioned why she gained’t share it.
“He’s a non-public citizen. He needs nothing to do with this present. I’m very protecting of my youngsters. They’ve by no means been on the present. I don’t name them by title,” Margaret shared, including that Bravo wouldn’t let her discuss concerning the problem as a truth in the event that they hadn’t seen the proof themselves.
“They noticed the proof of it. They comprehend it to be true. They know every thing to be factual. I don’t must show it to the remainder of the world what it’s. I’m not gonna try this. It might be inappropriate,” she reasoned. “I feel what validates it [even more] to be true is his conduct when he would even point out my little one.”
“It’s horrible,” she continued. “For somebody who has by no means talked about their youngsters … would I ever deliver this up and make up a narrative like this after I’ve been so protecting for, at that time, six years, by no means have even mentioned that I’ve a organic little one? Does that make any sense?”
Though some have mentioned that it was hypocritical for Margaret to take offense to Luis’ actions in opposition to her son when she advised Jennifer that youngsters are “resilient” after exposing Invoice Aydin‘s affair, she identified that Invoice’s infidelity wasn’t going to smash Jennifer’s youngsters lives.
“They’ve come collectively. They’re a beautiful couple. I don’t even get together with Jennifer anymore due to different issues which have since occurred however Invoice’s a beautiful father, they know their father’s loving. They’ve seen their dad and mom work it out and that’s why I mentioned they’re resilient,” she defined. “[Luis is] really wishing hurt on my household. It’s really harmful. As a result of sadly, he’s igniting, you recognize, there are sick individuals on this world they usually can have followers which can be… and that may be igniting individuals to do very dangerous issues.”
“Why even deliver that up? Why even deliver up my little one?” she questioned.
Trying again at filming on the RHONJ finale watch celebration, which aired as a substitute for the canceled reunion, Margaret mentioned she and her castmates filmed for “many of the day.”
“I want you’d’ve seen extra confessional as a result of all of us had for much longer confessionals,” she shared.
As for the way forward for the present, Margaret admitted she doesn’t know the place the sequence goes from right here.
“It modifications daily. I really feel like I don’t know. I actually don’t know. Generally I feel, the bonds, you noticed our room was so joyful. We don’t want all joyful however we are able to argue and make up,” she famous.
Then, when requested about Danielle doubling down in opposition to Jennifer, stating that her solely remorse about their struggle was “not killing” her, Margaret admitted she wished Danielle “didn’t say that.”
“I used to be like, ‘Danielle, that’s Staten Island,’ cuz I actually love Danielle however I feel she realized so many issues when she was so upset … I feel all of it got here into her head that Jennifer was the one placing these issues out on-line about her. All the things turned a actuality to her. Like, ’They have been by no means my buddies. They have been doing these horrible issues.’ I feel it identical to, overwhelmed her,” Margaret defined.
Additionally, on the podcast, Margaret confirmed her husband Joe has been recognized with prostate most cancers, sharing that as a result of his most cancers is within the “very early levels,” he solely has to get checked each 4 or 5 months.
“[They] do genomic testing now and his may be very sluggish rising, like 97%. So that they deal with it now with energetic surveillance,” she revealed. “They don’t do any therapy until it modifications and his has not modified in any respect so we’re fortunate.”
