Caroline Manzo says she'll never join 'Real Housewives' again after 'traumatic' Brandi Glanville incident
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' alum Caroline Manzo has vowed not to return to 'Real Housewives' after a traumatizing incident during the 'Girls Trip' to Morocco. While filming Peacock's 'The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,' an incident with Brandi Glanville, a former contestant on 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' disenchanted the 'Manzo'd with Children' star.
It's been reported that Manzo's counterpart from 'RHOBH' has repeatedly kissed the 61-year-old star, despite saying no multiple times during the filming of 'Girls Trip' Manzo appeared on Tamra Judge and Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave's 'Two Ts in a Pod' podcast on Friday, where she shared her reasons for not returning to the series.
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On being asked whether she would return to another installment of ‘Girls Trip’, her reply was a firm “Never.”
When the hosts asked her if she would return to any installment of RHONJ, her answer was again negative. However, she also explained her reasons, "I know over the years, multiple times I've been asked, this last season being one of them," adding, "It was something that I was done with, and happy to be done with, and I walked away for a reason. ... For me to go back, it would have to be a number that was financially irresponsible to walk away from."
Why did Caroline Manzo’s quit 'RHONJ'?
The 'Let Me Tell You Something' author first appeared in the first season of 'RHONJ' in 2009 and starred until the fifth season. She then left the series to star in the spin-off show 'Manzo'd With Children.' After the show was canceled after three seasons, she was offered a part-time role that the production house called 'Friend of a Housewife' in the show's tenth season. However, the Bravo veteran rejected the offer, deeming it "insulting." In a podcast on 'Dear Albie' with her son, she revealed, "It's very insulting," before explaining, "It just makes me angry that you picked up and call me like I'm a fool. Ten years I'm playing this game, there's no fool. You are talking to no fool. ... I'm nobody's 'Friend.' I'm not 'Friend of'. I'm not 'Housewife, maybe.' I'm Housewife!" reports People.
At BravoCon 2022, the veteran TV star revealed that she had been offered a full-time role in the show's thirteenth season, reports OK! Magazine. But she turned down the offer, saying, "It would have to be the right scenario," adding, "I did get asked back this past season, but I declined. I'm at a point in my life where I do things that make me happy. If I'm not happy, I'm not gonna do it. I'm not going to put myself in that position."
During that time, she also said setting her priorities right, "Never say never — but it's not on my radar."
Brandi Glanville and Caroline Manzo row
The two 'Real Housewives' stars joined the cast for the 'Ultimate Girls Trip' but returned earlier than the others after Manzo was harassed by Glanville. In an interview with New York Live in March, Manzo said she joined the cast "with the highest of hopes to do something fun," but "didn't work out for me that way," the star moaned.
She also added, "I can't say much, only because it's not good for my headspace, but it took a lot for me to go back," before hinting, "I came home early. And at this point, I just truly don't have the space in my head to talk about it. So, I'd rather not but I would imagine it would unfold on the series when it airs and there'll be a lot said then."
In February, reports came that the harassment almost escalated to a level that Brandi “put her hands on Caroline’s breast area and vaginal area,” as reported by Page Six. Glanville reacted to the story by taking to Twitter, "Check your sources people!!!! "
In March, Glanville’s attorney told In Touch, “This is devastating and frankly it’s so unwarranted,” before adding, “She is very committed to making sure that the truth comes out.” On March 30, Glanville tweeted, “I can speak on anything I want to speak on – it was at the end of an 18 hour Wrk day at our belly dancing party & I'd like to see footage on it beforehand as both myself & Caroline were very intoxicated [sic]."
I can speak on anything I want to speak on-it was at the end of an 18 hour Wrk day at our belly dancing party & I'd like to see footage on it before hand as both myself & Caroline were very intoxicated.
— Brandi Glanville (@BrandiGlanville) March 30, 2023