RHONJ star Jennifer Aydin's 9-year-old daughter discovered father's affair via TikTok
Jennifer Aydins never thought she'd have to tell her kids about their father's affair. Unfortunately, the reality TV star had to face this challenging moment during the recording of the 12th season of 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey'. In an interview with Page Six, Aydin, 44, revealed the heartbreaking moment when the couple's youngest daughter Olivia, 9, discovered her father's affair via a TikTok video.
As cameras started rolling during the production of season 12, Aydin said, "We had a blogger leak this awful storyline and somebody made a TikTok on it. My sweet little Olivia — who threw a beautiful anniversary party for us [on ‘RHONJ’ Season 11] to show how her parents are still in love — saw a TikTok that said ‘the big secret.'"
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Being the proud daughter she is, Olivia immediately defended her parents by leaving a remark in the comment section that read, "This is my mommy and daddy and this is not true!" As she commented, Olivia ran to show her mother how she had defended her against the nasty rumors. Jennifer sadly recalled, "She came to me to show me her comment and said, ‘Look, Mommy, I’m defending you from all of these lies.'" Instantly, the mother of five asked her daughter to take the comment down.
She recalled saying, "It’s for the show and it’s not good if we release things, so maybe we shouldn’t draw attention.’ I had her take it down that way."
The Bravolebrity had to take a few seconds of pause before proceeding further. She continued, "I sat her down and I kept my composure because I realized [my kids] will react to however Mommy’s acting. I put on a brave face and said, ‘Listen, Daddy did a bad thing. But that doesn’t mean that he’s a bad person. And when we love people, we forgive them when they make mistakes. And I’ve forgiven him and I’m OK.'"
Jennifer said Olivia saw that her mother was not upset, and taking cues from it, she was not upset either.
The couple share five children including Justin, 17, daughter Gabriella, 14, and son Jacob, 12, and each had a different reaction to the news. Jennifer said, "My husband told Justin. I was in the room, and Justin kind of was almost irritated, like, ‘I don’t ever want to talk about this ever again.’ He’s not watching this season. My Gabriella, she was more crushed. She felt very betrayed and was angry for a bit but we got through that. And my two [younger] boys, they’re neither here or there."