Rachel Fuda has revealed some secrets that go on behind the scenes on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
The reality star, 33, accused her costar Teresa Giudice, 52, of “manufacturing” relationships on the long-running Bravo show.
While I’m on Page Six Virtual-Reali-Tea-podcastFollowing the RHONJ special that aired on August 11, Fuda raised doubts about the authenticity of Giudice’s friendships.
“We have a real bond with each other and I think that’s what’s unique about our viewing party room,” the Valet King co-founder said of Sunday’s Off the Rails special.
The series was produced in lieu of a traditional “reunion” to mark the end of Season 14.
Rachel Fuda (pictured in 2023) has lifted the curtain on some behind-the-scenes secrets of The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Fuda, along with her friends Margaret Josephs, Giudice’s estranged sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, Danielle Cabral and Jennifer Fessler, gathered in a room at Rails Steakhouse in Towaco, NJ to watch the episode.
The influencer said she and her friends have “real relationships, rather than manufactured relationships,” adding, “And I feel like that’s the harsh reality, and it’s so clear.”
“I feel like if you look at our room, it’s just a group of friends joking around, making comments, gasping, laughing, all those little things that we would do if we were sitting on the couch in my living room — and we did that.”
Giudice, 52, and her co-stars Jennifer Aydin and Jackie Goldschneider experienced the drama from a different perspective.
Dolores Catania, who tried to remain neutral in the drama, separately joined both sides.
“You look across the room and you think, ‘Okay, Teresa, what’s the story now? What are we going to say? What do we have to prove now?’” she said.
“It’s just very manufactured right now, in my opinion. … I think that’s the biggest problem. I think our show really lacks authenticity in the relationships and the friendships.”
Fuda has had a rocky relationship with Giudice since joining the show two seasons ago.
The reality star, 33, accused castmate Teresa Giudice, 52, of being someone who ‘manufactured’ relationships on the long-running Bravo show (seen in 2024)
During season 14, the former Macy’s buyer accused Fuda’s husband John of shady drug deals in Bergen County, allegations he vehemently denied.
The TV future of Fuda and her co-stars is uncertain as Bravo works on a RHONJ reboot.
Giudice was the only original cast member left.
The mother of three, who shares children Jaiden (17), Gianella (4) and Giuliana (2) with her husband, announced during the special occasion that she is pregnant again.
Fuda, along with her friends Margaret Josephs, Melissa Gorga, Danielle Cabral and Jennifer Fessler, gathered in a room at Rails Steakhouse in Towaco, NJ to watch the Off the Rails episode that replaced the Season 14 reunion.
Giudice, 52, and her colleagues Jennifer Aydin and Jackie Goldschneider witnessed the drama in another area
It was really fun to see [my announcement] “I felt so positive, I saw myself with my girls and everyone was genuinely happy for me and I just enjoyed that moment with them,” she explained.
“Because I feel like our show has gotten so dark and toxic, we rarely see ourselves laughing and celebrating with excitement and happiness anymore,” she claimed. “I watched it back and it made me feel really special, you know?”