{"id":284020,"date":"2019-11-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1095710"},"modified":"2019-11-22T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:00:00","slug":"housewives-history-what-rhonjs-caroline-manzo-was-really-thinking-when-she-called-danielle-staub-a-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/housewives-history-what-rhonjs-caroline-manzo-was-really-thinking-when-she-called-danielle-staub-a-clown\/","title":{"rendered":"Housewives History: What RHONJ&#8217;s Caroline Manzo Was Really Thinking When She Called Danielle Staub a Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191020\/rs_600x600-191120151936-600-Caroline-Manzo-BravoCon-Graphic.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"22\">\n<p><strong>Caroline Manzo<\/strong> spent five seasons on <em>The Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/em> where she had&nbsp;many memorable face-offs with a variety of cast members. One of the most intense, and at times awkward, confrontations happened with&nbsp;<strong>Danielle Staub<\/strong> in season two of <em>RHONJ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After two seasons on screen in the same show (while rarely coming into contact), and Danielle&#8217;s repeated clashes with members of Caroline&#8217;s family, the two met in a restaurant and the Manzo family matriarch didn&#8217;t mince words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what you are? You&#8217;re a clown\u2026Your whole life is a joke\u2026No matter how hard you try, no matter what you do, no matter who you talk to, OK? You will not hurt me. Do you know what? I have integrity and I sit here and I tell you the truth. When I called you garbage, I meant you were garbage,&#8221; Caroline told Danielle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>That last line would go on to become iconic in the Real Housewives history books.<\/p>\n<p>At the first-ever BravoCon, Caroline relived that moment on a panel with other <em>Real Housewives<\/em> veterans. And backstage, for the first installment of E!&#8217;s <em>Housewives<\/em> History, she revealed what was really going through her mind when she galled Danielle a &#8220;clown&#8221; and &#8220;garbage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"html-external-3\" data-type=\"async\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"40.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-html-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"21\">\n<p>&#8220;If you remember, if you recall, if you go back, I tried to sit and talk with her and talk some sense into her,&#8221; Caroline told E! News. &#8220;That wasn&#8217;t my intent. And I just got so angry because it was like talking to a wall and she just wasn&#8217;t taking responsibility for anything. And she started getting snippy with me. I was like, \u2018All right. Here you go.&#8217; And it just came out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Caroline said it was &#8220;definitely autopilot&#8221; for her in situations like that. &#8220;For me, at least, I never ever thought or planned about what I was going to say or do. I never, ever thought about a reunion, what was going to happen. I just went in and did it. And my reactions, everything you&#8217;ve ever seen of me, is my true thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16\">\n<p>After <em>RHONJ<\/em>, Caroline starred in three seasons of <em>Manzo&#8217;d With Children<\/em>, a spinoff about her family. Despite all that time on TV screens, she said there are some misconceptions audiences have about her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they think that I&#8217;m really super tough when I&#8217;m not. I&#8217;m very, very chill. I&#8217;m very, very mellow. I cry over everything. But when I have to be, I dig my feet in, but beyond that I&#8217;m very super-duper easygoing,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"30.631034482759\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.9172413793103\">\n<p>See the episode in its entirety on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-aa458404-22a4-4fe6-8d87-634c36c294f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hulu<\/a>. Be sure to come back to E! News for more behind-the-scenes stories about iconic <em>Real Housewives<\/em> moments.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>(E! and Bravo are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1095710\/housewives-history-what-rhonj-s-caroline-manzo-was-really-thinking-when-she-called-danielle-staub-a-clown?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Manzo spent five seasons on The Real Housewives of New Jersey where she had&nbsp;many memorable face-offs with a variety of cast members. One of the most intense, and at times awkward, confrontations happened with&nbsp;Danielle Staub in season two of RHONJ. 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