By: Erin Hill
Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey doesn’t disappoint when it comes to drama-filled confrontations. Last season it was Teresa Giudice’s table flip, this season it’s hair pulling.
In next week’s episode, audiences will finally get to see the Nov. 11 showdown between Danielle Staub and Jacqueline Laurita’s 19-year-old daughter, Ashley Holmes, that led to assault charges for Holmes after she attacked Staub and yanked out her hair extensions. Staub told Parade.com that despite the tough times, she’s nowhere near finished with reality TV. In fact, she’s hoping she and her daughters will get their own spin-off.
She’s looking forward to next week’s episode.
“It’s going to position me in a place of power. It was a turning point for me to realize just how dark people can get. I think it’s going to become clear to the viewers who exactly is obsessing with whom. You’re going to see a little bit of yourself in these other women, and you’re going to see a little bit of yourself in me. I want people to understand that they should not feel sorry for me, I’m not a victim.”
Watching everything go down on the small screen.
“It’s ever so enlightening. You really have to be careful who you give what to. I don’t mean that monetarily. We all know there are a few of them who pretend to have monetary value as well, but let’s not go there. But if you give a piece of yourself away too quickly, you might not know what they’re going to do with it and what their intentions are. It’s always best to sit back and assess the situation. It’s been such a gift to me to weed through all the people in my life who are not genuine.”
Social-networking backlash.
Why do these women not want to be around me, yet all they do is talk about me, tweet about me, Facebook about me, hire people to tweet about me and Facebook about me? And even have all their kids doing the same thing? It’s a disgusting waste of time.”
She’s not keeping tabs on the Manzos.
“I don’t know where they are and what they are doing because I block them. I don’t find their lives to be that interesting. Ham game? I think it’s a disgusting waste of food.”
Is she still friends with the two Kims?
“They never were my friends. They were opportunists. And I’m going to leave it at that. I will not exploit their want and need to be on television. I get paid to do what I do on television, they don’t. They’re doing that for free, that’s an opportunist.”
How her daughters handle the drama surrounding the show.
“Whatever normal is, I feel that’s what we are. We are such a unit. And I love when people criticize me and say, ‘Even her daughters have to give her advice.’ How do you think they learned how to give anyone advice? Through me! My kids don’t listen to what’s going on in the media. We don’t have time, quite frankly. We do more charities than people realize. They don’t have a choice but to help me dodge some of the negativity that’s thrown at me. But the negative is only from those castmates and their family. They’re like a cult, those people. I still stand strong on my own with my two children. My kids do not pay attention to any of the negative around us.”
Her relationship with the cast today.
“What relationship? Why would I possibly want anything to do with people like that? We make good TV together, and quite possibly without me they don’t have a “New Jersey Housewives.” No one would tune in to watch the ham game. Or watch Jacqueline drink wine at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. I don’t think people are entertained by that. But what they do tune in for is to watch them talking about me and me trying to stay away from them. It’s incredible what a platform they’ve given me. So I have to say, ‘Thank you, ladies. You’re nothing without me on the show.’”
Any regrets about doing the show?
“Not one regret. I said it in Season One, everyone will be exposed. I meant that in a real way. I got exposed from them digging up stuff about me from 25 years ago. I haven’t dug at all. I haven’t investigated them. Teresa said at the finale, ‘I have no skeletons in my closet.’ Really? You’re 11 million dollars in debt, sweetie pie. And you’re in your 30s.’”
The other Real Housewives show where she’d love make a guest appearance.
“New York City baby, cause Jill’s my girl.”
On her book, The Naked Truth.
“The Naked Truth was life work for me. It was very painful and bittersweet. It was a gift and a burden all in one. I had to go back and relive my life. I’m blown away by how people have received me and it’s not why I wrote it. I wrote it for myself and so people can get to know me. And I will be writing more, however I think I’m going to do something a little happier next time. I have some really great happy times in my life that I’d like to share.”
Keeping her relationship with friend and duet partner Lori Michaels under wraps.
“Lori and I are working on the remixes of the song. She’s my friend in many aspects and ways, which I will not go into. I will keep people on the edge of their seats for that. She wrote that song and it just grabbed me when I was going through the demos. It’s a tortured lullaby. We’re digitally releasing it probably mid-July. Lori and I together are an incredible team. I’ve just begun.”
Dreams of her own spin-off.
“Danielle getting her own spin-off show would be fantastic. The Staub girls are a triple threat. It would be me and my daughters and then you’d get to see my entire family as a part of the show. And I do have a lot of business ventures, between my kids and I, and I’m managing their careers.”
What would her own show be called?
“Danielle Staub: The Real Jersey Girl!”
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