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As The Real Housewives of New Jersey gears up to finally start taping its long-awaited 15th season, an insider exclusively spilled details to Reality Blurb about what to expect.
According to the source, “The head producer of the show is ‘Team Teresa Giudice,’ as he was Teresa’s producer back in the day.”
“It’s going to be the Teresa show,” they continued, insisting the show will be focused on Teresa. “It will be based all around her and the restaurant her daughter, Gia, is opening.”
With Margaret Josephs exiting the show, the source questioned why production didn’t go another route.
“It would have made sense to give Teresa a spin-off show,” they stated. “She has legions of dedicated fans who, of course, would have watched her on her own program. Then they could have kept Margaret, Dolores, and Melissa on RHONJ.”
The insider pointed out an issue with the current cast of RHONJ, suggesting there may be no authentic drama because the new cast members don’t have any authentic connection to Dolores, Teresa, or Melissa.
“It’s going to be a situation like Amber Marchese and the twins,” they said, referring to the sixth season of RHONJ when three newbies from South Jersey were brought on. “It’s not going to work out, and the show will be a bomb.”
While the source did claim they felt Amber should have been given a second season, as she “was a good Housewife,” she unfortunately wasn’t, and, if things don’t go well this season, the same thing could happen.
“Even if the new girls fight, who cares?” they asked. “We don’t know them”
The insider also pointed out that the new women could potentially fight with Teresa, but feared viewers may not be engaged in that either.
“They’re so much younger, and it doesn’t seem authentic,” they added.
After season six, RHONJ ended up bringing back a familiar face in Jacqueline Laurita and, if things don’t go well this season, they may need to bring back people who fans are already invested in.
As Reality Blurb confirmed, Xiomara Laracuente, Juliette Collazo, Natia Rufolo, Vanessa Barrera, and Deeba Patel are the new women expected to join Teresa, Dolores, and Melissa for the new RHONJ season.
“This is definitely the cast for next season,” a source previously shared.
They did point out, though, that there are some concerns, as the women “have no connection” with one another aside from Xiomara and Juliette, who are sisters.
“It’s very much like when The Real Housewives of New York City did their rebrand,” they noted. “No one has authentic connections.”
They also alleged the casting decisions were “very random.”
