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RHONJ’s Margaret Josephs opens up about her friendship fallout with Jackie Goldschneider while calling her “desperate” and shading her friendship with Teresa Giudice.
Margaret Josephs appeared on the August 29 episode of the Taste of Taylor podcast, where the RHONJ star revealed additional information about her text messages with RHONJ co-star Jackie Goldschneider during their friendship.
“Her and I used to, because she’s smart, would look at [Louie Ruelas]’ stock price falling every day on his company. She would send me a screenshot and then I would send her a screenshot,” Margaret Josephs recalled. “At one point it was like 47 cents, and then it was kicked off the stock exchange. And she would laugh. She goes, ‘Look at this sh-t.’”
“We’re petty b-tches when it comes to stuff like that, and we don’t care because it was about Teresa … Because she did horrible stuff to Jackie,” she continued. “We were like, ‘That’s what you f*cking get.’ And that was just us. We didn’t put it out publicly.”
When asked what drove Jackie to seek out a friendship with RHONJ OG Teresa Giudice after they notoriously butted heads for years, Margaret said Jackie wants to be famous.
“She wants to be famous. She is only driven by fame and attention and relevancy, and it’s sad because she only feels relevant when people recognize her, they’re paying attention to her, and things like that,” Margaret said. “I’ve told her numerous times, ‘You are more than this. You are a beautiful writer. You have a beautiful family.’ She compromised her integrity, and she just went along with it.”
She then insisted that there is “no possible way” Jackie truly likes Teresa, adding that she doesn’t believe Jackie has genuine feelings of friendship for Teresa.
“The things she’s said about her are so heinous, things that I would never say. The things she’s said about Jennifer Aydin are pretty atrocious, and again, things that I would never want to do to her or say,” she explained. “And I understand why she felt that way, by the way. I am not discounting the horrible things that have been done to Jackie. So there’s no way you’re going to flip that switch unless it’s for relevancy.”
“It was just for TV. It’s giving desperation,” Marge added. “It’s not your real friends. Those are not people you’d ever align yourself with, mentally, emotionally, or anything like that, values-wise, and so when she did something like that, I was so disgusted because I was like, ‘Who are you?’”
As for her friendship with Jackie, Margaret Josephs said she “really cared for” her at one point, revealing that they both shared “intimate things” during their multi-year friendship.
“There’s a lot of things between us that would never come out on the show because I cared for her and I cared for her family that I would never, ever discuss,” Margaret said. “There are things between us, both of us, that would never come out. That’s petty bullsh-t, a text message about [Dolores Catania] who she’s not even close with, means nothing … It’s not like I sent something to [Melissa Gorga]. It’s ridiculous.”
Real Housewives of New Jersey isn’t expected to return for season 15 until late 2025 or early 2026.
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