Caroline Manzo Reveals She Turned Down ‘Insulting’ RHONJ Season 10 Offer!

Caroline Manzo has revealed that she declined an “insulting” offer to return to The Real Housewives of New Jersey for the show's upcoming tenth season. The mother-of-three claimed that the show's producers wanted to test her out with the current cast members of the Bravo hit reality series.

Manzo revealed during the Tuesday, April 2 episode of her sons Albie and Chris Manzo's podcast called Dear Albie. Caroline also made it clear that Andy Cohen was not involved in the negotiations.

“They wanted me back to see how I blend with the women — that’s an insult,” she said. “I helped build that show. I wasn’t the cause of that success, I was part of that puzzle. A very, very important puzzle. Point is, you don’t insult me like that. You don’t insult me like that by saying, ‘Let’s see how you do.’ You know how I’m going to do. You know how I’m going to blend, and you know what I’m going to bring.”

“I don’t want to sound like a bitch, but I suppose I have to,” she said on the podcast. “You’re not going to figure me out after five years being able to see, ‘Well, gee, does she blend?’ Whether I blend or I don’t blend, I’ll always be Caroline. And that’s something I swore to my family and I swore to my viewers over the years. You’ll always get me. So if me is not good enough for you — or maybe the paycheck is something you didn’t want to write at this point, which is my guess — that’s the bottom line. I’m not thirsty.”

“Pay me what I’m worth, OK?” she said on the podcast. “You got an OG here, and I’m going to be arrogant … It’s just a matter of respect! I was one of the original women who built the show. I’m one of the original women they still talk about, OK? Don’t come back to me like a newbie and [expect] I’m going to fall for your bulls–t because I’m not. You come back to me and give me a reasonable compensation and a reasonable position where I feel I belong, OK, then I’ll come back.”

“I’m nobody’s ‘Friend,’” the Manzo’d With Children alum concluded. “I’m not ‘Friend of.’ I’m not ‘Housewife, maybe.’ I’m Housewife!”

Last month, the tenth season of RHONJ began filming which will include Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, Jackie Goldschneider and appearances from Danielle Staub.

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