Dina Manzo Says Jackie Goldschneider ‘Needs To Make a Public Apology’ To Gia Giudice For ‘Coke’ Comment, Gia Breaks Silence; Says “I Am Suffering The Consequences For Such An Outlandish And Untrue Statement”

Dina Manzo is calling out Jackie Goldschneider for using Teresa Giudice's daughter, Gia Giudice, as an analogy during her fight with Teresa in the season 11 premiere episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

If you recall, Teresa claimed she heard Evan Goldschneider is unfaithful to his wife. Jackie subsequently compared the rumors to telling people Gia does “coke in the bathroom” at parties. The day after the episode aired, Dina shared a statement from Teresa’s publicist via Instagram Stories.

“I did NOT watch, but I totally agree,” she wrote alongside Appian Entertainment’s Karianne Fischbach’s statement, according to Us Weekly. “A Grown woman should not use that analogy about a minor EVER, especially about our beautiful @_giaguidice. Jackie needs to make a public apology immediately.”

Gia, who also shared Fischbach’s statement after the Wednesday, February 17, episode, reposted Dina’s supportive message too.

“Gia is a wonderful, smart, strong and beautiful human being and what was done to her tonight was wrong on so many levels. For a grown ass ‘I’m so so smart I’m lawyer’ woman to bring Gia’s name into an argument & place an accusation with such a weighted consequence is inconceivable,” Fischbach wrote on Wednesday. “I cannot fathom what would [possess] someone to create a false narrative that could have severe consequences for the innocent party involved, a 19-year-old at the time who was in no way involved in anything. what the cast members choose to do to each other is the nature of the reality TV beast, this was to [SIC] far.”

Gia broke her silence about the topic on Twitter. She wrote, “Saying it was an analogy is making it excusable, it’s not. My character is now being questioned. My name was used to make a point. No one should be used in that way, I am suffering the consequences for such an outlandish and untrue statement. While her marriage is happy & in tact.”

Jackie, for her part, insists that she was “wasn’t starting a rumor about Gia.”

She previously told Us Weekly, “I was giving an analogy. I think that almost everyone will say that that’s an analogy and the truth is that there’s no one else in Teresa’s life that I can make her understand. When you say something about someone you love, whether or not it’s true, it hurts, you know? So, I don’t regret that because if I was saying something nasty about Gia, then I would regret it. But I was giving an analogy, which it was pretty clear to almost everyone.”

Photo Credit: Bravo Media/NBCUniversal(2); Courtesy Gia Giudice/Instagram