'Housewives' Star Caroline Manzo Tells Bravo, 'If Danielle Staub Is On The Show, I Am Out!'

The New Jersey matriarch issues an ultimatum for season 3 of the show saying she will go the same route as sis Dina should villain Danielle remain on the show!

The Real Housewives of New Jersey may have been off the air for a few weeks but the drama still continues, even in the absence of cameras! In the most recent development from the cast of Jersey Shore Senior, Caroline Manzo has announced she will not return to the show that has garnered her 14:59 of fame should Danielle Staub be returning. We cannot say we blame her.

TMZ reports that during a deposition in Danielle’s defamation suit brought against her by former husband, Kevin Maher, Caroline said, “If Danielle Staub is on the show, I am out because my integrity means too much to me … so for Season 3, they know it’s either Danielle or myself.” I think most viewers would rather see Caroline anyway.

Plus, Danielle can be replaced with the constantly delightful Kim Granatelle while she’s busy filming her new show Social, all about lavish lifestyles. Too bad she no longer has a car to drive to set in.

-Chris Spargo

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I for one, don’t blame Caroline one bit about not coming back if Danielle shows up for next season. I thought Danielle had already decided to leave after this season anyway for a new show? I for one am fed up with Danielle and her tyraids with the rest of the women. SHE is the one who brought the book to the table in the first place, DARING the other women to make a comment at her. SHE was the one asking for trouble when she brought that book to the table. To me, it’s very hurtful to do something like that..she just wanted her fifteen minutes of fame and decided to flaunt it to get what she wants. I have a few things to say to Danielle..one, she’s a poor excuse for a human being. Two, her own daughters are more mature than she is and three, she thinks she’s young and looks like an old floozy with square boobies. Face it sweetie, you ain’t getting any younger. If she’s left already, I’m glad…cause she made the show out to be trashy by bringing in that book. She’s just trashy and if she had the inkling of a brain stem, she would think twice about bringing up such crap to Teresa’s dinner party.

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what’s the point of saying ‘i refuse to come if d is there’ when d has already been fired? i mean, caroline, i feel a little embarrassed for you. dina had the integrity and wisdom to give up cold hard cash, and “celebrity”, to be free of the crazy loon… saying it after the fact, when you know danielle has been fired already, just sounds pathetic. that said, even though i have no intention of watching these shows anymore, it’s a step in the right direction to get rid of the likes of danielle. it was dragging the entire franchise into the gutter (and, woke me up such that i decided not to watch ANY “real housewives”). danielle is not someone who should be flashed around as representative of anything, much less a housewife or an american. she is a psychological nightmare and needs help, not air time.

People dispise Danielle so much that they question why she’s getting a show? Guess what? You don’t have to watch it so why do you care. Let me guess, you do care otherwise you wouldn’t have taken the time out of your life to comment about someone you don’t like. As for Caroline, you are a clown. You did not make that show AT ALL. Why would Bravo listen have me confused. If it wasn’t for the high jinks caused by Danielle the 1st season you guys wouldn’t have come back for a 2nd and now a 3rd. Let’s see how interesting the show will be, because you most certainly are not.

You guys got it wrong. First of all, its the Real Housewives of New Jersey, not Jersey Shore. Second, Kevin Maher is suing Danielle Staub for $5 million or defamation among other things.

Thank you.

Yes I dont blame Caroline for saying that, ….I would do the same, but one thing I dont understand about “the new” show Social?……how can you hire D for that show ?…it must be a joke, yes it must be joke!