Rumors of Mob Wives‘ latest addition, Angela “Big Ang” Raoila, getting her own spin-off have been floating around the web for weeks – and now HollywoodLife.com can exclusively confirm that a show is happening! “It will start shooting in a few weeks to air in July,” Mob Wives creator Jennifer Graziano tells us.

“When I first brought Big Ang in, I wanted her for season one, but I felt like she was a little bit older than the other women,” Jennifer says. “She’s a friend of my older sister and my aunt. … We’ve known her since we were kids. We had that one major connection, and I thought, ‘Let me build my brand first, then save her as my secret weapon for season two,’ which I think worked out great.”

And Jennifer is sure Big Ang’s spin-off is going to be an instant addiction for Mob Wives fans.

“Everybody loves Big Ang,” she says. “She’s just so hysterically funny, so genuine, so real — it’s almost like you can’t believe what you’re seeing! This woman is so special and so crazy, and I knew that when I brought her on for season two.”

But don’t for a second think there’s bad blood between Ang and her fellow cast mates over her solo venture.

“God bless Big Ang!” Renee Graziano tells us. “I’m not a jealous person. She deserves it; let her do her!”

Watch Jennifer talk about Big Ang’s spin-off in the HollywoodLife.com studios below:

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— Written by Andy Swift, Reporting by Chloe Melas

HollywoodLife.com spoke to Renee right before her father Anthony Graziano and the head of the Bonanno crime family headed to federal court to accept a plea deal and she says it just proves the ‘Mob Wives’ is real!

Renee Graziano‘s life hasn’t just been playing out on her VH1 reality show Mob Wives, it’s making national headlines. HollywoodLife.com had Renee in our NYC studios just hours before Vincent Badalamenti the head of the Bonanno crime family, her father Anthony Graziano, and other mob associates were to plead guilty to racketeering. All of this because Renee’s ex-husband Hector Pagan wore a wire and ratted on everyone!

“Actually this might sound a little cocky but I’m glad it’s playing out in national headlines,” Renee tells HollywoodLife.com. “Because people know this is real. You get a lot of remarks that this is staged. Listen, if I could get the government or anybody behind the scenes to get them to pinch 127 people and get my ex husband into a snitch we would be gazillionaires and everyone would want us!”

The recent episodes of Mob Wives show Renee learning her father is going to jail and then more recently that her ex-husband is responsible for ratting to the feds.

“From what I understand there are six men on the case and they all plead guilty on the case,” she says. “They’ve all taken a global plea which means you recognize it, you take it, there’s more time involved. The guidelines the feds go by is some point system which I don’t understand. What I do understand is you go on visits, you send money, and you love the person that is behind the wall. I don’t get involved in the legal stuff.”

Renee’s father Anthony is expected to get a sentence of three years, after having just served eight years for tax evasion, racketeering, and conspiracy to commit murder .

“No I’m not [going down to court],” she says. “Every time I’ve been to court there’s been too much attention. I don’t think it’d be good for the other familes. My father is fine with me and who I am, but the other families it’s not necessary.”

But Renee does want to reassure fans that this won’t affect the plot of Mob Wives season three.

“If everyone thinks this is all I have they are sadly mistaken,” she says. “That came, that blindsided all of us, no one was expecting that …this will not affect my story line and I have a lot more than Junior in my life.”

— Chloe Melas

More Mob Wives News

1. ‘Mob Wives’ Star Renee Graziano: I Will Never Speak To My Ex-Husband EXCLUSIVE interview!
2. ‘Mob Wives’ Star Renee Graziano Wants To Join ‘Dancing With The Stars’
3. Renee Graziano: I Forgive My Ex-Husband For Betraying My Father

Surprising things we learned: Karen Gravano could take home the title on ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ Carla Facciolo’s sincerity will melt your heart — and Renee Graziano always takes the head of the table!

The cast of VH1′s Mob Wives took a break from filming and spent the evening of April 30 in NYC. First, the group — including Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Carla Facciolo and Jennifer Graziano — grabbed a bite to eat at Avra, a tasty and scenic Greek restaurant in NYC’s trendy Midtown East area. Next, the girls headed to 1OAK — in the Meat Packing District — to party the night away!

HollywoodLife.com was with the girls as the pack finished the meal and headed downtown for a night of fun. The Mob Wives weren’t the only stars to be spotted at 1Oak — Jay-Z and Eva Longoria were rumored to be at the club as well.

The gals are even more fabulous then you would have expected. Sure Renee may come off as tough on screen, but in real life — she’s a down-to-earth, real woman who goes out of her way to make you have fun. Karen just loves to chat about her charity work, but she can also bust a move on the dance floor. Carla’s just as pretty and sweet in real life as she is on camera.

Mob Wives sure know how to have a good time — and they continued until late in the night showing NYC what Staten Island women are all about!

- Lindsey DiMattina

More Mob Wives Posts:

1. Drita & Renee: Karen’s Brave To Come Back To Staten Island!
2. Should Carla Tell Her Kids Their Dad’s In Prison?
3. Should Drita Dump Her Husband?