Jackie Goldschneider is currently playing with house money on RHONJ when it comes to her friendship with Teresa Giudice. But the dealer, aka the fans, can see this won’t end with a pot of gold at the end of the night. Jackie seemed like a strong, intelligent woman when she came on the series. But now, that intelligence is being questioned. The once proud Jackie is now looking like a pawn to Tre. And we all know this isn’t going to end well.
Teresa’s friendship is fleeting
I thought Jackie was smart. I mean, the woman is a lawyer and a writer; you just can’t be that blind to the truth. RHONJ Season 14 shows fans that Jackie truly believed she was starting to form a lifelong friendship with the OG. But Tre had other ideas. She sets her sights on a costar who has a plethora of information and tries to shake it out of them. While at the Zentuary with Jennifer Aydin and Dolores Catania, Tre let her cards show. The ladies are at war, and the series is no longer about an actual friend group but rather clear sides.
Teresa, who clearly thinks of herself as a general, is strategically planning the methodical takedown of Margaret Josephs. During the Zen conversation, Dolo noted that Jackie isn’t as nice as she pretends to be. In this moment, Teresa reveals what her true motives are for her new blooming friendship.
“Who cares about Jackie?” Tre asked Dolores. “I just need her to take down Margaret.” She further opened up in confessional, pointing to her and Jackie’s volatile past. “Karma’s a bitch,” Teresa laughed. Checkmate, Jackie.
Jackie Goldschneider’s RHONJ intentions aren’t clear, but they feel murky
Most people back Margaret after she sent Jackie’s text message abuse about Dolores to Dolores herself. The move was savage, but it is clear that The Marge had grown tired of Jackie; someone she’d stuck by through thick and thin in the past.
I am not sure Jackie actually thought about the repercussions of befriending Tre. She surely didn’t predict Marge’s actions, despite warnings she had an arsenal in prior seasons. For me, the main issue with Jackie’s “friendship” with Teresa is that she was a fan before joining the show. Thankfully, photos last a lifetime, and we’ve all seen Jackie at Tre’s book signing.
The other bit that gets me is Jackie’s mean words for Teresa for the last few seasons. There was the time Jackie made an analogy about Gia Giudice doing drugs that didn’t land well with the mother bear. On a Watch What Happens Live episode, Andy Cohen asked Jackie, “What do you admire the most about Teresa as a businesswoman?” After an extremely long pause, she answered, “She knows how to license her name on things.”
Andy launched another probe, asking, “Out of her four New York Times bestselling books, which is your favorite to read?” The question was a clear reference to the photo of Jackie at an early book signing. But the lawyer quipped, “I would say the last one that the ghostwriter wrote. I mean, that Teresa wrote.” So imagine fans surprise when Jackie tried to turn around this season of RHONJ, and pretend she had always had some sort of bond with Tre. The math ain’t mathing.
The RHONJ cast has plenty of opinions on Jackie and Teresa’s newfound friendship
Fans are not the only ones confused by Jackie’s move. The rest of the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast also think the move is coo-coo.
Danielle Cabral verbalized what everyone was thinking best, saying, “After all this when Teresa is like ‘yeah Jack,’ she’s going to be left on the floor like ‘Teresa, we’re best friends.’” Dolores had more of a visceral reaction about Jackie while talking to Jen and Tre, noting, “She thought she was better than me. And she still thinks she is better than the two of you. But she needs you right now.” Most costars agree that Jackie has only made friends with Tre in order to curry favor with viewers, and sell more copies of her book.
Jackie potentially pretending to be friends with someone she despised isn’t coming across well. Viewers want authenticity, but it’s lacking. To most, what Jackie is trying to do is very obvious. And while Jackie insists she has moved on from Teresa spreading rumors about her marriage, the notion still feels laughable.
At this point, I think Jackie has drunk the Kool-Aid and truly believes that if she makes friends with Tre, she will be safe from the eventual recasting. Sadly, the gamble has backfired for her. Fans are now just waiting for the moment Jackie wises up.
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TELL US – DO YOU THINK JACKIE GOLDSCHNEIDER’S RECENT RHONJ BEHAVIOR IS GENUINE? HOW ABOUT HER FRIENDSHIP WITH TRE? OR HAS TERESA SHOWN THAT IT’S ALL FOR HER GAIN?
