I, for one, see why you mentioned the favors you did, I don't think it was for credit but to show how true your friendship was. Don't worry over those women, they aren't worth it and have many problems of their own.
I think your daughters are marvelous, and that alone shows that you are a good mother.
Good luck Danielle.

Daniel why did David aloud Teresa to push him and yell at you I really admire you a mother who does not cause has children who don't cause you are a good mom you just show the world you have class god bless you and your daughters

Danielle you were a good fiend to Jacquline and look how she turn on you.Don't worry about them they are going to get whats coming to them.Start a new life you have 2 beatifull daughters.And as far as Teresa goes she is getto she gives real housewifes a bad image and she's a liar we all know her house is in fourclosure at least you did not hide anything from nobody and it's not fair how they all turned on you .....Best wishes

What do you care about these people -- Manzo and Laurita. Don't accept them. There's millionns of people out there. Forget them once and for all. Who cares what they think? Caroline should have become a lawyer. Everythng her family members do, she excuses, always putting them in a good light.

And you know by now not to trust Kim G. She's up to no good. I think she wants to be on TV. And you're the show. That's my guess.

Hi Danielle,

Excuse my french but this one is for the producers of the show. I think this Show has been very unfair, the cast is mainly of the MANZO'S; it should be called the MANZO'S wives. Out of 5 ladies 3 are relatives, come on now how unfair could that be! Everyone knows that family usually sticks together no matter what. I think the producers of this show have been very, very unfair, it would have been so much better and fun to get to know 5 different families. Danielle you didn't have a chance. Teresa is a want to be, and of course she is going to stick with the powerful family. SHAME ON THE PRODUCERS!!!!

Danielle,
You need help, therapy. I mean this in the kindest way possible. You do things that bring drama, you teach, no seek out your daughters' participation and it is scary. If you truly wanted no part of these women, I guess that means you would not do the show. Everyone needs an underdog, but do you really want to be the one that people look at side ways? We only live once and the lessons we learn (and teach) should be worthwhile. It is disturbing to watch, of course the show would not be the same but taking the safest road in life maybe to get out from under the spotlight, but I think you really like it, good or bad. In any case, good luck to you and hoping you can do better.
Renee

i am a fan of the show and all the so called lady on the need to get a life.come to the big d and we will show you how it is done.

Danielle- this is really old and im sure nobody will be looking at this, but however, my first impression of you was that you were a little wacky and I wasent sure who you were. Hey , can you blame me, its reality TV? However, by you writing these blogs, really helps me better understand your side. Wether it be the truth or not , I will never understand.
The Manzo's made it relativily clear what had happened with them and their obstacles that they had to overcome because of what you supposivly caused. Again, im just a viewer and I do not, and will not ever fully understand the off-camera aspects of the sitiuation you and the Manzo's are going through. I wish you the best ,as I do to the Manzo Family, and hope that you understand two things.
1. Words are Words,and as long as your beautiful children know who their mother is, it shouldnt matter what people think
and 2. Some things are better left alone, certain situations should be ignored if you feel they are utterly rediculous.
All the best

i think u should watch the episodes of ur self and look closely that u r the cause of all the drama and the way u still want to cause more instead of u should go on with ur life without them and stop putting ur self in situations and makeing ur self look like a fool !! they dont want u around they all feel the same way doesnt that tell u something, i think u like doing this and that what makes u look evil or crazy to me its not the world according to dannielle i know some ladys like u and i dont let them in my life so dina had every rite to say what she said to u . please again watch the episodes...

Danielle,
It,s very obvious that the women on the show want you off so the show can become a family affair. {how boring would that be}; As far as I can see, they have not treated you very nice, I think you are the victim and everything, whether true or false, was put out there to make you the victim . They all got exactly what they wanted, including Jacquelyn. She really surprised me I thought she was really a nice person in the first few episodes, but, she turned out to be just like the rest of the bunch. I'm glad I won't be watching any more of the NJ family.

Regardless of what everyone says about you I know that you are good person. You are cool and funny. Congrats on Christines modeling carrer. I wish nothing but the best for you and your girls.

I've just finished watching season 1 and the follow-up shows. I'm dying to make a few comments:

The average 'friend' would go to the 'horse' with information they received. A classy person, without agenda would ask the source. Jacqueline included (btw. i love her so am not trashing her). They could have given you that courtesy. Instead, they accost you for not telling them.

At the last dinner, the women kept saying "it's not about the book!"....REALLY? It's all they'd been talking about.

So....someone (a complete stranger to all of them) writes a book and you're going to take EVERY WORD as fact? Seriously?

Danielle, whatever you want to call it, exotic dancer, stripper, etc. What's the big deal? Doesn't Caroline's son want to open a strip club? What are they going to call the 'dancers'?

Here's the thing.....the past is the PAST. If any of them were worth having as friends, they would've talked to you about the book. By discussing it as they did, they were not doing it out of concern for you. If Caroline was so worried for her family's safety, she could've had someone do a current (10 years) background check. Clearly it had nothing to do with concern for anyone's well being.

I find it interesting that anyone would think you wouldn't be defensive. I would want the chance to speak my piece as well.

Caroline is not the final authority on any matter. Real family doesn't tell someone to make a choice between them and a friend. If Caroline wants to be a 'matriarch' she should be there for her family if her gut-feeling turns out to be right - give them a listening ear and a nurturing hug.

Danielle, move on. In my years I have learned that it truly is not worth your time. Fix what you have learned are flaws, keep your eye opened for mistakes you may make, make amends and continue to grow.

Best of luck to you and those beautiful daughters! :)

Danielle,

Why not leave Jacqueline alone? She will suffer grave damages if you talk her into being a friend to you. Her husband doesn't want to be involved with you. She has three children and she is conflicted about you. Please leave her alone.

Sincerely,

Mary Kronisch - Real Housewife of Gig Harbor

Danielle were are you and Jacqueline now that the show has started.

Please please please stay away from that family! Just go on and do you, don't say another word about any of them as this only gives them more power everytime you mention any of them. Please don't let them have this power over you Danielle. Be strong, move on and love yourself. So many of us do love you and want you to do well, F*&k the rest of them!

Danielle,
I watched the reunion and I must say you sat there like a wounded puppy. You didn't smile much and it looked like these women have so much power over you. I saw someone being abused and bullied by these 'ladies' and you sat their like a victim. I saw you as someone desperate trying SO hard to get these people to like you when they don't and said so to your face. Why are you putting up with that crap at this stage in your life. Because you quail up, they smell blood and go on the attack mode and they travel in packs! They are cowards and shame on them as old as they are picking on you. Could you have done things differently? Sure...and like you said you 'evolved' from that. You showed a very vulnerable side to yourself, but you don't have to do that to get people to like you. You don't have to BEG to be liked and that reaction is symptoms of your past abuse. EVERYONE makes mistakes in life and you do NOT have to walk around with your head low because of your past, especially in what happened in your twenties! Give me a break. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I see Caroline as the nasty ring leader who tramples over the others girls if they don't follow her in bullying you. Shame on them. YOU need to be the mature one and be at peace with who you are and your life as it is now. Kick the dust off your shoes and move on. STOP festering toxic negativity by pledge NOT to discuss it anymore and move on to bigger and better. SMALL minds think SMALL things! Do something that makes you feel good about you and surround yourself with people who are positive and loving toward you. Ask yourself -on your death bed will you say "I wish I had spent more time with the bullies of New Jersey?".

i think you are great! yes you had a horrible past that was exposed in a book written by an ex, and lets face it ex's are ex's for a reason, i think it was wrong the way the others exposed the book and i think if they were "classy" they would of come to you first! keep your chin up and dont let it get to you wehat happened all of those years ago happened, people are allowed to have a past however tainted it may be but we are also allowed to learn and change. nay sayers will always nay and i dont think you are lil miss drama like the others make out. you rock all the best from down under and good on you for confronting them the way you did.

Danielle, your poise during the last episode set you apart from the trash.

I just started watching a few episodes for the first tme today, and I want to say Thanks so much for pointing out the offensiveness of the gay comment Teresa's husband made. As a Gay man I found the comment offensive as well. While I dont think he meant it in a homophobic way, The excuse that everybody says that phrase all the time in Jersey doesn't make it appropriate or less offensive.

Family or not, all of the others on the show could not be wrong about you, and you be the only one telling the truth. You have serious issues and I can only hope that you seek and find professional help. No one could be happy being as bitter as you are. Reach out and get some help, if not to make your life better to make your childrens lives better.

This is for the "Viewer" from 8-15-09. I'm sure there are alot of people that would say something to Danielle if they met her face to face. Danielle has gone on TV in front of alot of people. That, in itself, has put her out there for all to see and judge. The producers have gotten what they wanted, lots of publicity. You are the one that needs to smarten up or grow up as you have put it.

It has always been my firm belief that there are 3 sides to a story, yours, theirs and the truth which always comes out in the end. I believe in the end, viewers will know the real truth about each of the women represented on this show so and if not they will form their own opinions. With that being said, I am not here to trash Danielle however I feel you must be accountable for your actions. You stress in this blog that all you want is peace yet your actions suggest something completely different. Whether you were portrayed incorrectly on the show or not you Danielle equal DRAMA! That's not a bad thing it just is! You stess also that you want no recognition for things that you do yet you constantly bring up what you have done for everyone. You also stress that you do not want to be a victim yet everything you have written screams victim. There is really only one word to describe you and your state of mind...denial! If you want to grow personally you have to accept these things before you can change them. I have faith that you can and if you can't do it for yourself then do it for your girls.

This comment isn't for danielle, but this is your all you viewers who are writing trashy things about her! Honestly, stop and think for a minute! Would you really be prepared to walk up to danielle and say these things to her face if you saw her in your neighborhood???? Hell no! You guys are just feeling so brave, because it's online. You wouldn't be prepared to walk up to danielle and trash talk her to her face so brutally like you do online now, would you? Be honest with yourselves and grow up. Next time you want to attack someone online, think about if you'd be prepared to say it to their face. Grow up

get over it and move on stop taking about the book we have heard enough about that darn book.

Family is family,blood is blood...period!

Danielle you might have had a horrible past, but dont expect the rest of the cast to feel for you becuase of what happened. I believe your apologies but as for a long time Caroline, Dina, Theresa and Jacqueline, on tv, seem to already had made their minds about you.Jaqueline seemed to be afraid of her sisters in laws why because here are women that she see probably everyday who she dont want to be enemies with because they are so big on family.....you will compete with that! Especially a big italian family trust me i know, your past will probably come out more if you keep dwelling on it like you did on tv! Just pick your friends wiser and trust no one too quickly and make sure your daughters stay out of that environment and stay bless and God will bless you with a handsome and wealthy man!

For the person who said the other ladies don’t accept Danielle because they aren’t secure with themselves or their own pasts, puhleez! There’s enough stress in day-to-day living, why would anyone want to invite someone who lives for drama (Danielle) in to their lives???

Danielle,
I think it was awfully nice of you to wish everyone peace and happiness, although I disagree with bringing up the book subject at the time you did, and I completely agree with the reaction that Theresa had towards you telling her to pay attention and bringing the book out. I definetly think that Dina had something to do with the book and you deserve to be, and should be as angry and upset towards Dina and her protective, nonsense-talking older sister. I think you have been very strong throughout the show and I hope you never let anyone attack you like some of these girls did. They had no right to judge you. They don't know you! Stay you!

Dear Danielle,

I admire your courage in coming on the show. I admire your cool manner and I believe you are very articulate, especially under pressure. I wish I could speak as well as you do, when I feel stress! I have been watching the show since day one and have tried to be fair-minded. I have also been reading the previous posts and again, I am trying to remain fair-minded. I do indeed feel bad,--- saddened really,--- that your plans for friendship with the other ladies did not work out. I too have been in a place in my life back in school, when I saw myself being rejected by women I wanted to be friends with. I think everyone on the planet knows what THAT feels like. (It is also admirable that you are able to wish them health and happiness in spite of it all!) I believe you will heal from it and as you say in your own words "evolve from that."
I have to say one thing however that contradicts what I have written already. I am shocked that you broke off your friendship with Jacqueline, the one lady who so blatantly and courageously stood up for you at Teresa's dinner. It seems illogical to break the friendship at this point. Especially after all of America witnessed you apologize to Dina at the reunion episode. It just seems illogical to me. I got a good impression from your exchange of words with Dina on camera that the two of you would now work on a better understanding of each other. I even started to harbor a little thought in my head that maybe, Dina and you would be civil to each other, maybe you would help her out one day at her charity event or something and Jacqueline wouldn't feel so torn about being friends with both of you. But now that's not going to happen. Not even close! (By the way, do you have a charity event that you support? We the viewers never get to see that side of you.)
I feel confused and shocked by your decision to break off your friendship with Jacqueline. If your goal was to be friends with these ladies, then, your're certainly not going to meet your goal if you take one step forward and place yourself two steps back.
I mean, here you are trying to cultivate a good friendship with Jacqueline and even Teresa (in the beginning episodes anyway) and I'm thinking, "okay, good you got these girls on your side." Then you lose Teresa, but still you got Jacqueline staying true to you at the Finale dinner. This whole time, Dina is your worst enemy right, but then you beautifully make apologies to Dina,(that was way cool, by the way!) and I'm thinking, "Oh wow! Nice! Things are looking up. Healing can begin now." But then you turn around and cut Jacqueline out? Huh? Girl, you back to square one with that kind of decision-making! I'm sorry. I guess you don't really and truly want to be friends with these other housewives after all. Anyway, best of luck with your new book coming out and hope to see you in season 2.

You are fantastic! Stay strong!

I can't believe I'm writing on a blog. I know about having a past and I know about moving on. They have no right to judge you, nobody does. I admire how you stuck up to them - and lots of us out here think you were/are right!

The viewer before me sounds rediculous. Maybe you need to understand where Danielle is coming from and stop judging her past and the decisions that she has made. I think it is great that Danielle is very much open with her children about circumstances although I don't agree with them knowing everything that's going on about her. I totally understand her and I don't see Danielle digging into everyone elses life and I what I do see is them talking bad about her and just creating her into this image that is really not her and making people view her as this horrible person that she is not. I think they took her through and emotional ride and tried to do a great job at and she was one person standing alone trying to defend her position and Danielle I don't care what anyone says you did the right thing, as long as you know in your heart that you did the right thing don't listen to peoples opinion about what you could've or should've done at that the time because you did what you felt at the time that was necessary to your well being. I am proud of you and in life people face so many circumstances and they become so misunderstood by others and perceived in a way that is not true to who they really are. I applaud you for carrying yourself very well and I will tell you for your well being and for peace of mind and emotional stability know who you are stay true to yourself and stay the hell away from those people because they don't carry any type of love for you in their hearts they are evil. People who think evil things, do evil things and believe me when I tell you that lady Caroline has issues and her sister is one in the same. They have their heads stuck so far in the ass. Another thing love those who hate you because your reward would be create and those who do you wrong will be dealt with. Everything is in the hands of the beholder.

Danielle, firstly I would like to say that I agree that your past is your past. However, your past consists of events and people that are very dangerous to you and anyone around you. I feel horrible that you probably live in fear for you and mostly for your beautiful daughters. Why would you agree to be on this show? If you changed your name in an attempt to erase your past and hide from bad people, why go on national television?? You should have thought of your kids before you made that decision. Of course the other housewives are going to be upset. They also feel your were putting them in danger by being around you. With regard to the book - The way you went about it was ALL WRONG!! If you tried to get everyone together to talk about it and they didn't agree to see you, then you just needed to drop it and cut them out of your life. However, since you did choose to bring it to Teresa's dinner party, then you should have waited until the end of the party and called the ladies aside to discuss it as you now had them all in one room. YOU DID NOT NEED TO DO WHAT YOU DID IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! What you do in your private life is your business but you are wrong for parading your young boyfriend in front of your girls and talking about sex the way you did on TV knowing full well your girls were going to watch. I don't agree that you were making moves on Caroline's son or Teresa's husband, that was simply ridiculous! Caroline was out of line. You do come across as rude, full of yourself and jealous of Dina. Maybe it's the way the show is being edited, but that is how you are perceived. I hope that Jacqueline appreciates all that you have done for her with regard to her pregnancy and doctor appointments, but it also seems that you used her weakness and put her in really bad positions between you and her family. You showing up at the hair dresser to talk to Jacqueline and threatening to show up at the place they were going because you weren't invited, was just wrong. Why the hell would you have wanted to go knowing it was Dina that was making the plans and you came across as absolutely hating her. You definitely made the show more entertaining, but if there is a Season 2 and you are on it, I hope you come back more humble, more modest and more considerate of other people, including your daughters.

I admire you and I commend you for standing up to those people and not allowing them to step all over you. I just went through the same situation and I totally and I think more than anybody understood what you were facing. You probably even felt like Jacqueline could have stood up for you for the right reasons and stood up to her husbands family more often as she says that she supports what is right. However, I also feel like Jacqueline does not know how to handle situations herself and allows people to dictate how she should go about doing things. As a freind and the one and only person that knew of you the most I feel and firmly believe that a true friend should stand for the right cause and never tarry in their friendships and she did. She allowed the things to go as far as it did and did not stand for the right reasons when she was supposed to and I believe that that's what hurted you the most. When she came out and spoke the truth was when Dina made up a lie and said that Jacqueline knew of it all and that's when she spoke up. She is a insecure woman and a very weak being, also she seems like she tries to stay away from the situation because of fear of being outcasted by her husbands family members. As a friend I believe that there was much more that she could do. She didn't do that. I am glad that you dropped her as a friend and have moved on with your life because there are just people that you don't need in your life. I also believe that there are people that you think are truly your friends but only when you fall under hard circumstances will you ever know who your true friends are. Jacqueline is not a true friend. A true friend stands up and does not pushes you away in the way that she did. She seems like a sweet person but she is also very weak for people. As far as her family don't count on them changing because that will surely never happen.

*Danielle
You really need to stop telling your kids everything. There is know need!!! At all

you go danielle! i laughed so hard when i saw jacqueline look all nice and innocent sitting on the couch with her "family", when really the right thing to do was be fair to you. you were a very good friend, and i remember Dina saying that you seemed "obsessed" with her. honestly to me thats a joke! i honestly dont think dina has had any actually NICE friends that treated her like you did in the very beginning! everyone is a bitch! stay true to you girl!!!!! look forward to seeing you next season!

Are you on FB? I think you are awesome and I would love to keep in touch with you and how wonderful you are doing

Danielle,

Love you! Keep your head up high! People will always talk about each other. I think if Caroline is the leader and the rest are the followers. So high school! We all a past and I don't think that we are the same person that we were years ago. We all get older and learn from our past, so we shouldn't be judged for it. You should have kept Jacqueline as a friend people like that don't come around to often, and for the rest they are a bunch of haters who follow Caroline.

You wrote: "It is not fair to constantly look for someone to blame for your own problems". I guess you would know since that is exactly what you are always doing.

Danielle, thank you so much for being who you are. I am 18 years old and i just graduated from high school. I have had people talk about me and backstab me like they did to you in the show. I also have had a friend who i thought was my friend turn against me. thank you so much for showing us young women that you can still keep our heads up high and continue to move on. I look up to you because upon all the things that they have done to you, you still are able to wish them nothing but good health. That takes alot. Despite what these other viewers are writing about you that are bad, just know that you have forever changed a young women and have helped her with her self esteem as well as dealing with things head on instead of letting them tarnish her as an individual but make her stronger than ever. So i say thank you.

Ladies remember in the end that is what you are Ladies! show me more of your substance not just the drama we all need a little positivity in our lives be proud of your accomplishments let them shine more.

Danielle,

I think you're fabulous and I am sorry for the situation you were put in. A person should feel welcomed when entering a circle of friends. I feel when you threw the party at your house and Dina was being rude and you didn't get an apology you shouldn't have let that one go. It's obvious to me that she is the one out to get you! Hang in there I admire the way you carry yourself after everything you have been through in life.

Take Care,

Jaime

Danielle sweetie,You are the same self-centered B.... I met 15 years ago.There are quite a few of us here in Wayne who feel the same way I do.In fact all the people I know,who know you feel exactly the same as I do.Why did you feel the need to list all the things you did for Jacqueline?Sounds like you have quite an obsession with her.An unrequited love?Your behavior was really quite telling.Thank God Jacqueline finally opened her eyes as to who you really are.Dangerous.Real friends do not keep a running tally of good deeds done for a friend.Why did you feel the need to alienate jacqueline from her family?This obsession you have with her was quite disturbing to watch.I think its quite telling you don't have one true friend.You took a harmless comment Joe made and blew it up to Danielle proportions.DRAMA,DRAMA,DRAMA.Then you used this opportunity to take up the cause for Gay Rights.Your new friends will find out soon enough where you are truly coming from.You need to take a good look in the mirror.The other housewives showed great restraint towards you.You are trash.Oh how I would to tell Caroline and the others the"Danielle stories" my friends and I have.I am quite confident that I will have this opportunity sooner than you realize.And Danielle as for you being Italian,puleeze.You are as Italian as Chef Boyardi!!!!!!Instead of trying to take people down,why don't you try to clear up your lies.Actress?Model?I don't think so!Why do you say you have no family?You are finally being exposed for who you truly are,a liar!Get help.Stop obsessing about Jacqueline.Try being a better person.The only people I see you attracting are trash.Trash attracts trash.

Danielle,
All I can say is...YOu go girl! Keep your head up and I think you did exceptionally well on the reunion. YOu do look like you have learned from your mistakes. Not like the others who seem to take in as much attention as they can. Ughh..everyone w/ expecption to Jaqueline got on my nerves. Caroline cried b/c she knows what we all know and doesn't want to admit to it.
But anyways girl. Just dust that dirt off your shoulders and keep moving on.
I'm proud of you!!

danielle,
love your children,they attack you over and over again.
but that was ok ! (right) always remember when someone talking
about you, you doing something right.

Danielle,

C'mon get over yourself! Stop being venomous, vindictive, argumentative. You seem to have low self-esteem and love being a victim. Just stop already!

Danielle,
I feel badly for you. Stop giving so much amunition to these women!! Stop it already. Save yourself & your girls.
If I were you, I'd move far away & change my name (again).

it will never cease to amaze me that we all have enough time on our hands to obsess over someone else's drama. and here i am, offering my 2 cents: danielle, it's oil and water. the only thing more abhorrent to me than the way you are being spoken to/of on the show while the cameras are rolling is reading what people who don't know you at all have to say when they comment on all these blogs. what i have seen is that you are a dedicated and devoted mother who wants more for your girls than you had for yourself, and that is beautiful. you may have been involved with some inappropriate or questionable people, you may use sex as a crutch, you may have been a stoner babe . . . who cares? apparently there is some deeper dirt that caroline hints at, and only you and she know what she's truly talking about. when caroline cracked on the reunion show, you could see that she was holding something precious to her that she was desperately trying to protect. danielle, the only difference i can see between you and the others is your willingness to speak candidly about choices you have made in the past. but for everything that you publicly admit, we have all done something we're not proud of, and i wish that people could see that when they lash out at others it's just like throwing shit at the mirror. it's messy and you can't see yourself clearly.
when people say, "you're sad . . . i'll pray for you", i hope they don't forget to pray for themselves and their hearts heavy with judgement. and also, there is a grain of truth in every attack - find your truth and cultivate it! you are all beautiful, strong, passionate women that don't have to get along, and if it weren't for your presence on the show, it would just be like hanging out at your spoiled italian family reunion. you are the drama - that's why you got the job! xoxo keep the faith

Oh poor, poor Danille...gosh will you ever grow up? The drama you display on this show is worse than the drama my 14 year old daughter experiences!! I really feel sorry for your daughters!