Andy Cohen is sharing a major update on where he stands with The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Jacqueline Laurita today, when he took the stage at Bravo Fan Fest 2026.Â
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Jacqueline was a cast member on RHONJ Seasons 1 through 5 before rejoining as a cast member on Season 7, before exiting again. And she still has a connection with the Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen host. Andy appeared on the Andy’s Housewives History Lesson panel at the festival where he spoke about Jacqueline, revealing that he recently sent her a copy of his new book, Andy’s Bravo Scrapbook: Twenty Years Behind the Scenes of the Real Housewives and the Bravoverse.
“By the way, I got a DM. I sent Jacqueline the book, and I got a DM from her the other day,” he said, adding that they are “cool” now.
Andy Cohen opens up about Jacqueline Laurita skipping the RHONJ Season 3 reunion
Andy also opened up about Jacqueline missing the RHONJ Season 3 reunion, which was “calamitous” in his eyes. “We were filming Season 4 while Season 3 was airing,” he said. “And Jacqueline wouldn’t come out of her house that morning, the morning of the reunion. And she was all over Season 4, so the thing that we have now, where you don’t show up for the reunion, you don’t come back.”
Andy and RHONJ cast member Melissa Gorga admitted during the panel that a producer from the show even went to Jacqueline’s house that morning to try to get her to show up to the reunion. But she never came to the taping and just recently apologized to Andy for not showing up to the Season 3 reunion via DM.
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Why did Jacqueline Laurita skip the RHONJ Season 3 reunion?
Jacqueline missed the RHONJ Season 3 reunion due to her fallout in her friendship with Teresa Giudice. “I was really sick, but I was also fed up. It was a double whammy,” she told Ranu’s Reviews in March 2012. “I really tried to be a good friend to her, and to me, being a good friend to someone is being honest with them. If they see you do something wrong or making a mistake, they’re going to tell you the truth and guide you to help you make your life better. Some people don’t want friends like that. They want soldiers. They want people to just agree with them [about] whatever they feel. I’m not that kind of friend.”
However, Teresa and Jacqueline reconnected in more recent years. Learn more about Jacqueline’s recent appearance on The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th.
