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"Caroline Manzo may argue that she&amp;apos;s not speaking to her sister because of Real Housewives of New Jersey foe Teresa Giudice, but Dina Manzo says Giudice played no part in their rift.\r\n&amp;quot;[Dina] was led to believe a lot of things that are not true. She has a good friend that likes to talk and she says things to her that aren&amp;apos;t true against me and Jacqueline [Laurita],&amp;quot; Caroline argued on Sunday&amp;apos;s Housewives reunion, looking right at Giudice. &amp;quot;[Dina] claims I never supported her, and Teresa&amp;apos;s a big part of it. When you get into this world, the fame, your mind isn&amp;apos;t right. You drink the Kool-Aid.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFor her part, Dina -- who quit Housewives midway through season 2 and now hosts her own HGTV series, Dina&amp;apos;s Party -- said her friendship with Giudice isn&amp;apos;t exactly as deep as her sister may think.\r\n&amp;quot;It wasn&amp;apos;t until very recently that Teresa showed up at my doorstep in tears,&amp;quot; Dina wrote on her personal blog. &amp;quot;Apparently Caroline and Jacqueline had a sit down with her on camera [for season 4] and she felt attacked. All I did was console a friend who was obviously shaken. I felt bad for her&amp;#x2026;even though I had distanced myself from her a bit I was still her friend and she needed me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDina wrote that while she continued to interact with Giudice -- mostly to support her business ventures -- she did so out of the spotlight and away from Housewives cameras.\r\n&amp;quot;Teresa had nothing to do with me staying away from everyone, I even stayed away from her too and I have no clue about all the drama that went on with everything else,&amp;quot; Dina blogged. &amp;quot;I feel bad that my relationship with my sister and her family is strained, but I can assure you that one day it will be back to the way it was.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t like fighting, I don&amp;apos;t like drama, I don&amp;apos;t like confrontation, I don&amp;apos;t agree with ganging up on someone [one of the other reasons why I left season 2] and I don&amp;apos;t need to share anymore than that,&amp;quot; Dina summed up.\r\n&amp;quot;I wish all the girls the BEST!! ALL OF THEM&amp;#x2026;.Let&amp;apos;s lift each other up instead of trying to tear one another down. Let&amp;apos;s showcase what women are capable of, what I thought this show was going to be back in the day: Running successful businesses, supporting amazing causes, raising incredible children and looking fabulous every step of the way,&amp;quot; wrote Dina, before adding in jest: &amp;quot;Unfortunately, not sure what the ratings on that would be.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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