“Real Housewives of New Jersey” alum, Caroline Manzo has denied calling FBI on co-star, Teresa Giudice during her 2013 fraud indictment.
Speaking during an interview with Page Six, Manzo admitted that she knows who made the call. She said “I know who did. PS, I was there. ”
Her daughter, Lauren Manzo, immediately added, “But we’ll never say who it was.” Caroline further explained that she saw what was going down, but she “took the fall” because “I am not [a rat].”
She added;
“It’s not even about being a rat. There’s this thing called collateral damage. So, when you say something, who’s going to hurt? Who is this going to hurt by saying this truth?
“You can believe whatever you like about me. I know I never did — I could never do that. But if blaming me makes you feel better, OK, then your reality. It’s not going to change my day.”
The 61-year-old reality personality added that she took full responsibility for the appeal “to protect people who didn’t deserve the collateral damage and the fallout once it comes out.” Despite describing it as “hurtful,” she expressed gratitude for her husband, Albert Manzo III, and their three children.
After the “Food, Love, and Chaos” star predicted that she and her then-husband, Joe Giudice, would be imprisoned, Giudice, 51, made it known that she thought Caroline was the one who turned them over to the authorities.
In 2015, Teresa and Joe were found guilty of fraud. While Joe spent three years in prison and was deported to Italy in March 2019, Teresa served 11 months before her release in December 2015.