Danielle Cabral certainly felt the heat while filming Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 finale. In fact, the heat at Rails Steakhouse seemed like enough to make any Housewife want to stay out of the kitchen.
Ironically, some viewers were underwhelmed by the season finale. Teased from the beginning, viewers saw the fight’s aftermath in episode one. While the conflict had many causes, one of the most prevalent was the ongoing beef between Danielle and Jennifer Aydin. While bickering, Jennifer quipped, “Your husband with the boobs, and you got the brawn, honey.”
Danielle responded by trying to jump across the table at her costar. Everybody stood up and tried to stop the fight as Aydin told producers Danielle needed to go. Danielle tried to argue that she should stay and, after a quick bathroom break, producers did let her stick around. But perhaps she wished she hadn’t.
The New Jersey cast sees no hope for reconciliation
On August 4, Bravo released some interview footage of the Housewives’ reactions to the Rails confrontation. “When I left, I collapsed in my kitchen on the floor, ‘cause it was so intense,” Danielle confessed. Later, she added, “Last year, I thought we could – I was like, ‘Yeah, we could all get back. It’s okay, we can get back.’ This year? No,” shaking her head.
Danielle wasn’t the only one to feel so pessimistic. “It’s kind of surreal,” Melissa Gorga said. “It does feel like the Last Supper. It’s probably the last time that we’re ever going to order a drink in front of each other again, all of us. That’s just how I feel.” Melissa’s confidence that she’d never see some of her cast members again doesn’t bode well for RHONJ’s future.
The cast’s current status certainly begs the question: Where do the New Jersey Housewives go from here? If the cast is truly so adamant about staying divided, how could filming possibly continue? Keeping things as separate as possible certainly didn’t produce the best results this season. Is RHONJ due for a full reboot? A partial reboot? Either seems likelier every day.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 wrap-up hits Bravo on August 11 at 8/7c.