Dolores Catania would love to see any of her “Real Housewives of New Jersey” co-stars compete on “The Traitors,” but there’s one that she thinks would have the best chance on the Peacock reality competition.
Speaking with Glamour magazine on March 7, Catania said she thinks “all” of her Jersey cast mates would be “good” on “The Traitors.“
“I wouldn’t hand-pick one because they’re so strong. New Jersey’s so tough. They can handle it,” she said. “Personally, I would love to see Teresa [Giudice],” she added. “Yeah. Teresa could handle it. Teresa could handle any freaking thing. But I think if you’ve seen our world, you’ve seen how we fight. You’ve seen how we stick up for each other when we, when we stand by somebody. So, it’s all the things you need to play the game, but you have to know the game.”
Catania admitted that the “game” part is where things could get tough. “That’s where there’s a problem. I don’t think any of them are gamers,” she noted of the RHONJ cast. “You have to think. They have to learn how to think like a gamer.”
Catania was one of four winners who split a $204,300 jackpot on season 3 of “The Traitors.” The Barvo TV personality split the prize with fellow Faithful Dylan Efron, Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby.
Dolores Catania’s Co-Star Said She Was the ‘Least Likely’ to Be a Traitor
Bravo Rachel Fuda, Margaret Josephs, Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, Teresa Giudice, Jennifer Aydin, and Danielle Cabral.
Catania’s comments came just as she appeared on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” with her RHONJ co-star Jennifer Fessler.
Fessler addressed the long RHONJ hiatus, noting that “a million years ago, there was a show called the Housewives of New Jersey.” “On that show, there were also traitors,” she noted. She then asked Catania, “Where would you say there were more traitors? On your new show or on your old show?”
“There’s traitors everywhere,” Cantania replied.
Fessler shared that she thinks there are more traitors in New Jersey. “And the least likely person to ever be a traitor is Dolores,” she added.
Catania told Glamour that filming “The Traitors” in Scotland was less stressful than filming RHONJ. “It was the most peaceful thing I’ve had in eight years,” she told the outlet.
She explained, “It was less stress. it was nice. It was a breath of fresh air to me to be there, so it would’ve taken a lot to get me riled up. Everybody, even though they were traitors and they were stabbing everybody in the back and everybody’s lying—they were nice to each other at most times.”
Dolores Catania Revealed How She’ll Spend Her Traitors Prize Money
Catania also shared how she will spend her share of the “Traitors” prize.
She told People magazine she will donate some of her prize money to Halfway Home animal rescue, as well as a shelter in her hometown of Patterson, N.J. She will also put some money towards her son Frankie’s upcoming wedding.
But her biggest prize id bragging rights. “The fact that I won is my gift,” Catania told the outlet. “I’m a [expletive] winner. Get out of my way, I won ‘The Traitors!’ Don’t [expletive] with me.”