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Twitter'Real Housewives of New Jersey': Danielle really is a kidnapping, husband-stealing, drug dealer?!
"You're coming into my life, I want to know who you are... I'm gonna investigate."
Those who've been keeping up with "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" -- not just the episodes, but the promos too -- know that these are the words of cast member Caroline Manzo, who was speaking to the camera about fellow cast mate Danielle Staub.
There's been talk of kidnapping, stripping, husband-stealing and more surrounding miss Danielle... And, unlike the often misleading promos on ABC, it seems Bravo's scenes-from-the-next-ep are -- at least in this case -- right on track.
According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger anyway.
The newspaper somehow got ahold of the out-of-print book, "Cop Without a Badge" -- we saw it in last week's previews -- which allegedly tells the true story of dear old Danielle whose real name is apparently "Beverly Merrill."
According to the book, botox-loving Beverly Merrill (aka phone sex-having Danielle Staub) was arrested in the 80s on kidnapping charges after she and a drug dealing friend abducted a client who couldn't pay his narcotics tab. They tried to extort ransom money from their victim's father, which didn't quite work out the way they'd hoped. Luckily, the subject of the book (the "cop without a badge") was able to get the charges dropped and Danielle/Beverly later married him... though he was already married when they met.
The book also claims Danielle Staub/Beverly Merrill was a stripper, known to have slept with more than a thousand dudes.
Oh, also, she doesn't like to wear underwear I guess.
Poor Dani-- er, Bev. Poor Bev.
Beverly Merrill's mug shot after her 1986 arrest. From "Cop Without a Badge."
I don't know. None of this stuff really surprises me. So, she was an even bigger loon in her 20s than she is now, so what? She hung out with a guy who dealt drugs and she danced naked for money? Big deal.
I mean, if these accusations were pointed at, say, Teresa, I'd probably raise an eyebrow. But Danielle? I mean, have you seen the show?
Can't wait for Tuesday to actually watch what happens...
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Supposedly "Danielle" is actually the name she stripped under.
Is it really any surprise, though? If anything it explains how she's been engaged NINETEEN times.
bleh, how'd this person end up on the show. it almost turns my stomach. these shows are getting worse and worse....
All of the other women on the Real Housewives shows (OC and NY) have been pretty respectable ladies. Some of the Atlanta ladies weren't, of course I would never say names, and the newest cast member of OC can certainly be added to that list of unnamed, but this Danielle chick, well, she takes the cake. I think that the other ladies are from the New Jersey cast are charming, fun, smart and have many of the same wonderful qualities that their OC and NY counterparts have. I love Caroline and her no-nonsense approach to everything. And the other gals are great, too, but this Danielle, she needs to exit the picture and go hang with Gretchen and Kim...
backbiting and jealousy does not equal respectable to me.
This won't be the last thing that gets releas...I mean "discovered". Someone as the Gotti family how they liked the added exposure in a reality show. It's gonna get worse. CAN'T WAIT.
this whole NJ set of hw's (a bunch of criminals) can join the club of Gretch the Wretch (OC). who's picking these new housewives anyway? the original fans of this show aren't interested in a skank fest.
I too am tired of the Real Skanks of Bravo. Kelly, Gretchen, NeNe, Kim can all have their own show so I can miss it.
They're all a bunch of sluts
She probably stripped to pay for her drug habit. What a skank.....
Ick. My worst impressions are the ones given by many of you posters. Withhold the nasty (and btw, very underinformed) judgement. If you live your lives like your posts suggest, you will end up eating a lot of your words often. You also will end up looking like a clueless jerk. And what is "white trash" anyway? Compared to what? "Asian trash"? Dumb thing to say, particularly about people you don't know.