Facing a foreclosure on her home, massive debt, and possible business trouble, this
former Real Housewives of New Jersey star officially fled the Garden State for good.
But is there more to the story?
Here's the piping hot tea on why Jacqueline Laurita skipped town for Nevada.
"Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, you better run.”
In 2017, Laurita put all the table flipping, weave pulling, and baptism brawls behind her
when she quit The Real Housewives Of New Jersey for good.
And she has little more to show for it other than a ban from the North Jersey Country Club
and a presumed mountain of debt.
The reality star confirmed to E.T. that she was leaving the show because the network reportedly
believed she quote, "no longer [had] an authentic connection with two of the season's cast members."
Of course, that was in reference to Teresa Giudice and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga.
"You're screaming at me.
You're giving me eyes like you're ready to kill!”
“Because you're so full of f---ing s--- right now.”
According to Laurita, Bravo offered her a part-time role with the option of going full
time if she gelled with the girls, but she turned it down, telling the outlet,
"That feeling that I had to kind of try out again, it just didn't feel right."
"Let's agree to disagree.
We're never gonna be friends again.
That's fine."
It's easy to speculate that Laurita's move from New Jersey was rooted in money problems.
Her family was embroiled in a bankruptcy case for her husband's Signature Apparel clothing
company for years.
And according to Radar Online, the star owed over $425,000 in back taxes from 2013.
"Nicholas once struggled with saying I love you.
And now he says it all the time.”
She wrote on the Bravo blog,
"After my husband lost his company during that rough economy, it took some time for
the decrease in income to catch up to us.
We were also not prepared for the cost of raising a child with special needs.
[…] Somehow, during our struggle, we have managed to stick it out and keep fighting
to get through it."
"It gets intense.
It's raw.”
Laurita's Franklin Lakes mansion has been the subject of near-continuous foreclosure
litigation since 2015, according to NewJersey.com.
And if the Lauritas can't sell their home, it will be taken from them.
When the family started selling their belongings on Facebook, it didn't help rumors that they
might actually be losing their residence.
Though Chris claimed they were selling their stuff because it didn't fit the style of their
new home, it does make you wonder if the pair is moving back to Laurita's hometown to cope
with their financial woes.
In an Instagram post, Jacqueline admitted her parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephews,
and cousins all live in the Las Vegas area, so there is no doubt that the family connection
made the relocation more attractive.
Plus, it's cheaper to live in the Las Vegas area than the very rich Bergen County, New
Jersey.
While it's clear that the Lauritas' lives are in transition, the couple is apparently
trying to start some new sort of business endeavor.
And according to NewJersey.com, Chris claims the new opportunity was what forced them to
relocate.
We know next to nothing about what the couple is actually doing around Vegas.
In an Instagram post, Jacqueline said that Chris was moving to Nevada for her the same
way she moved to New Jersey for him, but she also claimed that he planned to open an office
and warehouse nearby in California with his business partners.
"People think you make money from a new company like overnight it happens."
Whatever it is, it seems like the right move for the family.
Chris wrote on Facebook,
"Why can't someone write something positive about a family pulling up their bootstraps
and moving on to bigger and better opportunities?
What we're doing is a good thing and is best for our families future.
We are looking forward to it."
Laurita might be leaving the drama of Real Housewives behind, but she still has some
pretty strong ties to the Garden State.
"What did we used to fight about anyway?”
“Um, everything."
The star's daughter Ashlee, who's best known for pulling out Danielle Staub's [extensions
and getting into fights with her parents, decided to stick it out in New Jersey.
"Love and light.
Stay in the positive, b----!"
Ashlee had her first child with then-fiancé Pete Malleo in 2016.
The pair finally tied the knot two years later, and though Laurita admitted she tried to convince
her daughter to move out west, Ashley felt like the timing wasn't right.
She posted:
"Ending this chapter of my life has been incredibly difficult for me, but I could not be happier
for my family and their new beginnings.
[…] For now, my story is meant to continue here in New Jersey […] but you bet your
ass I'll be visiting!"
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