by Jessica Blackwell

The cast shakeup on RHONJ provided the potential for major drama on the show. I mean, the Guidette Twins (excuse me, I mean Te-RAY-sa and Nicole) could probably have a reality show of their own and keep it afloat with all the ruckus they're going to bring. Dina's return made things super interesting, and then you have Amber, the educated, neurotic housewife who knew Melissa before she was a rich man's wife, and when she was a hard-partying girl looking for her prince money bags. Despite all of the beautiful potential for drama, three episodes in, we haven't seen many clashes. Probably because everyone is still getting to know each other and playing nice. Meanwhile, I've been watching, waiting for the explosions to start and thankfully I think some fuel was added to the fire tonight! 

One thing I realize about Amber, she doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut and her bold statements treat the border between tactful and rude. Despite her declaration - "I don't want to be much of a gossiper, but I feel like I can trust Melissa" - (yea about as much that you trust that she didn't ignore your cancer) - she had no problem revealing details about Nicole's past.   She brought up the issue with Melissa again-"It never crossed my mind that you wouldn't have known, I just thought you were a cold hearted b***" - she blabbed that supposedly, Nicole stole a married man from his family. Oh no - not another prostitution wh*re in our midst(fans of the show from the Danielle Staub days will appreciate that one)!

Melissa probably would have kept her mouth shut about what Amber said, if Nicole didn't tell Melissa the real reason Amber's husband didn't accompany the guys for a bowling night outing. Jim didn't want to go out with the group because he was afraid of a potential conflict of interest with Joe Gorga orJoe Giudice since he's being indicted for mortgage fraud. He also said that Joe squared has a reputation for fighting and he didn't want to be caught up in all of that. Of course Melissa was offended, and decided to get back at Amber by telling Nicole what she said about home wrecking past! Nicole was shocked and exclaimed that she would "NEVAH" do something like that and stormed out of a store to confront Amber. Ok first of all, rumors don't rise out of thin air. She had to have done something along the lines of what Amber said. Unless Amber is just bat sh*t crazy...

Next week Nicole confronts Amber. Stay tuned for the first real drama of the season! 

The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Sundays at 8/9c

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