Danielle Staub has ripped her former boss Andy Cohen.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum explained her grievances with the Bravo host – for his actions both in the past and present – in both a social media post and on her podcast Absolutely Danielle.
‘I am no longer forced to walk into the Lions Den,’ Staub, 58, said in the social media post. ‘Andy kept me In the dark long enough! He has taken whats mine and given it to others!
The latest: Danielle Staub, 58, has ripped her former boss Andy Cohen. The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum explained her grievances with the Bravo host in both a social media post and on her podcast Absolutely Danielle
‘Now that you are a parent I’d hoped you would see some of the pain you caused my family, even when I left the show to protect my young children, you mocked me repeatedly defaming me and yet I still continued to give you over a decade to do right by me and mine!’
Staub, a native of Wayne, New Jersey, made clear she was resentful how Cohen treated her, often leaving her unaware of important issues that would impact her career.
‘Now it’s time you understand that “for every action there is a reaction,”‘ said the reality star, who departed the series earlier this year after appearing on its first two seasons as a regularly, and sporadically after that.
‘You must’ve seen this coming and YOU know you were wrong, yet you continued,’ she said. ‘So for all the times you held me down and picked me apart instead of building me up and standing with me, for all the times you made me stand alone “kept me in the dark,” may you tread lightly in your own darkness. “For letting me be the last to know” may you learn to do better.’
On the record: The reality star was outspoken in her disdain of the Bravo star
Beef: Staub made clear she was upset how Cohen treated her, often leaving her unaware of important issues that would impact her career
Staub said she’s long waited for Cohen to give her acknowledge her contributions to the show, but he’s never bothered to.
‘I’ve been waiting for you to revere me,’ Staub said. ‘I’ve even gone as far as to ask you to be kinder and more gentle with me but it fell on deaf ears. No more waiting or asking, I have no hate no more respect I don’t honor you and I won’t defend you.
‘But I will advise: “Be careful whose toes you step on today because they may be attached to the a** you have to kiss tomorrow.”’
On her podcast, Staub teased she would reveal personal information about Cohen and his off-camera activities.
‘Is Andy ready for his son to know who he is? Because the Andy I know would hit up Grindr and go on three or four Grindr dates an evening,’ she said. ‘And these are people who are pretty reputable sources, I just don’t, I don’t even want to talk about the drugs and the partying, not now anyway, but we can get back to that.
‘I can accuse him all I want and I’m not talking about marijuana. I’m not talking about legalizing.’
Resentment: Staub said she’s long waited for Cohen to give her acknowledge her contributions to the show, but he’s never bothered to
After being a principle player on the show’s first two seasons, Staub departed in season three. She came back in a limited ‘friend’ capacity over the past three seasons before leaving earlier this year
Staub – who was often at odds with Teresa Giudice, 48, through her run on the show – announced her exit from the series in an appearance opposite Cohen in January on Watch What Happens Live.
She said at the time: ‘I will be never returning as a Housewife again with the Jersey girls. I have, over the past 12 years and 10 seasons, been a part of this whole franchise and I’ve been very happy to rally and stand on a platform and be here with all of you. But it is time for me to leave and do something that I want to do that makes my heart happy every day.’
Cohen noted that the decision was ‘entirely [Staub’s] move.’
After being a principle player on the show’s first two seasons, Staub departed in season three. She came back in a limited ‘friend’ capacity over the past three seasons before leaving earlier this year.
In her last season on the series she was involved in a physical altercation with Margaret Josephs, pulling her ponytail amid a spat.
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