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Danielle Cabral revealed the one time she asked a producer to cut a scene on Real Housewives of New Jersey, addressed her ex-friendship with Jennifer Aydin and Teresa Giudice, and claimed she never had a conversation with Jennifer without her mentioning Melissa or Joe Gorga.

During her freshman season, Danielle grew close with Teresa and Jennifer to the dismay of Margaret Josephs and Melissa. But Danielle switched teams the next season, and she began to face off with Jennifer, who accused Danielle of inappropriately compensating herself for a charity event she threw.

On Melissa’s On Display podcast, Danielle addressed an early scene with Jennifer (when they were still friends) in which Danielle told her that Melissa didn’t pay for an outfit Danielle gave her.

“I was being really catty … and it was so against everything I would say,” claimed Danielle. “And I got in the car, and I called the producer immediately. And I was like, ‘Listen, I never ask you guys to remove anything. Please remove that because that’s just not me, and I don’t care about that.’”

Danielle indicated that the producer agreed.

“[But] sure as s**t, it aired. It came out,” said Danielle. “And the minute it came out, my phone goes [cha-ching], and you Venmo’d me the money. I was liked, mother–!”

Later in the episode, Melissa suggested she was “better friends” to Teresa and Aydin than “they are to each other.” Melissa then seemingly hinted that Teresa and Jennifer’s friendship will “fizzle.”

Danielle said she doesn’t believe she ever had a conversation with Jennifer that “didn’t have [Melissa or husband Joe’s] name in it.”

“That’s sad. That’s so exhausting. My God!” said Melissa.

According to Danielle, she herself never “conniv[ed]” against any castmate even when she became friends with Melissa.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey is now on pause. Several sources have claimed the cast divide is to blame, and a shakeup is looming. Andy Cohen has said multiple times that Bravo hasn’t yet decided anything, and no one has been asked back.