“I don’t know her on a personal level, I just, you know, the incident that happened at the party,” Lina replied.
After Jennifer Fessler and Jackie Goldschneider expressed interest in hearing more, Lina launched into the account.
“I mean, look, it could have been nothing, but she asked me to like, you know, touch up her hair or whatever one day. I opened up my salon for her, like, no problem,” Lina began.
Danielle needed the hair help before heading to her “Party Like a Housewife” charity event she was hosting. The February 2023 event also included special appearances by fellow Housewives Teresa Giudice, Dolores Catania, and Jennifer.
“All three of us, immediately, yes, you need us, we’ll be there for you,” Jennifer recounted in an interview of how the event came together.
Danielle allegedly also asked Lina to attend and the hairstylist agreed to buy tickets to support the event. But after Lina opened her salon and fixed Danielle’s hair “for free,” she was surprised to learn the generosity wasn’t mutual, she claimed.
As Lina explained, once she got to the event and was hanging in the VIP area with the Housewives and their entourages she was approached by a waitress who asked to see her pink wristband, a requirement for being in the elite section. When she didn’t have one, the waitress asked her to leave.
“I was like, ‘I’m not going,’” Lina recalled.
She watched as the waitress went over to talk to Danielle and then returned to tell her, “I’m sorry, you have to go.”
“I just feel like it’s rude,” she said of the slight. “Like I don’t have to be there.”
According to Jennifer, Lina is “in our group of friends” and has done Teresa’s hair for past events.
“I am very offended at the way Danielle dealt with that situation,” Jennifer told producers.
Jennifer hinted that it may not be the only thing the cast doesn’t know about the relatively new Housewife, who joined RHONJ in Season 13.
“There have been things that have been brewing with Danielle that people in this group may not be privy to,” she shared in her confessional. “I am allowing Lina to tell this story because I would rather it not come from me.”
To find out whether Danielle will respond to the allegations, watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo or available streaming the next day on Peacock.