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Dolores Catania revealed she was hospitalized and doctors had to “shock” her “heart” after a cardiologist told her she was in “AFib” and could have a “stroke.” The Real Housewives of New Jersey star also shared that she spent $30,000 on a past finale party that was largely edited out.
After season 14, Bravo put RHONJ on pause as the cast was divided into two ‘teams.’ Dolores was perhaps the only co-star who stayed on good terms with almost everyone. Recently, reports have surfaced that everyone in the cast has been fired — except Dolores, Teresa Giudice, and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, who’ve allegedly been asked to remain open for possible filming in the future.
On the Two Ts In A Pod podcast, Dolores revealed that she was hospitalized.
“So [recently] my heart was beating out of my chest,” said Dolores. “It [felt like a] a flutter, it [felt] like a butterfly, and then it goes away. Well, it started to come more frequent … and then I got a pain from the middle of my chest to my shoulder when I was driving one day.”
“I was like, ‘That’s not right,'” she went on. “It wouldn’t go away, and I decided to go to a cardiologist.”
According to Dolores, the cardiologist told her she’s in “AFib.”
“AFib is atrial fibrillation … You’re a walking stroke. You can have a stroke,” she said. “So many people just ignore that. So I’m telling everybody, if you get those flutters in your chest, go see a doctor.”
Dolores said she was later hospitalized, and doctors “went through my groin” and “into my heart” for an ablation procedure.
“They kind of shock your heart and cauterize it,” she said.
Later in the episode, Dolores addressed a past finale party she hosted on RHONJ.
“I spent $30,000 on a finale party,” she said. “I hired actors. I got whiskey. Had people flown in from Ireland. I had Irish flowers … I had my garage turned into a casino with our faces on coins that they never showed.” But Dolores hinted that the edit focused only on one fight.
She also shaded The Valley for having their recent episode at “Dave and Busters” with “beer.”
“Get the f**k out of here,” said Dolores. “The f**k? And we’re cancelled?”
