05: Beverley "Danielle" Staub - The Real Housewives of New Jersey PART 2 (part 2)
Season 2 doesn't stop there! It keeps on giving and giving.
It features the VERY TENSE and hostile sit-down-dinner between Caroline Manzo and Danielle, where Caroline basically - and very calmly - threatens Danielle to try and make her drop the charges against Ashley. This is quite an interesting one, as Caroline and Danielle basically haven't shot hardly ANY SCENES together and don't really know each other - so they have a relationship based almost entirely upon hearsay and gossip.
and GOOD OLD Kim 'G' REALLY comes into play in the second part of the season, playing Danielle and the rest of the cast like a game of chess
One minute she's agree to help Danielle find her BIRTH MOTHER using her "connections" (?) the next minute Kim 'G' has her ACTUAL FOOT IN THE DOOR of Jacquline's house, forcing herself in to speak with Jacquline to double-cross Danielle and try to align herself with the other women in the cast. It's SUCH a thirsty power-move in a desperate attempt to be bumped up to full-time, it's kind of amazing.
Somehow Danielle finds out about Kim's double crossing behaviour, and it sets the scene for ANOTHER chaotic encounter, and another one of my favourite Housewives scenes of ALL TIME! The whole scene is gold, but watch from 4.20 onwards if you are SHORT ON TIME

where Kim 'G' CHASES Danielle out of the restaurant vibrating with anger & desperation whilst screeching "You're on OLD FUCKING OLD LADY with your FAKE AND SQUARE TITS!"

Bonus points for the shot cut in of Danielle's iconic white Range Rover SPEEDING to her rescue
Despite LOOKING like a sweet older lady, Kim 'G' really is hilariously VILE. She pops up a few times again in seasons after season 2, and she NEVER CHANGES. Here's her giving her expert opinion on Danielle
Season 2, of course, concludes with the REUNION - a reunion that is absolutely ESSENTIAL to ANY Danielle Staub stan, as pretty much the ENTIRETY of the two-part reunion revolves around Danielle

Seriously - pretty much EVERYTHING the discuss comes back to her, which is quite the feat when Teresa and Caroline Manzo are sitting on the sofas too.
Note the DEMONSTRATIONAL WIG and SPACE BETWEEN Danielle and Caroline in the gif below:
The reunion is tense from the OFF, with Danielle getting up to leave set I think THREE TIMES
Teresa and Danielle REALLY GET INTO it, literally within minutes of the reunion starting
I can't find the gif, but the section where Teresa PUMMELS Andy, whilst Danielle slinks off like the cat that got the cream, whilst Teresa screams "YOU FUCKING BITCH!" over and over throwing cushions is absolutely incredible
There's actually a bit of context to their big reunion fight that isn't shown on screen.
Teresa's sister in law Melissa Gorga had been campaigning to join the show, and had been speaking with Danielle to highlight conflict between her and Teresa at the reunion as an easy segue for her to become a Housewife - this is when they start talking about a nephew not being visited by Teresa when born.
Melissa is married to Teresa's brother Joe - and it worked! They got cast in season 3, and bring in a WHOLE WORLD of new family-related chaos with them, and a Melissa/Teresa rivalry that seems to still be lasting right into the brand new season.
Melissa is actually a SNEAKY BITCH, you can read more about it all here if you have time
https://famewhorgas.wordpress.com/category/danielle-staub-and-the-melissa-gorga-connection/
and it's undeniable that the first few episodes of season 3 are a TOTAL GAG by hers and Joe's introduction. The Christening fight in episode 1 of season 3 is probably the most intense and ludicrous first episode of any Housewives series.
BACK to Danielle, there's a moment in the reunion where she's accused of being a CALL GIRL and sleeping with married men, and she only bothers to respond to the MARRIED MEN accusation - leaving the call girl claim up for interpretation
Bizarrely, it ends on sort of good terms - with Danielle in floods of tears, agreeing to back down on the charges she placed on Ashley. She also gives Jacquline the worlds LONGEST EVER HUG, that is supremely awkward for all involved but Danielle.
Danielle then left the show after season 2, as she was REALLY at the point of no return - she had no allies left, and to be honest she'd burnt through her storyline in the first two seasons. She left an absolute legend, and the introduction of the Gorga's in season 3 was a bit of a blinding move to keep momentum going - at least for a couple more seasons.
What happened to Danielle post? She did some "adult work" both table dancing and film-based which you can google yourselves

and she released a BEAUTIFUL SINGLE with her at-time lesbian lover. Incredibly this hot garbage had THREE LIVE TV performances, all of which are a totally different genre
the tortured lesbian piano ballad version:
a Swede-pop inspired "pop" version on MAURY (

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and let's face it, the version we're all here for: THE GAY CIRCUIT PARTY REMIX
Despite the quality, this performance MUST BE WATCHED to be believed! The dancing is basically just WINDMILLS left right and centre, and Danielle frequently gets LIFTED UP HIGH like the queen that she is

It's genuinely hilarious independently from the Housewives connection, and I WISH it could be uploaded in HD
I still have the COMEBACK to cover, but to be honest I'm a bit Danielle Staub-d OUT right now, as I'm sure anybody still reading this is too

But season 1 & 2 Danielle Staub, TAKE A BOW! An absolute masterclass in reality TV delusion and villainy
