Former The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member Danielle Staub is claiming Teresa Guidice stabbed her with a fork during the early seasons of the show. Teresa and Danielle became enemies early on in the Bravo series, sparking a feud that would go down in Real Housewives history. Their feud promoted Teresa, who is engaged to Luis, to infamously flip a table during the season 1 finale, causing Danielle to walk out of the room.
The feud spilled into the second season with that one being Danielle's finale one as a full-time cast member. After many years had passed, Danielle returned to the show for season 8 as a "friend of" so Teresa could try and make amends with her former castmate. The two started a friendship that when on to last for two more seasons; however, it came to an end during the season 10 reunion.
Danielle sat down with Dave Quinn, the author of the new Bravo tell-all Not All Diamond and Rosé, where she revealed Teresa, who reunited with Dina Manzo in Greece, had stabbed her with a fork at the explosive Posche fashion show event during season 2 of RHONJ. "Teresa took a fork to my back! I had a fork stabbed and dragged down my back! So I stopped running," the 59-year-old claimed per Page Six. Danielle also alleged that one of the security men was holding onto her arm at the time as she was trying to fight back. "This was like Jerry Springer on steroids," she claimed. "Like, these women were dangerous." Danielle may have been stabbed, but she was willing to fight back if she got the chance. The mother of two ended her story by claiming she "didn’t know they’d start physically" coming after her after the attack.
Danielle, who called out Erika Jayne in the new documentary, was confused as to why she could defend herself with her words. "I should be able to say what I want to say and not get physically accosted for it," Danielle concluded. Shortly after this piece from the book was released, Teresa's lawyer James J. Leonard denied the claims, telling People, "This never happened. It is 100 percent pure fiction. If it did happen, you would have seen it or heard about [it] on the show and not in a book 11 years later." Andy Cohen, the reunion host and executive producer for the franchise, doesn't believe Danielle's allegations either claiming Bravo would have used the storyline in the show. "We don’t like it when it gets physical," Andy, who didn't want Bethenny on RHONY, told the author. "We tend to cut away from it. We’ll show that something happens, but we kind of do flashes on the screen."
Danielle has not commented on Teresa or Andy's claims denying her story. However, it seems the former Real Housewives of New Jersey star will not back down on her claim that she was attacked by Teresa that night with a fork. If the accusations are true, it's hard to believe Danielle would want to make amends with her costar so many years later.