Your comments: 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' is back!

Danielle Staub may be gone, but it didn't take long for Melissa Gorga to bring the drama to the world of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey." Teresa Giudice and Melissa have already mixed it up in the first episode, and there promises to be a lot of drama to follow.
The show has its fans and its hater. NJ.com user counting crow wrote:
I am soooooooooo happy I watched!! After the most horrendous season in history, I think the RHNJ are BACK!! I have no idea how they are going to go UP from the premiere episode, but you can bet your bottom dollar I will be watching. My Monday nights finally have meaning again!!! LOL.

My opinion of the new girl, Melissa...I think she's absolutely gorgeous, her children are ridiculously adorable, and I can't have too much hate for her since she was, at one time, residing in Bayonne. That being said, she's a Grade A troublemaker!!! Give Teresa a break, and shame on Joe the brother (non-juicy version)...your sister is your blood. He looked like such a drunken idiot at the party. ugh. In the middle of the episode my mother goes, "They make all Italians look so bad!" and im like no im pretty sure italians do that on their own (i'm 100% so shutty to all the haters ready to bash me).

Another user said that New Jersey residents should boycott this show (as well as "Jersey Shore") because it makes residents look back. NJ.com user Woolfland agreed and responded:

Taziki, you are exactly right. As an Army brat, I have lived all over the world and have found most people very wonderful and pleasant. I've lived in New Jersey for 20 years and the real people here are wonderful....some of the best people I've ever known. What you're seeing on TV is a representation of a very small existence....remember, most of the JS cast are NOT from New Jersey.

Many of my native NJ friends are embarrassed and ashamed of these shows as they certainly depict NJ in the worse possible way. Sadly, most of the country will never know what I do....that NJ truly deserves its name as the Garden State as it has beautiful mountains, gorgeous beaches and lush farmlands. In fact, most of the state is still rural land sandwiched between NYC and Philly. I don't believe California is full of nuts....I've been there, it's beautiful. My advice, come see for yourself.....come to NJ......Cape May is a great place to start.

From Housewife To Stripper

Now that Danielle Staub, 48, is no longer raking in the big bucks as a reality TV star on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, she's taken her career in a different direction.
She's dancing totally nude at Scores gentleman's club in Manhattan.
This isn't the first time Staub has stripped. She was a dancer at a Miami gentleman's club two decades ago. More recently, she appeared in a celebrity sex tape.
The scandal-prone Staub has signed a three-year deal to appear at the club and on the club's website.
Stripping won't be Staub's only source of income. She's also slated to appear in an upcoming VH1 reality TV series with Heidi Montag from The Hills and Jake Pavelka of The Bachelor. The program will follow the trio as they attempt to open a restaurant together.
Before she became famous, Staub had a scandalous past in Florida. Charles Kipps' Cop Without a Badge details Staub's dealings in the criminal world. In the book, Staub is quoted as having said she had sex with 1,000 men.
These days, Staub isn't the only celebrity making money from stripping. Actor Channing Tatum's past stint as a male stripper is being turned into a movie directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Last week, it was revealed Staub's newest boyfriend is reality TV star and musician Ray J. No word yet on what Ray thinks of his lady's latest gig.