Jacqueline Laurita Hints At Teresa Giudice Not Being Supportive Of Her Son's Autism Diagnosis
Sept. 11 2012, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jacqueline Laurita finally broke her silence over her son's autism last month, and she is now revealing that some of her catty costars have been far from supportive of her extra parenting challenge.
The doting mother of three-year-old Nicholas opened up to Anderson Cooper about why she was so reluctant to share her struggles with her fellow Housewives at first, and Breaking Celebrity News has a sneak peak at her emotional confession.
"At the time we didn't have a diagnosis, things were happening and we didn't have the actual diagnosis. I didn't want to bring it out on the show without a diagnosis and treatment plan in place and have them speculate on what issues he has or doesn't have. It's something that was personal to our family that we needed to get a handle on it first," Laurita told the Anderson Live host.
When asked if all the women had been supportive she replied candidly: "Most of them, yes."
The hard-hitting CNN host then directly asked if "Teresa (Giudice) had not been supportive?" But at that point Jacqueline not so subtly evaded the question about