‘I Couldn’t Even Scream for Help’

In an interview with Us Weekly, printed on Wednesday, The Precise Housewives of New Jersey star addressed the incident that allegedly went down at a Jersey Mike’s at an airport on New 12 months’s Day, shutting down claims that she was “rude” to staff.

Earlier this month, Jennifer, 47, made headlines after she posted a rant on her Instagram Tales about her unpleasant experience on the sandwich chain’s location at an airport, the place she was touring alongside along with her family.

Inside the video, Jennifer complained regarding the sandwich retailer being “sluggish,” and she or he criticized the “80-year-old girl” working there. She moreover alleged that there was a purchaser behind her who known as her “ridiculous” after she wished in order so as to add one different sandwich ultimate minute for her son, and claimed the “jerk” threatened to “sue” her.

The very fact star subsequently obtained backlash on-line, along with from an alleged Jersey Mike’s employee, who blasted Jennifer in a since-deleted TikTok video, calling the Bravo star a “foolish bitch.” The person moreover accused Jennifer of “backing up your full line,” and claimed she argued that she’s a “celeb.”

In line with Jennifer, she “was not rude” to the Jersey Mike’s staff.

“Hindsight is 20/20, nonetheless I didn’t suppose it was going to go that methodology,” she suggested Us Weekly.

“I was not rude to the Jersey Mike’s staff the least bit. I was attempting to be effectively mannered. The aged girl, she started threatening to not give me the sandwich that I was prepared [in] line for 40 minutes,” she continued, together with that she was “quiet as a church mouse.”

“I wasn’t triggered until this particular person I didn’t even know was double downing on being rude to me, and now you’re threatening me? I have no idea you … I’m solely a mom attempting to get some sandwiches for her kids,” talked about Jennifer, who shares Justin, 20, Gabby, 17, Jacob, 15, Christian, 13, and Olivia, 11, with Dr. Bill Aydin.

In line with Jennifer, what started the “altercation” was the reality that she was requested to go “to the highest of the street or that I wanted to ask this man’s permission” to order one different sandwich. “They need to not have accomplished that and that’s merely buyer help,” she talked about.

“I’m realizing now that I cannot say, ‘I’m a star,’” Jennifer admitted. “Individuals are very indignant. … I’ll not say I’m a star since people are so indignant about it. Nonetheless, clearly, this wouldn’t have gone so viral as a result of it did if I wasn’t a public decide.”

As she talked about in her video, the particular person allegedly talked about it was “ridiculous” that she wished in order so as to add one different sandwich.

“Tensions are extreme. I do know I’ll get blamed for one factor and I’ll protect my cool,” Jennifer talked about. “Your entire degree of me recording — I do comprehend it backfired — was to level out that I was not snapping. I’m merely recording the window. At the moment, the person shouldn’t be even in my issue.”

The mom of 5 added that she was “so shocked and disgusted by this man’s habits.”

“I discover that I didn’t kind out this appropriately, nonetheless, inside the second, I was just so shocked and appalled by this truly unwarranted, aggressive habits. Then, I put the digital digicam on him,” she suggested Us Weekly.

“In my angst, I was telling him on account of I wanted him to know that you just simply merely can’t be rude to people like that,” she continued. “You don’t know who you’re being rude to and I’m going to put you on blast. … I was merely, like, livid that this particular person [was] chatting with me that methodology.”

In the long run, she talked about she was merely “indignant” that the particular person allegedly wouldn’t let her get her extra sandwich.

As for why she posted her video, Jennifer talked about, “I wanted to put it on blast to level out how rude they’ve been to me.” However, she talked about she “didn’t go about it within the exact methodology.”

“It was fallacious for me to go in my tales after which bash their unhealthy buyer help,” Jennifer continued. “I’m finding out now that I’m not allowed to complain. It isn’t entitled. This isn’t privilege. I’m a paying purchaser.”

Whereas she admitted that she “one hundred percent” regrets sharing her video of her ranting, she’s “not going to” attain out, nonetheless felt that she’s “owed an apology” from the “rude and dismissive” Jersey Mike’s staff and the consumer with whom she allegedly had the altercation.

“I’m not going to [reach out],” Jennifer talked about. “They’re constantly blasting me. … I’ll apologize for calling [the worker] an 80-year-old girl and doing all that, nonetheless that’s the place it ends. They’re monetizing this, which I’m very glad for. In the end some good will come to them from this.”

“I’m one which takes full responsibility and accountability for my actions. As soon as I actually really feel I’m fallacious, I shouldn’t have posted it,” she admitted. “I merely want people to know that that was coming from a extremely pissed off mom who merely wished to make her flight alongside along with her children.”

Following her viral rant about Jersey Mike’s, she was far from a scheduled look on a Followers at Sea event titled “Wives on the Waves” on a Norwegian cruise alongside her RHONJ costars Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania, which was set for September 2025.

Patrick Harbison, a marketing consultant for the Followers at Sea event, launched that she was not attending the event.

“This selection was not personal nor an act of canceling anyone. At Followers at Sea, we think about in second possibilities and personal improvement,” Harbison suggested Us Weekly in an announcement. “Our priority is to create a drama-free, fun-filled experience for everyone. To ensure this, we made modifications to keep up the cruise satisfying and welcoming for all guests.”

Whereas speaking with Us Weekly, Jennifer reacted to the misplaced gig.

“Somebody had messaged me [while on vacation] that I was reduce from the cruise. I had no idea,” she talked about. “My supervisor didn’t want to tell me. She didn’t want one thing to spoil my journey. Then I went to the site and I observed my establish wasn’t there. And also you already know what? I took it like a champ.”

“This could be a enterprise and that’s their enterprise, and I don’t need them to acquire any backlash resulting from me,” she added. “The cruise was a pleasurable idea for me on account of I like a risk to engage with the followers, however it’s all good. The timing wasn’t primarily probably the most supreme for my family. The kids are going once more to highschool that week and my kids have been already complaining that I had devoted to doing it. Each factor happens for a function.”