At this point, Real Housewives of New Jersey is basically a big game of pin the blame on Teresa Giudice. Whatever your problem is, just point the finger at Evil T and everyone else will nod in agreement. So when she wanted to skip this season's reunion show, Jacqueline Laurita just played the Teresa's an evil b!tch card, and no one questioned it. Until now.

A source close to Jacqueline has revealed to In Touch Weekly that the housewife was, in fact, a stripper in the past and she feared being outed if she showed up to the reunion show. However, it wasn't Teresa who had Jacqueline running scared, says the source, but former RHONJ star Danielle Staub. “She feared that Danielle Staub would make a surprise appearance and tell all about Jacqueline’s stripping past," says the source. And that's not all.

The source also alleges that Jacqueline's husband, Chris, is in major debt and on the verge of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. So now, it seems, Jacqueline has some tough decisions to make. If she stays on the show, her secrets will almost certainly be revealed. However, if these allegations are true, she could really use that Bravo money right about now.

Never one to miss out on an opportunity to put her butter face in front of the camera, Danielle Staub sat down with Entertainment Tonight and discussed her own past struggles and thoughts of committing suicide. Danielle says she contemplated the thought of killing herself more than once and what always saved her was her children. 

"I didn't want them to have that memory of me. I wanted them to remember me, even if I'm going through my struggles, alive."

She also says she understands how Russell felt being part of the reality TV world. She believes it's hard for people in the reality biz to talk to normal folks about what happens when the show is over.

"Maybe your family starts to break apart, and you get caught up in it. I'm not blaming anybody for what I've been through, I'm just saying it's hard to explain to people who aren't doing this for a living."

Danielle says there's no words to describe how you feel with everybody "coming at you, and judging you, and they don't even know you."

That doesn't just happen with reality stars, it happens with musicians, actors, etc.. Some people are able to handle it and some can't. Leave it to Danielle to jump in front of a camera and whip out some tears, and try to attach herself to someone elses situation. True fame whore.

Check out Danielle's interview after the jump!

Danielle Staub is trying so hard to pretend that she wasn’t booted from the Real Housewives of New Jersey, but it’s not very convincing. The loudmouth insists she’s never been better than on her flop of a reality TV show, Famous Food. (Hint: if you want an idea of the caliber of this show, Heidi Montag’s also in it.)

She lies, “I’m so in love with this new show and my new network, VH1. My first instinct was ‘yes, yes, yes’ when I was offered the show because it’s not Bravo and it’s not ‘Housewives.’

Danielle also says that VH1 is much better than Bravo. "They did not [look after me] and I really needed that for my children as well. I’m so happy with VH1 it’s not even funny, and they give me so much freedom."

Okay, so maybe she gets some “freedom” from VH1, but she certainly is not getting viewership. Famous Food was a major flop, the worst debut on the network, with only 430,000 viewers bothering to tune in to the premiere episode. RHONJ, on the other hand, got about 2.2 million viewers that week.

But the ta-tas-shaking Danielle says she doesn’t miss the show at all. “I don’t miss the girls because I never really liked any of them. No, I won’t watch it. I wouldn’t give it a second of my ratings or my time.”

Yeah--like the show needs either of those things. Maybe she doesn’t miss Bravo, but she’ll sure miss their paychecks!

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Danielle Staub has figured out that taking your clothes off for men that would probably boo and insult you isn't a good idea. The Former Real Hot Mess of New Jersey star won't be stripping at Scores Nightclub in New York. She is seeking out psychological help instead. Dr. Drew just came.

The nightclub isn't supporting Danielle's quest for recovery, and the 48 year-old has been sued for $375,000 for backing out of her contract.

Danielle inked the deal in November and she shot a video of herself stripping that same month. Staub was paid $25k for the video and she had an exclusive 3-year contract with Scoreslive.com which required her to do voice work and live video chats.

A Scores exec claims that Daniel "has no shot of winning this lawsuit. It is a crystal clear breach of contract." Uh oh.

Danielle Staub recently signed a three-year contract with Scores which required her to appear naked on the Scores website along with doing at least one live appearance, but she's already backing out of the deal. After photos surfaced earlier this week showing Danielle doing her stripper thang, Danielle realizes, "I have addictions with love and low self-esteem, and I need help!"

Danielle claims her low self-esteem stems from childhood sexual abuse which she says, "has messed with my mind and self-worth, and over the years I thought about getting help but pushed it deep into the depths of denial.

"Seeing how I have hurt myself and my family this time, I can no longer push it behind me."

Well when you're pushing 50 and you think it's a good idea to drop your clothes and straddle a cold used up pole in the middle of a bunch of horny guys, you might be slightly mentally f*cked up. Just my personal observation folks. And does she really think guys want to go in and watch someone old enough to be their mother get naked?

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Former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub has never been modest. The psychotic and controversial reality TV star knows that she's an original. Danielle, who may or may not be dating Ray J, told E! News that she is a ratings machine.

On Season 3 of The fate of RHONJ: "It's not going to have the ratings. I brought the [drama]. People either loved me or hated me, but they were paying attention. This [season] is just full out nasty family fighting. Everyone's got that. Where's the element of surprise there?"

Danielle said that she would return to the show for "Money, money, money," but doesn' she need it? The 49 year-old mother has already been hired as a stripper at Scores nightclub.

As she proved repeatedly on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Danielle Staub is one classy lady. Now she's showing the world just how genteel and refined she really is by banging Ray J and signing a deal to get naked for a New York strip club.

The former reality star entered a three-year contract with NYC "gentleman's club" Scores, which will require her to appear nude on the club's website and do at least one live appearance, where she'll presumably get on the pole and show all. I didn't think things could get trashier than the reality TV/Jersey combo, but it looks like Danielle found a way. Good for her!

In case you were wondering, Danielle turns 50 next year. Some would say that might be too old to start a career as a stripper, but the patrons of Scores in NYC will soon say that's definitely too old to start a career as a stripper.

WOULD YOU WANT TO WATCH DANIELLE STAUB STRIP?

Danielle Staub and Ray-J are "dating." Danielle and Ray-J were photographed while "kissing" this week, which is all the evidence anyone needs to confirm a f*ckship. 

In the photo, posted on Media Takeout, Ray-J is leaning over Danielle and giving her a peck on the lips.

Danielle was a born again lesbian for a few months last year and she's currently filming a new reality show co-starring Heidi Montag and various other D-list has beens. We wouldn't be surprised if Ray-J and Danielle don't even have each other's phone number.  More than likely, they smooched just because some photographers were present.

DO YOU THINK DANIELLE AND RAY-J ARE DATING?

Heidi Montag isn't done pimping herself out on reality TV and neither is Danielle Staub, Jake Pavelka or Juicy J and DJ Paul of Three Six Mafia. Oh yeah, lets not forget Ashley Dupre, the former prostitute linked to Eliot Spitzer.

A source on set said Heidi and the gang are working on a reality show in which the group is "revamping a restaurant from the ground up. They started shooting this past weekend."

Heidi and Danielle Staub better stay away from the grill or any other heated appliances or else they're gonna melt down like the wicked witch in the middle of making crème brûlée. This show could be a total catastrophe. I love it! 

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Danielle Staub and her ex-husband Kevin Maher have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit. Kevin was suing Danielle for $5 million. Kevin had denied the disturbing allegations Danielle had made about him in her memoir and to the press.

TMZ reports, "The matter was resolved to the satisfaction of both parties." Maher also told us, "It's interesting that the case gets settled the day before Danielle was supposed to be deposed ... it was going to be the worst day of her life."