RHONJ star Dolores Catania, 50, says her children and ex-husband contracted COVID-19 over the holidays but she did NOT get it
RHONJ star Dolores Catania revealed on Friday that her family fell ill over the holidays.
The 50-year-old TV star said that both of her children and her ex-husband – who still lives in the family house – contracted COVID-19 but, surprisingly, she did not get it.
And the friend of Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga added that she even managed to stay healthy when playing nursemaid to all three under the same roof.
Tough year: RHONJ star Dolores Catania revealed on Friday that her family fell ill over the holidays. Seen in 2019 at the DailyMail.com party in NYC
COVID troubles: RHONJ star Dolores Catania revealed on Friday that her fallen fell ill over the holidays. The 50-year-old TV star said that both of her children and ex-husband – who still lives in the family house – contracted COVID-19 but she did not get it; seen with her kids and a friend
She has daughter Gabrielle Catania and son, Frank Catania Jr.
‘My daughter said, “Everything hurts me. My head hurts. The [bedsheets] on my back hurt. My body hurts me,” and I told her, “You got COVID,”‘ she shared.
‘And then my son was coughing, and I’m like, “You too?!”‘
She added that she was not afraid to get sick. ‘Is a mother scared to take care of her kids when they have the flu? It’s my duty as a mother.’
Strong woman: And the friend of Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga added that she stayed healthy even though she played nursemaid to all three. (l-r) Danielle Staub, Margaret Josephs, Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Siggy Flicker, Dolores
They got sick just before Christmas Eve. Her ex-husband, Frank Catania then tested positive for COVID-19.
But the Bravo beauty stayed healthy.
‘I never got it,’ Dolores told PageSix. ‘I took care of everyone who had it in the house.’
And even though she never fell ill, she quarantined at home with her family until January 3 just to be careful.
The family in 2019: ‘I never got it,’ Dolores told PageSix. ‘I took care of everyone who had it in the house.’ And even though she never fell ill, she quarantined at home with her family until January 3. A flashback photo shared in December 2020
‘I was exposed to it. It was in my house, so I had no right to go out and spread it just in case I had it,’ she said.
This comes after 53-year-old Margaret Josephs, who also came to fame on RHONJ, said she and her family had COVID-19.
She revealed that her husband was hospitalized after their ‘entire family’ had the virus.
Sick at home: Meanwhile, Kylie Richards (seen with her family in December) and her sister Kathy Hilton as well as Dorit Kemsley from RHOBH all got COVID-19 late last year. Production on the show has been halted for safety reasons
‘We’ve been MIA and we’ve had COVID — the entire family,’ she said.
‘We didn’t want to talk about it during Christmas because who wants to talk about COVID during Christmas.’
By January they all tested negative.
Meanwhile, Kylie Richards and her sister Kathy Hilton as well as Dorit Kemsley from RHOBH all got COVID-19 late last year.
Production on the show has been halted for safety reasons.
And Emily Simpson from RHOC had Covid as she said it was ‘the hardest thing’ she has ever gone through. Real Housewives of Dallas atar D’Andra Simmons was hospitalized following her COVID-19 diagnosis.