RHONJ’s Jackie Goldschneider addresses Dolores using a weight loss drug

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Share her thoughts. Jackie Goldschneider gave her opinion on Costar Dolores Catania‘s confession that she has used the weight-loss drug Mounjaro.

“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to lose weight,” the lawyer, 46, said during part 2 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 reunion on Tuesday, June 6. “I mean, I know better than anyone how addictive it is to want to lose weight. I think the problem will be that people will have to get rid of it one day. And then the studies show that you come back quite quickly.”

Jackie, who has previously been open about her struggles with anorexia, said she is concerned about what people might do to lose weight if and when their medications stop working. “You’re going to have all those people who are addicted to being thin, who suddenly say, ‘Oh my God, what do I do? How do I get skinny again?'” she told the presenter Andy Cohen. “And that’s where dangerous habits come in and that’s what scares me.”

The reality star’s comments came in response to a question the Bravo exec, 55, asked her about Dolores’ recent admission that she started taking Mounjaro to slim down ahead of the reunion filming. In April, the former corrections officer, 52, said she started taking the medication earlier this year.

“I wasn’t about to come to the reunion looking bigger than anyone, so I got on the bandwagon,” Dolores said on an episode of Watch What Happens live with Andy Cohen. When the Superficial author asked if she experienced any side effects from the medication, Dolores replied: “[I’m] just not hungry.”

Mounjaro is the brand name of a drug used to treat diabetes. Along with Ozempic and Wegovy, it has recently gained popularity for its off-label use as a weight loss drug.

Shortly after Dolores confessed to using Mounjaro, Andy responded to backlash from a viewer who accused him of praising several housewives for their weight loss. “I’m trying to deliver the goods for my audience to watch,” he explained during an April episode of his SiriusXM radio show, adding that it can be a “slippery slope” to casually discuss the topic. “I mean, if Dolores shows up looking 30 pounds lighter, I need to figure out how it happened.”

The producer added that he did not congratulate Dolores on WWHL but did broach the subject of her body during their interview. ‘I said to [Dolores], ‘You look great,’ and she said, ‘Yes, I lost weight.’ I say “Ozempy?” She said, ‘Yeah, you better believe it!’” de Most talkative author remembered. “I was glad she was telling the truth about it, by the way, because there are so many people who aren’t.”

Jackie, for her part, is working on a memoir about her battle with anorexia titled The weight of beauty, which comes out in September. On Tuesday, she said taking the time to write the book was one of the reasons she was happy to be a part-time “friend” of the Housewives in season 13.

“I was only a few months into recovery [from my eating disorder] when we talked about casting,” she explained. “I wasn’t in a good place. I gained a lot of weight in a very short time. And I just didn’t feel good and I didn’t want to back down. So for me it was the best. And I also got the chance to write my book , which was very important to me and important for my recovery.”

Part 3 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey the season 13 reunion airs on Bravo Tuesday, June 13 at 8 p.m. ET.