'NJ' Caroline Will 'Never' Be Danielle's Pal

Caroline Manzo is a woman who's got her priorities straight. With her family at the forefront of everything she does, Caroline is a devoted wife, mother, sister and sister-in-law. As the booming matriarch of the 'Real Housewives of New Jersey,' Tuesday's season finale showed Caroline in her element among friends and eventually, heading straight into the lion's den when her family was compromised. Caroline spoke with PopEater to set the record straight about TV's favorite Jersey girls and what viewers can expect.

"I think there was a Jersey stigma attached to it, maybe from The Sopranos, people wanted to see if maybe it was a take off on that. Bravo certainly marketed it that way. I think it was interesting because it was so close to New York and it was like what do they have to offer being so close to New York, are they different? are they the same?"

"It wasn't that way. The book came to us. I want you to think about this logistically. Why on earth would we say 'Gee, that's not her name'? Let's go with Beverly. It's impossible, this came to us. This came to us. People came to us and said she's not who she claims to be. You have to be aware of who she is, she's a dangerous person, etc. etc. The name of the book, the contents of the book were all given to us. When we found out, we Googled it. I only showed two people, my friends. Danielle is sensationalizing this, as usual. This came to us."

"I thought it was inappropriate. Teresa extended an olive branch after time and again being insulted, she extends an olive branch for her to have dinner and then she comes and destroys a dinner amongst family and friends... I don't understand."

"I'm not a hypocrite. You do what you need to do when you're adults. I made this bed and I'll lie in it. She will never be a friend of mine."

"I think I'm accurately represented. Obviously, it's just a small part of who I am. I do protect my family, but I'm not crazed by it. We all protect each other the same, truth be told, so I guess that is what they pulled from me. Anyone of my siblings, my mom, my dad included, we're all the same, we're all the same mind."

"She just gave birth, Nicholas is here and he's gorgeous. My relationship with Jacqueline has always been and will always be very honest. Jacqueline and I whenever there's an issue with each other, we hash it out. There's a respect there between the two of us and I love her to death. I'm sure she feels the same about me. You'll have to watch the reunion show, there's more to do this."

"I can't give you a scoop, I'm hoping the reunion show bring a little bit of light to things."

"I just saw that last night on Bravo! There's so much more to that dinner, there were a lot of laughs, there was a lot of fun and there was a lot of drama certainly. I'm not sure what we're gonna see, I guess I'm gonna watch it with everyone else, so that's a little scary. But it is what it is."

"You're gonna have to ask Andy Cohen and Bravo that!"

"Aren't they great!?"

"Lauren just passed her state boards. She has another week or two of school to go and then she's out on the market. She's very excited, she loves it. The boys...Christopher and the strip club, I'm not gonna talk about it too much, hopefully this too shall pass. He works very hard with his Dad and I'm proud of him. Whatever he does in his life, Mommy will be there to support him."

"I am nocturnal. If you look at my Facebook, it's one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning. My Dad was like that all his life. He needed very little sleep. My Mom of course, the mother of 11 children, and that's just the way we were bred. Just do what you gotta do, get it done and that's it! So far so good."

"The only thing that I did going into this show, I promised my husband and my family that I'd be true to myself. I am that person. That's the only thing I could say. When you lie or try to be something that you're not, it's gonna bite you in the ass. This is who I am. Those that love me, thank you so much and I appreciate it. And there are those that don't love me, and I respect that as well. Everybody's entitled to their own opinion."

"I have no idea! I have no clue."

"4MyMom has been a work in progress. It's been about three or four years, the timing is perfect. This other stuff? Who knows. It's not on my agenda right now. I've been getting a tremendous amount of requests for that kind of stuff, I'll certainly look into it. There's nothing on the fire just yet, but I'm quick, I'm fast and if I make that decision, it'll be here sooner than later."

"Think before you act. Everything you do in life, there are consequences. Just think before you act. I know it's great to be fun and be in the tabloids but stay true to yourself and don't let anyone direct you. Don't do what you don't feel is right in your heart. One day you're gonna be a mother, one day you're gonna be a wife and you don't wanna have those regrets because your children will see these things."

"We are extraordinarily close. Can I say it brought us closer? I don't know. If I don't talk to my sisters five times a day, I think they're dead. We're very, very close and Jacqueline is very much in that mix. We fight. I've said it a million times, when we fight, we fight big. When we love, we love big. That's our family! We're a crazy bunch of people who are just madly in love with each other."

"Right now, I'm just waiting for the smoke to clear. I wanna get back to my life and my businesses and focus on that. Load the dishwasher maybe! It's been crazy, Bravo has certainly owned me for the past month or so. It's been a wonderful, exciting, crazy ride. As for season 2, I don't know, I'm just living life. I don't know what's ahead of me, you'll be on that journey with me!"