Jennifer Aydin Has Heated Reaction Towards Fan During BravoCon

Heavy/NBCUniversal Jennifer Aydin speaks on a panel.

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Jennifer Aydin had an intense response to a fan during BravoCon 2023, held the weekend of November 3. While on the stage for a RHONJ panel, alongside several members of her cast, a fan asked Aydin about her friendship with Teresa Giudice.

“Do you think you could crawl any further up Teresa Giudice’s a**?” inquired the audience member.

Aydin told the fan she is “a good friend” to Giudice.

“First of all, let me enlighten you what it’s like to have a good friend. Sorry you don’t have any good friends. But good friends support each other all the time. And she supports me too,” said Aydin.

Giudice then wanted to address the fan, who had left her position at the microphone stand. Aydin proceeded to attempt to call the audience member back over by labeling the individual as “big boy” and “big boy with the big mouth.” Giudice also told the audience member that she and Aydin have had each other’s backs.

“I guess you don’t know what good friends do. Do you know what good friends stand for?” said Giudice.

Aydin then told the fan that she “can go.”

“It’s okay, she’s a fan. She paid to be here,” said the mother of five with a smile.

Jennifer Aydin Received Criticism for Her BravoCon Comment

According to Reality Blurb, Aydin commented on a post regarding the situation at the BravoCon 2023 panel on Instagram. The publication reported that the RHONJ star commented, “The whale waddled out,” in reference to the audience member who inquired about the nature of her friendship with Giudice.

Reality Blurb also reported that Aydin responded to an X user who wanted to know, “[W]hat you’d do if a kid called out of your daughters a ‘BIG BOY with a big mouth?’” Aydin wrote back, “My daughters would never start with something rude, and if they did, [they] would deserve a response- [and] they know that.”

“You can’t be rude to someone and then be shocked when they say something rude back. Actions have consequences,” continued the Bravo star.

Several RHONJ fans shared they were unhappy with Aydin’s comments about the BravoCon attendee in a November 6 thread posted on the BravoRealHousewives subreddit.

“This makes me sad. I’ve generally like Jen, but this says so much about her. Called her a ‘big man’ then a ‘whale’? Gross,” wrote a commenter.

“She’s the worst and I’m just counting down the days till her tongue finally gets her in trouble cause you know it’s coming,” added another.

“It’s really messed up for housewives to be disrespectful to fans IMO, even if they’re not fans of the housewife herself. It’s not cool to ‘school’ them like this- save it for the show. This is just beyond. And the bodyshaming and then doubling down on bodyshaming? Disgusting,” shared a different person.

“Jen did not show any class whatsoever in her response to the person asking the question. The big boy thing rubbed me the wrong way,” chimed in a fourth Bravo fan.

Teresa Giudice Shared Her Thoughts About the Fan Interaction at BravoCon 2023

Giudice shared her thoughts about the fan interaction at the 2023 BravoCon during the November 8 episode of her podcast, “Namaste B$tches,” co-hosted by Melissa Pfeister.

“The thing is I am just as much up as Jennifer’s a**, as she is mine. And I was trying to respond, Jennifer responded to [the fan], and then I was trying to respond to her but I wanted everybody to calm down, because everybody was screaming, and I wanted everyone to quiet down,” said Giudice.

The mother of four stated that Aydin requested her to respond to the fan during the panel.

“Jennifer’s like, ‘Respond back to her.’ And I was like, ‘Jennifer has my back, I have her back. That’s what true friends do. They have each others’ backs. We have trust, loyalty, and respect.’ I’m very big on that. And maybe a lot of people can’t relate to that, but we are real friends,” said Giudice.

Giudice clarified that she also had pleasant interactions with Bravo viewers at the Las Vegas fan convention.

“It was great to meet all the fans. All the love that we got was, it was really overwhelming. It was really beautiful,” said the RHONJ star.