Dolores Catania Says Teresa Giudice Was Right to ‘Monitor’ Daughter Milania’s Weight

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The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Dolores Catania is coming to Teresa Giudice’s defense regarding her comments about her daughter Milania Giudice’s weight.“I do remember Milania had gone through something and she was gaining weight,” Catania, 52, told the U.S.

Sun in an interview published Thursday, July 13. “You know what? Sometimes as an adolescent, you get into an unhealthy lifestyle- you’re eating junk with your friends all the time. … It’s good for a mom to monitor and to be conscious of their child’s weight and to get on them about it before it gets out of hand.

Obesity is very unhealthy.”Milania, 17, revealed on a recent episode of her mom’s “Namaste Bitches” podcast that she lost over 40 pounds after Teresa, 51, and her sisters — Gia, 22, Gabriella, 18, and Audriana, 13 — made “jabs” about her weight. (Teresa shares her four daughters with her ex-husband, Joe Giudice.)“[Teresa] would never say anything [bad] to me, but she’d be like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna have another ice cream?” Milania recalled. “I’d be like, ‘I don’t care if I’m fat. … If I’m gonna have another ice cream, I’m gonna have another ice cream!’”Teresa explained that she never wanted to “force” Milania to lose weight or develop “a complex” about her body image. “I thought she looked adorable.

She was just a little thicker,” the Bravo personality said.The podcast episode sparked backlash as some fans voiced their disapproval of Teresa’s parenting via social media. “That’s awful.