Karen Gravano spoke candidly about her time on Mob Wives and being raised by Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast — and Us Weekly has an unique clip.
Whereas talking with Bunnie XO in an episode that’s set to drop on Wednesday, March 13, the previous TV character, 51, opened up about her tumultuous relationship with former Mob Wives costar Drita D’Avanzo, who she famously feuded with throughout her time on the VH1 sequence.
“I all the time caught up for Drita, I all the time, like, f–ked together with her,” Karen defined. “She was my buddy. I’m the one who truly introduced her round.”
As loyal Mob Wives followers know, Karen dated Lee D’Avanzo for six years within the ’90s earlier than they broke up for good in 1998. Drita went on up to now and marry Lee, and the previous couple finally welcomed daughters Gizelle and Aleeyah.
Initially, Karen says she and Drita had been united in letting bygones be bygones earlier than Mob Wives started manufacturing. “Me and Drita sat down at a desk and had been like, ‘We’re going to indicate that no man may ever come between [us girls],’” she shared. “So then when the present aired, and it got here out, me and Drita had this factor, like we had been buddies, ‘F–okay him, our friendship issues greater than all that.’”
Nonetheless, lingering tensions between the ladies boiled over in season 1, when Karen and Drita had a tense sit-down whereas hashing out their points, solely to finish up entering into one in every of many bodily altercations. Their rocky relationship continued to play out till the sequence ended 2016.
Throughout the podcast, Karen admitted she took situation with the way in which their feud was portrayed on the present. “The way in which that they had been making an attempt to make it like I used to be this obsessed ex-girlfriend however actually it was about respect,” she continued. “As a result of I all the time revered you, I all the time introduced you to the desk with us as an equal.”
Karen additionally shared perception into being raised by Sammy the Bull, who was the underboss of the Gambino crime household earlier than changing into a witness for the federal government in a case towards John Gotti. Throughout the episode, Karen revealed her father had “one other” route he thought-about taking when the chips started to fall — and that she was additionally requested to become involved when information about her father’s connection to Gotti turned public.
“We get to the home and the entire home is surrounded by information media. We go inside and naturally, my father’s folks come over, and so they’re like, ‘We’re going to present you cyanide and also you’re going to go take this to your father, and also you’re going to inform him to take himself out,’” Karen recalled.
“My father had referred to as, I simply began crying. I’m like, ‘It’s a must to take your self out, you may’t do that,’” Karen stated. “I hung the telephone up and I stated, ‘What did I do?’”
The total episode of “Dumb Blonde” drops Wednesday, March 13, however for now, take a look at Us Weekly’s unique clip above.
