RHONJ’s Frank Catania Is not on ‘Greatest’ Phrases With Dolores’ BF Paul

Stress in New Jersey? Frank Catania detailed his relationship with ex-wife Dolores Catania‘s boyfriend, Paul Connell — and admitted that issues haven’t all the time been rosy.

“We’re not on the very best of phrases as a result of Paul shouldn’t be used to the dynamic between Dolores and me,” the Actual Housewives of New Jersey star solely informed Us Weekly on Friday, October 14, at BravoCon in New York Metropolis. “In the event you spend extra time with Dolores and me, you get to see there’s nothing to fret about, proper? I like her. I’ll all the time love her. I all the time deal with her.”

The New Jersey native and his ex-wife, 51, known as it quits in 1998 after 4 years of marriage. The duo share daughter Gabby, 27, and son Frankie, 24. Regardless of their cut up, the duo have remained tremendous shut through the years, with Frank making quite a few appearances on RHONJ.

Dolores, for her half, went Instagram official with Connell in February after a number of months of courting. Although the Eire native initially had hassle adjusting to his girlfriend’s pleasant rapport along with her ex-husband, Frank famous that the connection between the 2 males is beginning to enhance.

“He’s gotten higher, and we’ve spent a way more time collectively and I feel he’s gotten far more snug,” Frank informed Us on Friday. “Any rigidity that was there earlier than, I really feel it’s gone. … After I see him, we hug now.”

Frankie, nevertheless, nonetheless thinks there’s a little bit of a disconnect between his father and Connell. “I don’t know the way nice he suits in with my dad, and I’m simply being trustworthy right here,” the Sacred Coronary heart College graduate solely informed Us on Friday. “They each have very manly alpha personalities, you realize? So, I don’t suppose they gel completely.”

Regardless of that “clashing,” although, Frankie believes that the duo will ultimately discover ways to get alongside effectively. “They’re settling the variations,” he defined. “They’re each superb folks, in order that they’re type of discovering their method by that.”

Throughout a RHONJ panel at BravoCon on Saturday, October 15, Frank informed the viewers that he, Connell and Dolores sometimes have dinner collectively. “He’s a really cool man, he’s good, he’s very manly,” Frank defined. “Though he’s from Eire, he jogs my memory of the type of guys I grew up with.”

When followers seen that Dolores was sporting a big ring on her left hand, although, she was fast to make clear that it wasn’t an engagement ring. “I’m gonna change it!” the fact star joked, including that folks had been asking her about all of it weekend.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi