Dolores Catania is sounding off on the latest “Traitors” treachery — and she’s not happy about the way the “Housewives” are being picked off.
During an exclusive interview with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea,” the the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star and “The Traitors” alum reacted to Season 4 contestant Rob Rausch targeting her franchise sisters — including “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Lisa Rinna and “Real Housewives of Potomac” alum Candiace Dillard Bassett — before ultimately “murdering” “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Dorinda Medley.
“I wish he would’ve left the ‘Housewives’ [alone]. Come on, don’t get rid of the ‘Housewives,’” Catania told us with a laugh, while promoting her partnership with Finish Jet-Dry.
“I was the last ‘Housewife’ [on Season 3 of ‘The Traitors’]. I knew what it felt like to be on an island. I knew what it felt like to not have that camaraderie. I was the last ‘Housewife’ for a lot longer than Dorinda.”
Catania, who won the last season of the unscripted Peacock hit, knows firsthand how isolating it can feel when your fellow Bravolebs are sent packing. Watching Rob turn on Rinna and Dillard Bassett before setting his sights on Medley struck a nerve.
“So here’s the thing — traitor on traitor is always the biggest giveaway,” she explained. “Evil can never stay with evil. You’ll find it in your life, you’ll find it across the board. And that was the biggest advice my mom gave me before I left for ‘Traitors.’”
In true Catania fashion, the wisdom came from home — despite her mom, Valerie Spagnola, not exactly being a superfan of the Alan Cumming-hosted series.
“She never watched ‘Traitors,’ she doesn’t have Peacock. My mom, you know, she don’t know,” Catania quipped. “So I explained it to my mom. I’m like, ‘Mom, how do I know who the killers are, who the traitors are?’ She goes, ‘It’s easy. If there’s more than one, they’ll wind up fighting because they can never stay together.’”
According to Catania, Rob’s decision to go after his own kind — first Rinna, then Dillard Bassett— was a flashing red light.
“That’s the biggest giveaway,” she reiterated, suggesting that betrayal among traitors never ends well.
As for Medley, Catania had been closely tracking her pal’s progress after the “RHONY” legend was eliminated early during her first stint on the show.
“Dorinda’s so happy that she lasted this long,” Catania shared. “Like, I kept calling her phone to see if it went to voicemail while she was there. I wanted to see.”
She added that Medley had been playing “very under the radar, very careful” this time around — a strategy Catania clearly respects after navigating the castle herself.
When she’s not dissecting reality TV strategy, Catania is holding court at home — and making sure everything is sparkling for guests. The Jersey native recently teamed up with Finish Jet-Dry, a collaboration that makes perfect sense given her open-door policy.
“You know, I come from a huge Italian family. The first thing they do when they want to come over is eat,” she said. “And then I have friends. It’s an open-door policy here.”
But constantly hosting came with one embarrassing hiccup: cloudy dishes fresh out of the dishwasher.
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“So many times I’m going to get my dishes out to feed everyone and they have residue on them and it looks bad,” she admitted. “In the middle of me doing this, I have to, like, hurry up and wash them. It’s embarrassing.”
After Googling solutions, Catania found Finish Jet-Dry — and hasn’t looked back.
“It takes off the residue from the dishes out of the dishwasher. So it’s been a staple,” she said. “Now it’s solved the problem. Everything comes out shiny. I never have to wipe anything off. I never have to rewash anything. Everything is all ready to go, always.”
“The Traitors” is available to stream on Peacock.
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