Danielle Staub of Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey" opened up in a new TV interview about reported allegations that she has a criminal past. Of reported allegations that she was put on probation for extortion in the past, she told Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on the "Today" show this morning: "I can only touch on it. I can just say, um, it's out there, and it will be addressed, and I will definitely touch on all the subjects that are crucially in need of touching on at the time, when the time is right and the platform is correct." She did give a little away, saying, "Everybody has somebody in their past or their present that would like to say embellished, nasty things about them, so, yeah." The other housewives, minus Jacqueline Laurita, who sat out the interview since she is due to give birth any day, opened up about everything from their newfound fame, to being a "stage mommy." Teresa Giudice, whose eight-year-old daughter Gia is portrayed pursuing an acting and modeling career on this season of the series, says, "I don't think I'm a stage mom. I think Gia's fabulous and I am just a supportive mom." Caroline Manzo, the den mother-like figure on the show, says that she believes that it's fate that she and her cohorts ended up starring in their own reality series, "It was something that was meant to be, for whatever that reason is -- go with it, learn from it, the good and the bad. That's what life is about, right?" Caroline's sister and sister-in-law (the sisters married brothers) Dina Manzo said that she "can't get used" to being recognized by fans, and also jokes about the reality aspect of the show, "I like to call it enhanced reality." Danielle, for her part, is loving all the attention the show's fans have been heaping upon her: "For me it's a comfort. It's almost like my family's happy to see me coming home for the picnic. For me it's almost like people are embracing me, and I'm sort of not used to that, so it's really a good feeling."

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