In an interview with Us Weekly, printed on Wednesday, The Actual Housewives of New Jersey star addressed the incident that allegedly went down at a Jersey Mike’s at an airport on New 12 months’s Day, shutting down claims that she was “impolite” to employees.

Earlier this month, Jennifer, 47, made headlines after she posted a rant on her Instagram Tales about her disagreeable expertise on the sandwich chain’s location at an airport, the place she was touring along with her household.

Within the video, Jennifer complained concerning the sandwich store being “sluggish,” and he or she criticized the “80-year-old lady” working there. She additionally alleged that there was a buyer behind her who referred to as her “ridiculous” after she wished so as to add one other sandwich final minute for her son, and claimed the “jerk” threatened to “sue” her.

The fact star subsequently obtained backlash on-line, together with from an alleged Jersey Mike’s worker, who blasted Jennifer in a since-deleted TikTok video, calling the Bravo star a “silly bitch.” The individual additionally accused Jennifer of “backing up your complete line,” and claimed she argued that she’s a “celeb.”

In keeping with Jennifer, she “was not impolite” to the Jersey Mike’s employees.

“Hindsight is 20/20, however I didn’t suppose it was going to go that method,” she advised Us Weekly.

“I used to be not impolite to the Jersey Mike’s employees in any respect. I used to be making an attempt to be well mannered. The aged lady, she began threatening to not give me the sandwich that I used to be ready [in] line for 40 minutes,” she continued, including that she was “quiet as a church mouse.”

“I wasn’t triggered till this individual I did not even know was double downing on being impolite to me, and now you are threatening me? I do not know you … I am only a mother making an attempt to get some sandwiches for her children,” mentioned Jennifer, who shares Justin, 20, Gabby, 17, Jacob, 15, Christian, 13, and Olivia, 11, with Dr. Invoice Aydin.

In keeping with Jennifer, what began the “altercation” was the truth that she was requested to go “to the top of the road or that I needed to ask this man’s permission” to order one other sandwich. “They should not have completed that and that is simply customer support,” she mentioned.

“I am realizing now that I can not say, ‘I am a star,’” Jennifer admitted. “Persons are very indignant. … I’ll not say I’m a star since individuals are so indignant about it. However, clearly, this wouldn’t have gone so viral because it did if I wasn’t a public determine.”

As she talked about in her video, the person allegedly mentioned it was “ridiculous” that she wished so as to add one other sandwich.

“Tensions are excessive. I do know I’ll get blamed for one thing and I’ll preserve my cool,” Jennifer mentioned. “The entire level of me recording — I do know it backfired — was to point out that I used to be not snapping. I’m simply recording the window. At that time, the man shouldn’t be even in my factor.”

The mother of 5 added that she was “so shocked and disgusted by this man’s habits.”

“I notice that I didn’t sort out this appropriately, however, within the second, I used to be simply so shocked and appalled by this actually unwarranted, aggressive habits. Then, I put the digital camera on him,” she advised Us Weekly.

“In my angst, I used to be telling him as a result of I wished him to know that you just simply can’t be impolite to individuals like that,” she continued. “You don’t know who you’re being impolite to and I’m going to place you on blast. … I used to be simply, like, furious that this individual [was] speaking to me that method.”

In the end, she mentioned she was simply “indignant” that the person allegedly would not let her get her additional sandwich.

As for why she posted her video, Jennifer mentioned, “I wished to place it on blast to point out how impolite they have been to me.” Nevertheless, she mentioned she “did not go about it in the precise method.”

“It was fallacious for me to go in my tales after which bash their unhealthy customer support,” Jennifer continued. “I am studying now that I am not allowed to complain. It isn’t entitled. This isn’t privilege. I’m a paying buyer.”

Whereas she admitted that she “a hundred percent” regrets sharing her video of her ranting, she’s “not going to” attain out, however felt that she’s “owed an apology” from the “impolite and dismissive” Jersey Mike’s workers and the shopper with whom she allegedly had the altercation.

“I am not going to [reach out],” Jennifer mentioned. “They’re consistently blasting me. … I’ll apologize for calling [the worker] an 80-year-old lady and doing all that, however that is the place it ends. They’re monetizing this, which I am very glad for. Ultimately some good will come to them from this.”

“I am one which takes full duty and accountability for my actions. Once I really feel I’m fallacious, I shouldn’t have posted it,” she admitted. “I simply need individuals to know that that was coming from a really pissed off mother who simply wished to make her flight along with her youngsters.”

Following her viral rant about Jersey Mike’s, she was faraway from a scheduled look on a Followers at Sea occasion titled “Wives on the Waves” on a Norwegian cruise alongside her RHONJ costars Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania, which was set for September 2025.

Patrick Harbison, a consultant for the Followers at Sea occasion, introduced that she was not attending the occasion.

“This choice was not private nor an act of canceling anybody. At Followers at Sea, we imagine in second probabilities and private development,” Harbison advised Us Weekly in an announcement. “Our precedence is to create a drama-free, fun-filled expertise for everybody. To make sure this, we made changes to maintain the cruise satisfying and welcoming for all visitors.”

Whereas talking with Us Weekly, Jennifer reacted to the misplaced gig.

“Someone had messaged me [while on vacation] that I used to be minimize from the cruise. I had no concept,” she mentioned. “My supervisor didn’t need to inform me. She did not need something to spoil my journey. Then I went to the web site and I noticed my identify wasn’t there. And you already know what? I took it like a champ.”

“This can be a enterprise and that is their enterprise, and I don’t want them to obtain any backlash due to me,” she added. “The cruise was a enjoyable concept for me as a result of I like a possibility to have interaction with the followers, nevertheless it’s all good. The timing wasn’t essentially the most supreme for my household. The youngsters are going again to highschool that week and my children have been already complaining that I had dedicated to doing it. Every thing occurs for a purpose.”