‘Real Housewives’ Star Asked Cameramen For 1 Big Thing During Filming

Dolores Catania revealed that she asked cameramen to be “kind” to her during filming for “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”

In a video interview with Us Weekly in November 2024, the 53-year-old Bravo veteran said she asked the guys behind the camera to avoid shooting her legs because she was self-conscious about how she looked. “

“I’ve been ashamed of my legs for so long,” Catania admitted. “If I was filming, I would say to the cameramen, like, I’d be like ‘Please be kind to me, do not get my legs ever in anything.’”

Dolores Catania Was Taunted Over a Photo of Her Legs

In the interview, Catania pointed out that viewers will never see her in shorts because she is self-conscious about her legs.  “I always wear long dresses,” she noted. “You will never really see me in shorts.”

Catania also recalled an upsetting incident that took place when she first joined RHONJ in season 8.

“My first season when we filmed in Italy, I forget who on Instagram— it was one of the bad people—took a picture of a baby’s face on a sonogram and put it next to my knee, because I was wearing a pair of ripped jeans in Italy which I should have never done anyway,” she shared. “I deserve to get picked on for that, but we were in Milan and I had ripped jeans. It was very early that I didn’t really know the proper way to dress and my first time in Europe and they made fun of me. They put a side-by-side of my knee and this picture. It hurt my feelings so much.”

Catania added that her then teen-son Frankie even clapped back at the Instagram troll for body shaming his mom. She also explained that she had a lot of loose skin left around her knees after having liposuction. She later underwent a skin tightening treatment called Renuvion.

In October 2024, Catania took to Instagram to rave about the cosmetic procedure that helped sculpt the loose skin around her knees.

Dolores Catania Wants to Remain at Her High School Weight

Catania has also been vocal about her weight loss journey. During a 2024 appearance on the “Sherri” show with Sherri Shepherd, Catania said she wanted to get back to her high school weight by using weight loss medications during menopause. “There’s no shame in it,” she told Shepherd. “If a doctor gives it to you, if you’re doing things right, you’re becoming healthier by losing weight.”

Catania previously told People magazine that her weight was up to 163 pounds and climbing when she started the weight loss drugs. In 2024 she told the outlet she was back to her “high school weight” of 130 after combining medications with a healthy diet and regular workouts.

In May, she told Us Weekly she was happy with her results. “This is my high school weight,” she said. “I’m not parting with it, and I will be honest because it’s right.”

In November 2024, Catania admitted she had a little slip-up after vacations to Napa and Portugal and was no longer at her high school weight. “Well, I’m up five pounds, so I’m at 135 right now because I was in Napa for a week,” she told Us. “No one should go there for a week. That’s a four-day stay. Do not go longer than that. Otherwise, you come back like a blimp,” the RHONJ star cracked.