RHONJ’s Jennifer Aydin Had ‘No Idea’ Anyone Would Learn About Husband Bill Aydin’s Past Affair: ‘I Was Taking It to the Grave’
02.02.2022 - 06:09
/ usmagazine.com
Her biggest secret. Jennifer Aydin never wanted to go public with husband Bill Aydin‘s prior affair — but Real Housewives of New Jersey costar Margaret Josephs had other plans.
“I had no idea that I thought nobody would ever find out. … I never told anybody,” Jennifer, 44, told Us Weekly exclusively ahead of the Tuesday, February 1, premiere of RHONJ. “Nobody knew — [not] my mother, my sister, my best friend, my cousin. Like, when I say I was taking it to the grave, I kept that secret inside. And it was very hard for me to do, and I was able to do it for the greater good of my family.”
Jennifer stayed quiet about her marriage woes because she wasn’t the only one who would be affected should the secret get out. However, she has no idea how Margaret, 54, learned about the plastic surgeon’s infidelity.
“When she kept saying ‘skeletons’ over and over again, I did get an inkling that that could be it. And I did tell Bill when we joined the show that if anything ever did come out about it, that I was not going to shy away from it,” the Bravo star, who joined the reality series during season 9 in 2018, explained. “I’m not gonna be the one to share the story, because I would never do that at the expense of my own children. … At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter that [Margaret] found out. … But I feel like she could have went about it differently.”
The couple met in 2001 and tied the knot one year later. They went on to welcome five children: son Justin, daughter Gabby, son Jacob, son Christian and daughter Olivia. Jennifer told Us that Bill strayed outside their marriage “right before” Christian was born, 11 years before the drama played out on RHONJ.
“I found out pretty much 10 days before I had Christian,” she recalled.