Traci Johnson likens her debut season on a bit to surviving a natural disaster.«It's like a Teresa tornado blows in; you never know, just as in a tornado, what kind of weather you're going to really get,» the season 12 newbie confesses to ET, reflecting on her still-unfolding issues with OG star Teresa Giudice. «She can definitely shock you with things she says,» Traci admits. «There's some moments that leave me scratching my head going, did she really just say that to me?
But you just have to be ready for all of it and realize her bark is a lot worse than her bite most of the time. She can come off as very loud, but it's usually not that harmful.»Traci's at the receiving end of one of those barks in this week's episode, as a ropes course outing she planned goes off the rails after Teresa starts confronting her co-stars for speaking about her and her boyfriend (now-fiancé), Louie Ruelas.
While Teresa's main target appears to be Margaret Josephs, she also confronts Traci over Traci's husband, Tiki Barber's, choice to ask Louie questions regarding various rumors about his past floating around social media.
Teresa seemingly blames Traci for Tiki's line of questioning.«I'm still in complete disagreement with Teresa,» Traci notes. «You cannot be mad at me for something my husband said.