Drita D'avanzo Refuses To Watch 'Mob Wives' After Big Ang's Death
Feb. 24 2016, Published 9:27 p.m. ET
Angela "Big Ang" Raiola was laid to rest on Monday, but as RadarOnline.com previously reported, the new episode of Mob Wives is still scheduled to air on Wednesday night. But RadarOnline.com can now reveal that Raiola's good friend and costar Drita D'avanzo won't be tuning in for this week's run.
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"I will watch it when I am ready, but right now I don't care," D'avanzo told RadarOnline.com. "The last thing I care about is drama between the girls."
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D'avanzo is still having a hard time dealing with Raiola's death. "I'm grieving," the 40-year-old reality star explained. "She was very good to me. We would laugh and talk on the side of the filming. I'm devastated."
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Raiola—who lost her battle to lung and brain cancer last week at the age of 55—used to tell D'avanzo that she wasn't the tough girl everyone made her out to be. "I am just different," D'avanzo said. "Ang used to tell me, 'Everybody thinks you are a big tough guy, but you are the biggest mush I know.'"
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As RadarOnline.com first reported, D'avanzo is also grieving for the loss of her brother-in-law. "Two deaths, I have a disaster," D'avanzo said. "My husband knows how much I loved Ang, and he's supporting me. This was so traumatic, I can't wrap my head around it."
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"I could never watch the scene again when Ang told me she had cancer," D'avanzo continued. "That was so sad. It makes me cry."
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In due time, though, D'avanzo thinks she will be able to tune back in to catch her hit show. "I am not ready to watch it yet," she noted. "Obviously I will eventually, but I am going through it. It's a really hard time."
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"I'm not watching it tonight: I don't care if every Mob Wife in the world were cursing me out—I don't care what anyone was saying," she added. "I am just very sensitive to seeing Ang. So I'm not being able to watch it."
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A few of her costars though, will be tuning in. Karen Gravano, 43, confirmed to RadarOnline.com that she will watch the new episode. And new girl Marissa Jade, 31, will also be viewing it. "Yes, I will absolutely be watching tonight's episode," she told RadarOnline.com. "Unfortunately, I wont be watching with any of my costars, but I will be watching with some close friends tonight as I know it will be a hard episode to watch knowing she is not here with us anymore."
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Jade feels that the airing of this week's episode "is truly bitter sweet." "It's sad that we had to lay Angela to rest this week, but happy to see her on screen remembering the good times we all had shared with her," she said. "We will never let her memory die. Her family, friends, the cast and of course her fans will always celebrate Ang, just like she would have wanted us to."
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the next three episodes of Mob Wives will be dedicated to the memory of Raiola. VH1 is also planning a tribute episode that will air after the reunion.
