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Dolores Catania shared a throwback clip from The Actual Housewives of New Jersey of boyfriend Paul “Paulie” Connell‘s late mother, Claire, as she introduced her loss of life on Instagram.
After Paulie was left reeling over the tragic lack of his beloved mom, who made her Bravo debut amid the solid’s season 13 journey to Eire, Dolores, 53, mirrored on her love for Claire as she posted a clip from the present. Her castmates additionally weighed in.
“She stole all our hearts … It was an honor and a blessing to have recognized such a good looking lady with a coronary heart of gold and an unwavering religion. Rip Claire heaven has gained an angel … we are going to miss you xoxo,” Dolores wrote within the caption of her April 8 put up.
Paulie additionally honored his mother, sharing a few photographs of her on his personal web page.
“Oh Mam, no extra calls no extra journeys for us, effectively yet another. Again to the person himself. He will get his want now and we are able to’t be egocentric … I’m past devastated to really feel that I’ll by no means be capable to be with you once more and see your cheeky smile or hearken to considered one of our favourite [stories] that we talked a couple of hundred occasions over,” Paulie wrote. “I’ll by no means let that final hug go we had.”
In line with Paulie, he knew that his mother was nearing the tip of her life throughout their final go to with each other, however he felt “unprepared” and “past devastated” by her passing.
“[I] will do as you would need, and as you’d say, ‘Ask the sacred coronary heart to look at over you’ … effectively now I’ll ask him to look at over you [and] dad in your new journey collectively,” he concluded.
Within the feedback part of Paulie’s put up, he was met with love and assist from Dolores, whom he started relationship in late 2021, and their RHONJ castmates.
“I fell in love together with your stunning mother first,” Dolores revealed. “She was a tremendous lady forsaking a good looking legacy of selfless love, caring, and all the time loads of laughter. She beloved u sufficient to final a lifetime [Paul Connell you’re] a real reflection of her in so some ways we had been all blessed to have her in our life.”
Jennifer Fessler, 55, applauded Paulie for his “stunning tribute” and advised him he was blessed to have had an amazing relationship together with his mom.
“She made such an influence on all of us in Eire…so pretty and so humorous. Ship love my buddy!” she added.
Margaret Josephs, 57, mentioned she was “so heartbroken” for Paulie and his family members.
“So sorry in your loss. Sending you all a lot love. You might be all in my ideas and prayers,” wrote Rachel Fuda, 32.
Danielle Cabral, 38, recalled Claire being “such a [breath] of contemporary air” throughout their time collectively in Eire, and Brittany Mattessic described her as “the cutest.”
In the meantime, Teresa Giudice, 51, additionally weighed in, sharing three crimson coronary heart emojis.
The Actual Housewives of New Jersey season 14 premieres on Sunday, Could 5, at 8/7c on Bravo.