Lauren Manzo may well have not long ago dropped 30 pounds thanks to lap band surgery and a revamped diet regime and fitness schedule, and if you request her brothers, Chris and Albie Manzo, she's under no circumstances looked hotter!
"Lauren seems phenomenal!" Chris informed Us Weekly through a latest pay a visit to to our New York City offices.
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Undergoing the surgery in September 2011, Manzo has explained revisiting her excess weight struggle on The True Housewives of New Jersey has been " challenging," in particular provided taunts from her brothers and even her own mother, series costar Caroline. (In one particular notable scene, Caroline stated Lauren was " 8 pounds of sausage in a five -pound bag.)
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Chris and Albie -- who acknowledge that the family's teasing of Lauren was "exaggerated" thanks to RHONJ background music -- inform Us that they had no notion how considerably their comments could hurt their sister.
"If there's been anyone who's been incredibly supportive of Lauren throughout this entire process, because she was little, it truly is me and Chris," Albie explains. "We're all around this predicament and family just about every single day and it truly is going to consider a good deal much more than one particular episode for me to say 'I'm treating my sister horribly.'"
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" One particular issue about this family members is we're brutally sincere with each other," he continues. Nobody coddles anybody and we just kind of live our lives. My mom and dad are there for us, but they're not going to sugarcoat anything."
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