'Real Housewives of New Jersey' season 7 cast, premiere date: Dina Manzo says goodbye as Teresa Giudice teases 'powerful' upcoming season

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Teresa Giudice promises "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" fans that the seventh season of their controversial reality series will be extra memorable.

In a Twitter post, the reality show star teased that "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season 7 will be "the most powerful season yet."

The mother of four started filming for season 7 of the New Jersey franchise of Bravo's hit "The Real Housewives" series right after she was released from prison in late December 2015. She was supposed to serve 15 months in federal prison for committing 41 counts of fraud with her husband Joe Giudice but was allowed to be released two months earlier than scheduled. Teresa's statement about the upcoming season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" came after executive producer Andy Cohen tweeted about watching the preview of the premiere episode. According to Cohen, the season 7 premiere made him cry because it was so good.

But it seems like the show will be missing one of its cast, as original housewife Dina Manzo announced that she will not return to the series for the upcoming season even if the network offered her to return to the show.

The 44-year-old celebrity entrepreneur told Fox 411 that her decision to quit the show is based on geographical reasons and not because of her long-running feud with her sister-in-law Jacqueline Laurita.

"I [live] in L.A.," Dina said. "I don't live in New Jersey anymore. I went through my divorce this year [and] I moved out to California, so it didn't make sense."

Dina and her husband Tommy finalized their divorce back in February, and it seems like the former reality star will have her hands full after launching her own skincare line in April 2016.

Despite Dina's departure, Teresa will still be joined by other regular cast members such as Jacqueline and Melissa Gorga. Kathy Wakile, Robyn Levy, Siggy Flicker, and Dolores Catania will also appear in "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season 7 as friends of the regular housewives.

Bravo has yet to announce the official premiere date of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season 7.

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