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Note to Danielle Staub: There's a difference between abstinence and being such a major nut job that no man wants to come near you.

In a new interview, the Real Housewife of New Jersey - whose sordid past of cocaine, arrests, and prostitution was uncovered last summer - says she's a born-again virgin.

“I’m abstinent now,” she told People. “I realized that with abstinence, if you really, really believe in yourself like I do, you discover your own self-worth. Abstinence means you refrain from any sex — thinking about it, doing it — even to yourself!"

Staub says it’s been “over a year-and-a-half” since she was penetrated in any way. Isn't that a lovely image?

Spinning her inability to find a man into some sort of spiritual endeavor, Staub says:

“I am saving myself for marriage. I didn’t do it the first two times, but I learned from my mistakes. It’s okay to wait... I think the right one will see me. I want old-fashioned courting.”

But will someone that made a sex tape be able to refrain from bedroom action? Danielle says yes because the anticipation will be worth the wait.

“Can you imagine what it would be like on the wedding night? It’s going to happen. Have you seen me?”

We have. The sight of so much plastic has our staff considering a life of celibacy.

For someone with a cocaine-laden, escort-employing past, you'd think a little hair pulling would be no big deal.

Heck, Danielle Staub may have made extra tips back in the day from letting clients go all Tiger Woods on her in such a manner.

However, The Real Housewife of New Jersey filed an assault charge against the daughter of co-star Jacqueline Laurita late last week, as Ashley Holmes allegedly yanked off Staub's hair extensions during a November 11 brawl.

Speaking to The New York Post, Danielle's attorney sounded less than enthusiastic about the case.

"I'm certain it hurt to a degree," Darren Del Sardo said. "We're not talking about a permanent injury. But I'm sure she was in pain. Her hair, from her roots, was pulled from her head."

Her fake hair, mind you. But any time a non-permanent injury, which hurts "to a degree," is at hand, justice must be served swiftly and painfully.

Holmes will enter a plea at an upcoming hearing and a judge will decide if the case heads to trial. The Bravo PR department anxiously awaits that decision.

Danielle Staub's marriage to Kevin Maher did not end well.

Few things do when you're a prostitution whore or a narc.

Kevin Maher, who was married to the Real Housewives of New Jersey star for a year in the 1980s, during which he chronicled her lifestyle in the now-infamous book Cop Without a Badge, says Staub has repeatedly slandered him.

He is taking legal action due to the following allegations:

• That he "raped her on a bed of broken glass"
• That he "inserted a handgun inside her" and played Russian Roulette
• That he "killed their her dog by way of hanging it"

Maher, who insinuated his former wife might get whacked by drug lords for publicizing her past, also said that Staub threatened him on Bravo's reunion show.

Danielle Staub's past? Not un-shady.

On that Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion, Danielle Staub toted along a copy of Cop Without a Badge, an exposé about Maher's life as a police informant.

In "the book," Staub, who used to go by the name Beverly Ann Merrill, had a history of prostitution and drug use and once faced federal extortion charges.

Maybe Robert Halderman should have read up on her.

Despite the fact that Danielle's reputation is about as bad as it gets, Maher fears that he's been slandered and defamed by her comments since she got famous.

"It hurt my business and my reputation," Maher says, adding that he wants his day in court to see the 47-year-old mother of two squirm on the witness stand.

Danielle and the father of her two kids, Thomas Staub, divorced in 2007.

This is shocking.

A Tony Award nominee has rejected the advances of a former convict/cocaine addict/call girl/sex tape star.

Witnesses told Radar Online that Danielle Staub - whose past adventures with drugs, men and the law have been well documented - approached Constantine Maroulis at a party in New York City this week.

“They had never met before, she met him that night at the party,” a source said about the encounter. “She was all about him but I don’t think there was much interest on his part. When she gave him her number, he didn’t reciprocate.”

Ouch. Dissed - and dimissed!

Maroulis currently stars in Broadway’s Rock of Ages, for which he was nominated for the aforementioned Tony this year. He finished sixth on season four of American Idol.

We love Kim Kardashian.

But the the large-breasted socialite is just asking for a bevy of sex tape jokes when she blows bubbles on the red carpet of an event, such as last night's Three-O Vodka Bubble Launch Party.

We'll do our best to refrain from any Ray J references. We won't mention how Kim deposited the paycheck for showing up like her ex-boyfriend deposited his giant unit inside of her on video, or anything like that. We're maturing.

Evidently, last night's shindig opened its doors to anyone with a famous face.

Kim was not only joined on the red carpet by sister Khloe; but by Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub.

Staub looks normal in the photos below. You'd have no idea that she's an ex-convict, drug addict and former call girl. No idea at all...

[Photos: Splash News]

According to Kevin Maher, the former FBI informant whose life is chronicled in the book Cop Without a Badge, maximum security prisoners love to watch Bravo.

Allow us to explain.

In an interview with Star, Maher - the ex-husband of Danielle Staub and the man that outed her shady past in the aforementioned book - expresses disbelief over Staub's decision to publicize her name and location.

"I can't believe Danielle would have allowed herself to go on TV - on a series that basically shows where she lives! - given what she has done in the past," Maher told the tabloid.

If any Colombian drug lords are reading this, Danielle Staub is really sorry for ratting you out.

It's true that Staub was arrested in 1986 as part of an extortion and kidnapping case. It's also true that she avoided jail time by giving up the names of various drug dealers.

But we somehow doubt those convicts are tuned in to The Real Housewives of New Jersey every week. Is this single mother's life really in danger? Yes, Maher claims.

"She helped put a couple of big-time Colombian coke dealers in jail," he said. "These are dangerous men who never forget... and they could be back out on the street now. It’s mind-boggling to me that she’d put herself at risk!"

In unrelated news, Maher also says Staub is a "raging nymphomaniac."

She's snorted cocaine.

She's starred in a sex tape.

She's been arrested for kidnapping and extortion.

Indeed, the life of Danielle Staub has been its very own soap opera. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that The Real Housewives of New Jersey star actually appeared on a soap opera in 2001. It's called type-casting!

In the following clip, Staub appears as Nora on All My Children. The character is an Italian woman on a date with Jackson Montgomery. Before she can utter many lines, however, Staub is interrupted by none other than Josh Duhamel!

Follow this article's jump to watch the scene.

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Cat fights. Table flips. Cocaine-addicted kidnappers.

The first season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey had it all. Therefore, it comes as no shock that another round of episodes has been ordered for this Bravo series.

"They're doing a second season, and it's going to be crazier than the first," a source told Life & Style. "It's going to explode. There's no premiere date, but everyone knows it's going to be a huge hit. The reason it has taken so long to announce is that once the show became such a hit, the women held out for much bigger paychecks."

Meanwhile, the woman at the center of the show - and in the center of the photograph above - is Danielle Staub.

Host Andy Cohen referred to Staub as a "fascinating character" during a recent interview with OK! Magazine, adding that "she certainly had a rich life that has gone in many directions.”

That rich life, of course, includes a sex tape with former flame Stephen Zawelski and five years of probation in the late 1980s for her involvement in an extortion case. Referring to Danielle's relationship with the rest of the cast, Cohen said:

“Frankly, I don’t think any the women believe half or a third or a fifth of what she says... They ain’t having dinner any time soon! They ain’t having dinner ever!"

Will you be tuning in for another season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey?

From a heated exchange between Perez Hilton and will.i.am that led to a rumble, to another Real Housewives of New Jersey star hating Danielle Staub, to Terrell Owens being told off by a Playboy model, this week had some quality celeb feuds.

Oh, and don't forget Mark Sanford feuding ... with brainpower and morals during his affair with Maria Belen Chapur. Side note: Jon and Kate Gosselin have been removed from this list, as their "feud" ended in divorce. So it's over. With no winner.

Which was your favorite celebrity showdown? Vote in our poll below!

What was the best celebrity feud of the week?

A Republican strategist who is now representing The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub says she has not ruled out running for U.S. Congress.

According to Garden State political insiders, Staub is mulling a bid to challenge U.S. Rep Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), in the November 2010 election.

"At this point Ms. Staub is fielding numerous offers and has ruled out nothing," Thomas Ammirato said. "Her advisors will be discussing her future shortly."

Ammirato, who does political PR work, says he threw out that very possibility to Danielle Staub, but probably doesn't expect to see her on any ticket.

"I don't see that happening," Ammirato told the Newark Star-Ledger. "It would be the longest of political longshots ... unless there's a huge groundswell."

Well, The Real Housewives of New Jersey does get high ratings ...

Before you write Danielle off and say she is "completely unqualified to run for office" in New Jersey, consider that she already has a criminal record, so she's got that going for her. Her hobbies include lying, gossip and sex in public.

Check, check and check!

Besides, after Ashley Dupre, Rielle Hunter and now Maria Belen Shapur, how bad could Steve Zalewski possibly hurt her? And come on, as if people running for office in this country haven't been labeled much worse than "prostitution whore."

The one potential snag for Danielle Staub? No, not her sex tape, which she blocked in court yesterday. She isn't even registered to vote in New Jersey.

Neither is Beverly Merrill, for that matter.