Dolores Catania made a major impact on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island cast. "I think Dolores [is] like a mama bear," Bravo newbie Jo-Ellen Tiberi told Us Weekly exclusively during the RHORI cast's first interviews. "Truthfully, anything that we needed - even even to this day - she will help." Jo-Ellen continued, "She was just so kind and smart and caring. So it really was nice. It was a little cheat sheet to help us along the way.