{"id":4634454,"date":"2022-02-01T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4634454"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:23:05","slug":"traci-johnson-rhonj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/traci-johnson-rhonj-4634454\/","title":{"rendered":"Traci Johnson: 5 Things To Know About Tiki Barber\u2019s Wife On \u2018RHONJ\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traci Johnson is joining the New Jersey Housewives for the show’s highly-anticipated 12th season. Here’s what to know about the Bravo newbie.<\/h3>\n

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Season 12 of\u00a0The Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/em><\/a> premieres Tuesday (Feb. 1) on Bravo, and it will feature returning housewives Teresa Giudice<\/strong><\/a>, Melissa Gorga<\/strong><\/a>, Dolores Catania<\/a><\/strong>, Margaret Josephs<\/strong><\/a>, Jennifer Aydin<\/a><\/strong>, and Jackie Goldschneider<\/strong><\/a>. Aside from\u00a0epic drama like we’ve never seen before<\/a>, the new season will also welcome a new face to the Jersey group. Traci Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>is joining the show as a “Friend” of the Housewives, and based on the thrilling trailer<\/a>, she’ll have a front row seat to Teresa and Margaret’s big fight in Nashville and other drama-filled moments.<\/p>\n

So who is Traci Johnson? Well for starters, she’s married to retired NFL star\u00a0Tiki Barber<\/a><\/strong>, 46, who will also appear in the new season. Here are five key facts about Traci, including details about her marriage to Tiki.<\/p>\n

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Traci Johnson at ennifer Aydin’s Masquerade Ball in New Jersey on November 17, 2021 (Photo: Evan Falk\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Traci is a former model.<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Before her reality television debut, Traci was a model. No surprise there, considering how gorgeous the blonde beauty looks in all the promos for the new\u00a0RHONJ\u00a0<\/em>season. Traci uses her Instagram page, which boasts over 11,000 followers, to show off her good looks. Ahead of the\u00a0RHONJ\u00a0<\/em>premiere, she shared a stunning photo<\/a> of herself in a purple dress for her confessionals. “Giving some love and throwing some shade @bravotv 8 more days!!” she captioned the snapshot.<\/p>\n

2. Her relationship with Tiki was initially controversial.<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

There was no shortage of drama for Traci and Tiki when they started dating around 2010. The pair met when a then-23-year-old Traci was an NBC intern and Tiki worked on the\u00a0Today\u00a0<\/em>show. At the time, Tiki was married to his college sweetheart\u00a0Virginia Cha Barber<\/strong>, who was 7 months pregnant with the couple’s third and fourth children (twin daughters). Tiki and Virginia separated in April 2010, and it was later reported that he had been having an affair with Traci. However, Tiki and Traci have denied this and claimed that Tiki was already separated from his wife before they entered into a romantic relationship. Tiki and Traci got married in a New York courtroom on July 20, 2012, just eight days after his divorce from Virginia was finalized.<\/p>\n

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Traci Johnson & Tiki Barber in ‘RHONJ’ (Photo: Eugene Gologursky\/Bravo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. She has 2 children.<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Traci is the proud mother of two children, both of whom she shares with her (former) pro athlete husband. Their oldest daughter Brooklyn<\/strong>, 8, was born on December 27, 2013, and their younger daughter Teagan<\/strong>, 5, was born in July 2016. Traci documents her adorable girls on Instagram. Brooklyn is a competitive cheerleader and is teammates with Snooki<\/strong><\/a>‘s daughter Giovanna<\/strong>, 7.<\/p>\n

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