'Mob Wives' Gets TG Graziano Thrown Out of the Mob

By Ed Scarpo
TG Graziano
Jerry Capeci broke a big one this week, posting an article on his PPV website that reveals that the Bonanno family is so fed up with "Mob Wives," and all the attention that the "reality" TV show has brought to La Cosa Nostra, that it has put TG Graziano, the one-time consiglieri (and father to Jenn and Renee Graziano), on the shelf, which means he has basically been stripped of all his mob duties.

Hector Pagan's flipping -- a constant theme running through the show last season and the current one -- probably didn't help TG's cause, either, since Pagan was with TG.

For all intents and purposes, it seems, TG is a "former gangster" now, and he can thank his daughters for this, according to the ganglandnews.com column.

Let's see how they spin this one...

Full story coming soon...

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