Thirty-year-old Jamie Czerniawski, who appeared in the ABC reality show “Wife Swap,” is accused of stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife during a fight.

Czerniawski, who was charged with aggravated assault, said she did not have a choice when she stabbed her husband, Charles, in their Freehold, New Jersey home last Memorial Day weekend.

“I was so scared I just closed my eyes and struck him,” the mother of three said. “If I didn’t do it, I would have been dead.”

According to reports, the cheerleading coach and former Miss Teen New Jersey stabbed her thirty-four year old husband on May 26, causing him serious injuries.

The blonde stunner said after returning home from the shore, a mutual male friend called her and a jealous Charles grabbed her wrist and said, “If I can’t have you, no one can.”

She said he pinned her against the kitchen island but she was able to break free and grab a knife. She said Charles then grabbed her again and pinned her shoulders to the floor with his knees, and she struck him with the knife.

Charles was rushed to the hospital where he spent two days in intensive care and lost four pints of blood. He said he still hasn’t been able to use his right arm.

She claims she did not tell the police her side of the story because she “didn’t want him to get in trouble,” but  has now come clean since he took all their money and closed their bank accounts, cutting off her and their kids financially.

 “I don’t know who to trust anymore,” she said.  “I fell like he’s turned all my friends against me.”

The couple appeared on “Wife Swap” in 2006 where Jamie traded places with Anna, a tattooed Arizona mother who performs in freak show.