Teresa Giudice; Melissa Gorga Andrew Eccles/Bravo(2)
She’s from Paterson — did you neglect? Teresa Giudice clapped again after a viewer claimed she was left “in items” after an argument with Melissa Gorga throughout half 1 of the Actual Housewives of New Jersey season 13 reunion.
“Are you watching the identical present? Lol,” the Turning the Tables writer, 51, tweeted on Wednesday, Could 31, in response to a social media consumer who shared a clip from the earlier night time’s RHONJ episode. Within the video, the Dancing With the Stars alum and her sister-in-law, 44, argued about the place they’ve stood over time.
“I’ve by no means seen Melissa eat somebody up at a reunion however tonight she left Teresa in items,” the unique poster wrote. “If you communicate 🗣️details to an individual who at all times twists the narrative, they squirm.”
The cookbook writer and the “On Show” songstress have weathered loads of storms over time, however their relationship seemingly reached a breaking level in season 13, which filmed final yr. Among the drama stemmed from the truth that Melissa and her husband, Joe Gorga, didn’t attend Teresa’s August 2022 wedding ceremony to Luis “Louie” Ruelas.
On the time, Us Weekly confirmed that the Gorgas skipped the ceremony due to a rumor that Melissa cheated on her husband throughout a enterprise journey. “This ‘rumor’ was one thing that Teresa had identified about for over a yr and had been pushing for it to come back out,” an insider stated in August 2022. “Lastly, the finale [taping] was excellent timing.”
The drama solely escalated partly 1 of the reunion, which confirmed Teresa accusing the Love Italian Type writer of tipping off the authorities when she and ex-husband Joe Giudice had been convicted of tax fraud. The Nonetheless Standing writer additionally claimed that Melissa and Joe Gorga, 43, are pleasant with a former enterprise affiliate of Joe Giudice’s who she believes is partly liable for their stints in jail. (Teresa served 11 months in jail, whereas Joe Giudice, 51, spent 41 months behind bars and was later deported.)
Melissa, for her half, denied her sister-in-law’s claims, calling Teresa the “queen of deflection” in the course of the heated sit-down.
At some point after the reunion’s first installment aired, Andy Cohen revealed that RHONJ is “at a crossroads” due to the feud between Melissa and Teresa. “They’re each actually in style,” the Bravo exec, 54, stated in the course of the Wednesday, Could 31, episode of Kelly Ripa‘s “Let’s Discuss Off Digicam” podcast on SiriusXM. “I believe what’s fascinating about it’s — and I do know that there’s some fatigue about their dispute — however I believe what’s fascinating about it’s I believe they’re each a little bit proper. I believe they each have actually good factors, and I believe that’s why it’s not so clearly lower about whose aspect to be on.”
The Daddy Diaries writer went on to notice that he was additionally anxious a couple of blowup between Louie, 49, and Joe Gorga. “I used to be very involved that Louie and Joe Gorga had been going to get into it,” the producer defined. “And I went to each of them a number of instances and stated, ‘I urge you to remain in your seat. I urge you.’ I used to be so nervous.”
The Watch What Occurs Stay With Andy Cohen host additionally revealed that Bravo at all times hires safety for RHONJ reunions — one thing that wasn’t beforehand accomplished for the opposite franchises. “As a lot as there’s safety, the one person who’s actually gonna be capable to get in between individuals is me, is the reality of the matter, as a result of I’m proper there,” he defined. “So, safety is behind the place the cameras are. And we solely simply began having safety, and we don’t have safety at most reunions. At some we do. At all times at Jersey.”
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Half 2 of the Actual Housewives of New Jersey season 13 reunion airs on Bravo Tuesday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET.
