RHONJ’s Teresa Giudice finally reveals why she no longer talks to her brother Joe Gorga
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice revealed why she no longer speaks to her brother Joe Gorga, and his wife, Melissa Gorga.
While appearing on a recent episode of her podcast, Turning the Tables, the TV personality, 52, shed light on their long-running family drama.
‘I don’t speak to my brother anymore, and his wife,’ she told listeners. ‘What family member comes on a show behind your back? I kept my mouth shut. There’s a lot of things I could’ve said throughout the years. This is going on over 10 years.’
Ultimately, she claims him and her sister-in-law, 45, not coming to her wedding to her husband, Luis Ruelas, severed their relationship beyond repair.
‘They were making all this stuff up, like, “Why didn’t you put me in the wedding?” I didn’t put my sister-in-law [in the wedding]. But I didn’t put her in because I didn’t want to because of all that she’s done to me for the past 10 years,’ the mother-of-four said.
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice revealed why she no longer speaks to her brother Joe Gorga , and his wife, Melissa Gorga; seen in 2023
She continued: ‘Then … I was like, “Let me just put her in.” I was trying to do the right thing and then she said “no.” I was like, ‘Oh my God, they’re just doing this all for a storyline.’
Giudice said there isn’t any ‘going back after that.’
‘I’m tired of their s**t. I’m not doing this anymore. I’m done,’ the reality star explained. ‘I gave them over 10 years of chances.’
The drama even prevented Giudice and Melissa from filming season 14 of the Real Housewives of New Jersey together.
In August, she stated that fans would never see her and Melissa on camera together again.
‘Never again. Never Again. First of all, to me, family is so sacred,’ she said during an appearance on Kelly Ripa’s Sirius XM podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast. ‘You never go against the family. I live by that. I stand by that. I’m a loyal person.’
Giudice pointed out that she did forgive ’em ’cause’ her ‘parents were around’ and she didn’t want to hut them.
‘My parents were so upset. They’re like, “What?” Me and my brother were best friends. We always got along. We never fought. We were really best friends until this happened. Until the show,’ she said.
While appearing on a recent episode of her podcast, Turning the Tables , the TV personality, 52, opened up about their ugly family drama and why they’ve gone no contact (pictured in 2018)
‘I don’t speak to my brother anymore, and his wife,’ she told listeners. ‘What family member comes on a show behind your back? I kept my mouth shut. There’s a lot of things I could’ve said throughout the years. This is going on over 10 years’ (seen in 2018)
The Live with Kelly and Mark host asked if it was RHONJ that started the feud between Teresa and her brother and sister-in-law.
‘Well, it was like a little jealousy about that I was on the show and they weren’t, and it’s like, “This is my thing.”
‘You know, it’s like it would’ve been so beautiful for us to be a united front and to show America, and to show the world that instead of fighting, like to me, this is like disgraceful.
‘I tell my daughters, I beg my daughters. I’m like, “Please always get along. That’s the only thing I only ask for is I want you four to always love each other and if somebody has something more than the other, you know, you guys enjoy it.”’
Ultimately, she claims him and her sister-in-law, 45, not coming to her wedding to her husband, Luis Ruelas (seen in 2024), severed their relationship beyond repair
Teresa added: ‘You should all be happy for each other and lift each other up, you know?
Meanwhile, there may be big changes in store for the cast of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
During a segment on his Andy Cohen Live radio show for SiriusXM, Cohen indicated that the cast might be completely swapped out for ‘fresh faces’ while chatting with a caller who was angry about the current show’s cast and direction.
The woman, who complained that RHONJ is ‘so boring now’ and said she wanted to see longtime star Melissa and newcomer Margaret Josephs jettisoned in favor of keeping Teresa, wasn’t initially mollified after Andy said there would be ‘big new changes to the show.’
The drama even prevented Giudice and Melissa from filming season 14 of the Real Housewives of New Jersey together (seen here in 2016)
After the caller continued to voice a stream of complaints about the current season, Andy interjected, ‘We are rebooting the show.’
‘We’re gonna reboot it,’ Cohen continued. ‘We’re gonna do something different.’
The caller continued as she talked up Teresa’s presence on the series, before Andy seemed to try to wrap up the rant.
Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga seen in 2024
‘OK, all right. OK, we’re gonna see what we do. We’ll see,’ the seemingly annoyed Watch What Happens Live host said as he ended the conversation.
‘I don’t know. Maybe just all fresh faces. We’ll see,’ he added.
