Melissa Gorga was “truly fine” with not being a bridesmaid in Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas‘ August 2022 wedding just months before she and husband Joe Gorga infamously skipped the event.
In a sneak peek at the Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 premiere, Melissa is seen planning an ’80s-themed roller skating event for the cast when Joe questions her about whether or not she’ll be inviting her sister-in-law after feuding heavily with her at the season 12 reunion.
“You invited Teresa?” Joe asks in a clip shared by Bravo.
“Yeah, I don’t want to leave anybody out, you know?” Melissa replies. Joe then reminds her, “You get left out.”
After the scene flashes back to the season 12 reunion, where Melissa called out Teresa for falsely claiming she’s all about family, Melissa admits that she felt Teresa’s failure to include her in her wedding made a big statement.
“Picking one person, who is your only brother’s wife, and saying, ‘I’m gonna exclude you,’ is a big ‘F-ck you,'” she told the cameras in a confessional.
Meanwhile, Joe pointed out that Teresa “showed how she really feels about both of us” at the reunion.
“I know. And that’s why I text her that day and said, ‘I’m fine not being in the wedding. I don’t wanna get mad over [Jennifer Aydin], I don’t want you to get mad over [Margaret Josephs]. All good,'” Melissa explains.
“And she didn’t answer you,” Joe notes.
“I know,” Melissa replies.
In Melissa’s leaked text, which was sent to Teresa in March 2022, she tells her husband’s sister that she doesn’t want to hold one another accountable for the behavior of their castmates.
“I’m just letting you know, I’m truly fine with not being in the wedding. I don’t want to bring it up again within our family,” Melissa wrote. “Moving forward, I wish you guys all the best. I’m not gonna get mad at you for what Jennifer does and you shouldn’t get mad at me for what Margaret does. Goodnight.”
As the RHONJ sneak peek continues, Melissa reveals that she was invited to Teresa’s 50th birthday — months after her text went unanswered.
“All the sudden I got a text, inviting us to Teresa’s 50th birthday on an island with her ‘closest people to her.’ Really? We haven’t heard from you in two months. I don’t think so,” she shares.
Then, in a second leaked text, Melissa’s response to the invitation was seen.
“Teresa, I texted you driving home from the reunion and you never answered back until now,” she wrote.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 premieres February 7 at 9/8c on Bravo.
