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Teresa Giudice is sharing new details about her openness to reconcile with her brother, Joe Gorga, and his wife, Melissa Gorga.
After the 53-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star told Jeff Lewis, 55, on his SiriusXM radio show, Jeff Lewis Live, that she was open to making amends, sparking claims of being “desperate” to save her gig on the Bravo reality show, Teresa set the record straight, explaining her change of heart, denying that she would make up with Joe, 50, and Melissa, 46, to secure her season 15 return, and addressing Melissa’s recent comments about the matter.
“Before, I was very adamant, and I was just like, ‘Absolutely not.’ And I know everyone is saying now, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s desperate because she needs her job,’ [but] that’s not the case,” Teresa insisted on the September 19 episode of Turning the Tables By Teresa Giudice. “There’s reasons why I’m saying it. It’s like an olive branch. Now I’m just saying, ‘Never say never.’”
According to Teresa, her age and desire to be a good example for her daughters and fans led her to reconsider her stance on making amends with Joe and Melissa.
“The older I’m getting … there are things that have happened that I don’t want to get into right now, but maybe eventually I will, we’ll see, but that have changed my mind,” she explained. “I just want to be a good example to my children, and also, a lot of people do look up to me out there, and I want to be a good example to everyone out there.”
“People do change and things happen in life that make you evolve and grow, and that’s all I’m saying,” she added.
Teresa then reacted to Melissa telling Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea that “the door has been closed” when it comes to reconciling.
“I see what she’s saying, which is fine. I’m just saying my door is cracked open. I just said, ‘Never say never,’” she shared. “I’m a mom first, so I always want to do the right thing and be a good example for my children.”
“Another big thing [is] time heals all wounds … You forget things, you’re not as angry as when you first were, and if you’re happy in their life, that’s what I want to exude … I don’t want to be angry,” she added.
While Melissa doesn’t seem open to the idea, Teresa said that she would like to “let the past go and move forward” as she again denied being “desperate” to save her job amid rumors that she was left out of test filming.
“I’m not desperate … if Bravo doesn’t want me back, I’m fine with it. If they want me back, I’m fine with both,” she declared.
Teresa went on to acknowledge that her timing was “crazy” before denying that her co-stars had started filming without her.
“There was stuff put out there that they’re filming, but they’re not,” she alleged.
No word yet on when The Real Housewives of New Jersey will go into production on its 15th season.