Teresa Giudice and her husband, Luis Ruelas, enjoyed a dinner date with her brother, Joe Gorga, and his wife, Melissa Gorga, on Wednesday after ending their years-long feud last month.
After Melissa, 46, opened up about their reconciliation, the progress they’ve made, and their holiday plans, and Joe, 51, spoke of what he learned from their extended period of tension, the Real Housewives of New Jersey stars were seen having dinner and drinks at Nicola’s Ristorante in a video posted to Teresa’s Instagram Story.
“Hi guys! Hi! She’s back. Cheers!” Teresa said in a clip of their outing, which was reshared by RHONJ Obsessed on Instagram.
“Cheers!” Melissa replied.
Meanwhile, on Melissa’s IG Story, she shared a group photo.
One day before their dinner date, Melissa and Joe addressed their rekindled relationship.
“We’ve made a lot of progress,” Melissa revealed during an interview with E! News at the premiere of The Housemaid in New York City on Tuesday. “It’s great. Everything’s good.”
“We’re having Christmas Eve at my house this year, so we’ll be together at my house,” she continued. “It’s crazy, because you never know, right? Never say never.”
As for Joe, he said that while they are taking “baby steps,” things are “back to normal,” while also sharing what he learned from their feud.
“Forgive, forgive, forgive and be happy in life,” he declared.
Although Teresa has been accused of making amends with the Gorgas in an effort to secure her return to RHONJ, she denied that her intentions were anything other than pure on Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea podcast.
“What made me choose that [was] not because … I’m [not] worried about not getting back on the cast, because it is what it is. Like if it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. My whole thing is I want to be a good example for my children,” she explained. “[If] anything ever happens [between my daughters] … I want one of them to be able to say like, ‘Move on past it.’”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is on pause ahead of its 15th season.