Teresa Giudice Discusses What She’s Learned from Her Marriages to Joe & Luis and What “Pissed [Her] Off” Most About Legal Saga With Ex

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Teresa Giudice shared what she’s learned from both her marriages – and if her family would still be together had they not joined the Real Housewives of New Jersey. The star also revealed what “pissed me off” most about her and Joe Giudice’s legal saga.

After pleading guilty to bank fraud, Teresa and her then-husband Joe went to prison. Teresa shared that she was involved only because Joe asked for her signature to use her credit, which she trusted. After his release, Joe was forced to return to Italy, where he was born. They eventually divorced, and Teresa is now married to Luis Ruelas.

On Casual Chaos, daughter Gia Giudice asked Teresa what she learned from both marriages.

“Communication,” Teresa answered. “I didn’t have that really that much with your dad. But Luis, we communicate. I mean, you see it … It’s so different [with Luis].”

“Yeah, definitely two different people,” Gia agreed. “But I guess you got to have the macho guy to then get the, you know, the sweet guy, so. You got to try them all out … I don’t think it’s intentional, but I think a lot of girls when they’re younger are more attracted to like the macho bad boy, and then obviously, you know, sometimes it doesn’t turn out to be the best decision. Because then sometimes the macho bad boy gets in trouble.”

Gia said Luis is “not Dad.”

“Like Luis didn’t get in trouble, you know, get deported,” said Gia. “Do you think if we were never on Housewives that our family would still be together, like Dad not being deported and like you and your brother still being close?”

“Oh definitely,” Teresa answered. “But I don’t want to go back in time because you could say woulda, coulda, shoulda … Do I feel like I was made an example of? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because like I said, your father had a partner, and he didn’t go to jail, and he should have gone to jail. So that’s what pissed me off the most … What pisses me off is that all three of us should have went to jail.”

“But I don’t know if our marriage would have lasted,” she added. “Because if it would have lasted, it would have lasted.”

Gia suggested that past “infidelity” also played a role in the split.