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Teresa Giudice said she isn’t sure if she and her brother, Joe Gorga, will film together on the new season of Real Housewives of New Jersey, as her daughter, Gia Giudice, addressed the family’s past drama.
Teresa’s feud with Joe began in 2022 after he and his wife, Melissa Gorga, refused to attend her wedding to Luis Ruelas. Shortly after, the families virtually stopped filming together, and the show was later put on pause. But months after their recent reconciliation, Bravo announced the show’s return. Both sisters-in-law were asked back, along with Dolores Catania.
On the Shawn & Andrew podcast, Teresa addressed the situation with Joe as they approached filming.
“This is the thing, though: it’s baby steps,” she said. “And [I’m] not sure if we’re going to film together or not again. … If we do — not sure if we are, you know, Bravo hasn’t said anything — but if we do, after we film … this time I’m definitely gonna watch it.”
“Hopefully we’ll both have each other’s backs, that’s all I want,” she went on. “I want to show America what my family was really about, like how I was raised. My brother and I always had each other’s backs.”
At one point, Gia addressed how the drama began when Teresa got “hurt.”
“She always remembered that,” said Gia. “When people hurt her that she loved and really cared about, she always will remember that. And that’s something that she does. It’s hard to make her forget and move on.”
Teresa and Melissa will film the new season with Dolores, the only castmate who absolutely refused to pick a side amid the family drama. Most co-stars from last season were, predictably, against Teresa or against Melissa.
But many fans grew tired of the ‘Team’ mentality, and they have praised Dolores for not getting sucked into it. Viewers, it seems, are ready to see drama that goes beyond the Gorga/Giudice war.
Though both sides have promised to keep the peace, no one can predict if the détente will last. If it ends, we may get another season of the same storyline that’s been playing out for years.