Teresa Giudice Changes Her Tune on Working With Melissa Gorga on RHONJ: ‘Never Say Never’
Teresa Giudice appears to be open to reuniting with Melissa Gorga on camera, even if they don’t reconcile their differences.
“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” veteran spoke out during a Sept. 11 appearance on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live, where she admitted that there could be a world in which she co-exists with her estranged brother and sister-in-law and other cast members of the Bravo reality show.
After Lewis asked her, “Do you think there is a world where you can coexist with Melissa and Joe and Margaret and all of these people? Do you think that you could get to a place?,” Giudice replied, “I mean, never say never.”
Giudice’s daughter, Gia, chimed in to add, “I think everyone can coexist. Just put your big girl panties on and be mature.”
Lewis suggested that the feuding cast members could “start a new relationship” in place of rehashing their old one.
“I mean, I guess we would, you know, have to see. Yeah, obviously. That’s the thing. You can’t talk about the past,” Giudice said. “We’ll see what happens. … you just have to kind of let it go and move on.”
Teresa Giudice Previously Vowed Not to Film With Her Family Members
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Giudice’s comments are in stark contrast to her past remarks about filming with her brother Joe and sister-in-law Melissa amid their years-long family feud.
In a July 2024 interview on Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, Giudice vowed to never film with the Gorgas again after they skipped her wedding to Luis Ruelas.
“Never again,” she told Ripa. “First of all, to me, family is so sacred. I’m all about ‘The Godfather’ movie. You never go against the family. I live by that, I stand by that, I’m a loyal person.”
She also told PIX11’s “New York Living” that she was on a “permanent break” from speaking to her estranged family members.
Melissa Gorga Also Said ‘Never Say Never’
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Gorga has been open to filming with Giudice, although she did say she wanted to move away from the toxicity of the most recent season of the show.
During an appearance on the “Sherri” show with host Sherri Shepherd earlier this year, Gorga was asked about the potential for rebuilding her relationship with Giudice.
“We’ll see,” she said. “We don’t know what’s to come. I never say never in life because I always find out that’s exactly what happens. So, we’ll see what’s next and I’m excited for what’s to come.”
There have been rumors that Gorga was one of three RHONJ veterans who were tapped to “test film” with potential new cast members. Giudice, who wasn’t included in the group, told TooFab, “So I guess the fans, they speak — I want them to tell Bravo and Andy Cohen, like, ‘Definitely let’s bring Teresa back.’”
“Hello, I’m the OG, so I think it wouldn’t be the same without me,” the RHONJ star added.
RHOC: Teddi Mellencamp Shuts Down Gretchen Rossi’s Claim That Tamra’s to Blame for Slade’s Unemployment as She and Erika Jayne Tell Him to “Get a Job”
Teddi Mellencamp defended Tamra Judge against Gretchen Rossi‘s suggestion that she cost her longtime fiancé, Slade Smiley, work on Monday’s episode of her shared podcast with Erika Jayne.
After Gretchen, 46, suggested that Tamra’s claim about Slade being a “deadbeat dad” led him to struggle to find employment, the 44-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum and her co-host fired back at the idea, noting that Slade’s past struggles with child support had nothing to do with Tamra, 58.
“So Gretchen blames Tamra for the reason why Slade hasn’t worked in 10 years,” Teddi began on the September 8 episode of Diamonds in the Rough as she and Erika, 54, looked back on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
“She did say that he had lost work because of the bad things that Tamra had said,” Erika replied. “And if you just Google it, you could see.”
After Erika wondered what Slade did before RHOC, Teddi said he may have been in banking or real estate before mentioning that Slade had “been on the show multiple times with different women, four different women.”
She then signaled Slade’s past arrest, revealing to Erika and their listeners that he was booked for not paying child support.
“It’s out there on the World Wide Web. I don’t think it had anything to do with Tamra,” Teddi explained as Erika said being on a reality show doesn’t make you “unemployable.”
“For me, when it comes to Gretchen, I’m like, this is just too old. No one cares,” Teddi noted.
She then told Slade, “Get a new job.”
“Or get a job,” Erika added. “[And] I’m not being shady to Slade. It’s just, if this is what’s going on. And I’m not judging … but you can get a job if that’s the case. We all get to get jobs.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
