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Actual Housewives of New Jersey alum Joe Giudice lately sat down for an additional in-depth interview and gave his frank opinion on the feud between his ex-wife, Teresa Giudice, and his former sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga. Plus, he divulges extra particulars about why he believes Melissa and her husband, Joe Gorga, have been behind his and Teresa’s arrest for tax and chapter fraud, and he offers his tackle Teresa’s marriage to Luis “Louie” Ruelas.
“Hear, they [Melissa and Joe Gorga] have been concerned. They have been each there. I imply, they have been each mates with these individuals,” Joe instructed David Yontef whereas showing on the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast, alleging that Melissa and Joe Gorga continuously related to legal professionals and attorneys who have been linked to his and Teresa’s arrests.
“There are footage with them out in golf equipment, partying, having drinks, and dancing,” Giudice continued, alleging one of many legal professionals popped up at certainly one of Melissa and Gorga’s events that he was attending, recalling a scene from his time on RHONJ.
“At their social gathering and hastily, they only confirmed up? You realize what I imply? However I imply on the finish of the day, you realize, she hastily, you realize, this lawyer reveals up at your social gathering. I forgot what social gathering it was, however for those who look in a kind of scenes over there, you’ll see her getting thrown out. And I imagine it’s the scene earlier than I left my storage, and I imagine I had a protracted jacket on, and I, and I threw a kick and hit the bag,” he stated. “However no matter. It’s what it’s.”
Giudice and Teresa have been one of many OG {couples} throughout RHONJ’s inception, and the pair have since divorced. Giudice says that he likes Teresa’s new husband, Louie, and he’s completely satisfied {that a} man “is in the home” for his 4 daughters, Gia, Milania, Gabriella, and Audriana.
“I imply, look, what I collect of Luis, he looks like a pleasant man,” Giudice remarked, noting that he’s “glad they’re collectively.”
“He’s been a person…And you realize, he’s taking care of my children as properly, which is nice,” he stated. “You realize what I imply? At the least there’s a person in the home…as a result of clearly I can’t be there.”
Teresa, Louie, and Giudice appear to be on nice phrases and have blended their households efficiently. Giudice revealed that Louie continuously extends invites to hitch him, Teresa, and the youngsters on holidays, although he admitted that following the latest invitation to hitch them in Cuba, he declined, saying he felt the state of affairs was “awkward.”
“You realize what? I’d have gone on trip. [But] I’m like, you realize what. I imply, I used to be gonna deliver anyone with me as properly. You realize what I imply? A date no matter, however I don’t know I sort of felt slightly awkward,” he stated. “I used to be like, the cash that I gotta spend to go everywhere in the world and all that, I’d relatively simply give it to my children.”
Although Giudice couldn’t attend Teresa and Louie’s 2022 wedding ceremony, Teresa’s now-iconic coiffure did make its technique to him. He famous that Teresa and his daughters, who served as bridesmaids, all seemed “stunning,” however he admitted he fully “forgot” concerning the wedding ceremony normally.
“The ladies look stunning. You realize, [Teresa] seemed stunning. And, you realize, it was, they have been good footage, you realize, I imply, all of them look stunning. So, I didn’t actually see any pictures along with her, you solely, I noticed some pictures along with her and Luis collectively, you realize, and so they look, it seemed like a really good evening and a pleasant wedding ceremony, you realize? I don’t know the place it was. I even forgot the place they’d [it], I even forgot what they’d on the wedding ceremony. I don’t even know once they had the marriage. I couldn’t even let you know as a result of I actually don’t bear in mind,” he claimed.
Regardless of being completely satisfied for Teresa and Louie, Giudice stated that he did discover the weird viral video of the businessman half-naked on the seashore throughout a “retreat” that made headlines a bit odd.
“I imply, it was slightly bizarre,” he stated. “I believed it was sort of unusual, [but] I didn’t actually pay [it] consideration.”
“Was he possibly slightly bizarre in that video? Sure, I imply, who is aware of?” Giudice mused. “He appears to be like a really good man.” He then added jokingly, “Is he a ‘Juicy Joe?’ Most likely not.”
RHONJ followers will do not forget that Giudice’s marriage to Teresa was marred with rivalry and deemed poisonous by many. Throughout an notorious “sizzling mic” second, Giudice was caught referring to Teresa as his “b**ch spouse.” Nevertheless, he maintains that Teresa was a “good spouse” and he’ll all the time have love for her.
“Look, I’ll all the time love Teresa,” he admitted. “She’s the mom of my children, I’ve recognized her since she was a child…and it’s unlucky what occurred with us. However look, what are you going to do?”
“She’s a great mother. She was a great spouse too, you realize.”
Regardless of having moved on from their marriage, Giudice and Teresa have discovered to efficiently co-parent regardless of being an ocean aside, as Giudice at the moment resides within the Bahamas following his deportation to Italy after being launched from jail.
“Nicely, it’s a must to make it work,” he stated. “Regardless of the circumstances are, nevertheless, it occurred, nevertheless, no matter method, you realize, it doesn’t matter. Dishonest this and that. No matter it may be, on the finish of the day, you bought to consider the children and simply say, you realize what? It occurred. Let’s put it behind us. Let’s transfer ahead. Fear concerning the children now, and that’s it.”
Season 13 of RHONJ noticed Teresa lastly attain the breaking level in her tumultuous and long-running feud with Melissa and her brother, Joe. Each Tre and Melissa have reportedly gone on document saying that they won’t movie with the opposite, nevertheless, neither needs to go away the present both.
Giudice says that Teresa’s the OG, and with out her, who would watch?
“In the event that they do away with her, who’s gonna watch that present, proper? I imply, she was the unique OG,” he stated, suggesting that they “possibly if they create again a number of the originals from the previous.”
Surprisingly, Giudice revealed that former RHONJ star Danielle Staub, who famously paved the best way for Teresa’s comment of, “Prostitution whore,” was a “good” addition. He additionally stated that Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo have been nice casting selections.
Nevertheless, Giudice says that the forged started to go south after Melissa and Joe Gorga joined the present’s roster.
“We did have a number of enjoyable to start with. After which it began getting slightly, you realize, shaky,” he stated. “I assume the brother-in-law got here in, the brother [Joe Gorga] got here in, and Melissa began getting slightly funky.”
Teresa and Melissa have famously disagreed on how Melissa was in a position to get on the present.
Whereas discussing his personal time spent in federal jail, Giudice shared his ideas on fellow actuality stars Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis’s Jen Shah and Chrisley Is aware of Greatest’s Todd and Julie Chrisley, who’re additionally serving time for monetary crimes.
“It’s a great factor she copped a plea,” he stated in reference to Jen. “In any other case, she would have gotten rather a lot, a number of time.”
“Now, the Chrisleys have been the opposite one. The Chrisleys just about had the identical cost as I had… I don’t know why they acquired a lot time. They will need to have pissed off the prosecutors,” he hypothesized earlier than empathetically including, “They will need to have did one thing so as to get that a lot time as a result of that’s a number of time, and particularly for the poor girl as properly. I imply, the poor girl, even him. I imply, I imply, that’s, you realize, I don’t care in the event that they’re in a camp or wherever it’s. It’s a number of time. It’s simply a number of time. That’s method, method an excessive amount of time for, you realize, to interrupt up a household like that. I imply, come on.”
As Joe fortunately resides within the Bahamas, one factor he positively doesn’t have to fret about anymore is his taxes.
“Hear, one factor concerning the Bahamas, there’s no taxes right here. There’s no, no matter. I imply. I don’t have to fret about that. There is no such thing as a earnings tax right here. I find it irresistible. This nation was really made for me. I acquired no complaints right here. The one grievance that I’ve is that I’m not with my children and my household there,” he stated.
Rounding out the interview, Giudice says he may take a web page from Teresa’s playbook and maybe write a guide about his life experiences in the future. However for now, he’s content material.
“I imply, possibly in the future, I’ll. In the future, I assume, you realize. However as of proper now, I acquired a number of good issues happening right here proper now,” he concluded. “I acquired some enjoyable issues developing and it could even contain the Housewives.”
