Teresa Giudice (born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
On December 23, 2015, she was released from federal prison after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud, while her husband and four daughters resided in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey. She is known for her extravagant lifestyle and highly publicized financial and legal troubles leading up to her prison sentence.
Her husband, born Giuseppe but called Joe, began his 41-month sentence on March 23, 2016
After that jaw-dropping trailer, Real Housewives of New Jersey fans are more than eager to take in everything the latest season has to offer.
During an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife, new “friend of” to the cast, Traci Lynn Johnson, teased some juicy details ahead of the drama, promising an “explosive” season with plenty to look forward to. You’re the first “friend” of the RHONJ ladies since Danielle Staub left the series at the end of Season 10.
Did you feel like you had big shoes to fill? I think probably for most of the cast I was a welcome addition from Danielle [laughs].
When Melissa [Gorga] approached me [she said], ‘We’ve been friends for so long I think you should come and hang out with these girls.’ Quite honestly I’m so happy I did because not only did I get to further cement my bond with Melissa (we’ve been friends for the past 8-9 years), but also I formed such great relationships with the other ladies on the cast — most of them, anyways.
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