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
What had to be done. Dolores Catania thinks Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga made the right choice by skipping Teresa Giudice‘s wedding — even if it means more drama in the future.“If that’s how they felt and the way things were heated between them, it probably was best,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 51, exclusively told Us Weekly at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, August 28. “I would have loved to have seen them of course, but I think it was mutual.”The Love Italian Style author and her husband, both 43, decided not to attend the nuptials after a “blowout fight” with Giudice, 50, over rumors that Melissa cheated on Joe during a business trip.
At the VMAs, the couple told Us that they haven’t spoken to the Celebrity Apprentice alum since the August 6 wedding.“It’s been tough,” the Gorga Guide to Success author told Us.
Asked if he could see himself reconciling with his older sister, he added: “Let’s see what the future holds.” Melissa, for her part, said they don’t know yet. “That’s a very long answer,” she explained.While the Gorgas aren’t sure about how to move forward with Giudice, Catania believes that there’s “always hope” for a reconciliation between the siblings. “I knew them when they were little and I know the love that they have,” she told Us. “I lived it with them.
They were my friends. We were all friends from the same neighborhood, and I know how much she loved him and I know how much he loved her.
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