“Real Housewives of New Jersey” family drama got explosive after Joe Gorga refused to hold anything back while yelling at his sister and show alum Teresa Giudice for her relationship with her ex-husband Joe Giudice.
Fans got a sneak peak of the drama in Wednesday’s episode, which begins with Jackie Goldschneider asking Terresa, 48, whether she got her confidence “in jail,” People reported.
Teresa immediately looks to her brother and his wife, Melissa Gorga, to defend her.
"Joe, what the hell? You don't f------ stick up for your sister?" Teresa asks after Jackie and some other guests left the dinner table. "You and Melissa should have [eaten] her alive after she said that about the whole jail thing."
Melissa Gorga, 42, is set off into a rage, turning over a plate and sending food flying across the table.
Melissa lashed out at Teresa when she "stuck up for your ex-husband when we were defending you, referring to earlier in the evening when Teresa said her ex-husband Joe Giudice did right by her in their divorce.
Melissa added that she and her husband defended Teresa "too many times," and asked her sister-in-low to "defend us against your ex-husband!"
Joe stepped in, telling his sister, "This is why she's upset, because I always fight for you and then when we're together you knock on us. That's why she's mad."
"I'm mad at the son of a b---- for what he did to you!" Joe exclaims referring to Joe Guidice. "He ruined everything and he put you in jail."
"You gonna defend him?" Joe Gorga continued, growing increasingly agitated as the other dinner guests try to hold him back, before slamming his hands on the table and unloading expletive after expletive at his sister.
Teresa and Joe Giudice finalized their divorce in September 2020. The two were married for 20 years and share 19-year-old Gia, 16-year-old Gabriella, 15-year-old Milania, and 11-year-old Audriana together.
Since then, Teresa has started a new relationship with boyfriend Luis “Louie” Ruelas, a 20-year veteran in the digital marketing space and co-founder of Digital Media Solutions.
Earlier this week, Giudice shared a loving photo of the two on Instagram.
"Happy to have the other half of my HEART," she captioned the photo of the two smiling.
Joe went public with his girlfriend, lawyer Daniela Fittapaldi, in December. At the time, he said that he would have no hard feelings towards his wife if she chose to start dating again.
“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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