No one wins when the family fights. Teresa Giudicerelationship with brother Joe Gorga and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga may be broken beyond repair after they skip her August 2022 wedding Luis Ruelas.
“Joe and Melissa made a last-minute decision not to attend Teresa’s wedding after a fight,” a source said Us Weekly exclusively at the time, adding that the couple had “planned to attend” the ceremony before the fight. “Teresa might not forgive Joe after this and vice versa,” the insider said, noting that Turning the tables the author “continues to attack Melissa and Joe can’t take it anymore.”
Teresa also seemed to throw some shade at her family during the big event. “At the wedding, Louie gave a speech and thanked the family that was at the wedding,” the source said Us. “Teresa answered and said: ‘Chosen family’.”
Shortly after their wedding, Melissa and Joe talked about the drama on an August 2022 episode of her podcast “On Display.”
“Obviously, we weren’t at your sister’s wedding. We have a list of real reasons in our heads [of] why and I will let all my listeners know that — apparently something that happened in the final recording The Real Housewives of New Jersey“, Melissa explained, teasing that there was some “crazy” family drama going on behind the scenes. “Obviously I can’t say those exact details today. Everything we recorded is something I can’t talk about.”
Hinting that there was some sort of row between her and Joe and the newlyweds, she continued: “There was a bit of aggression from certain people which could have been a bit scary. There were definitely moments.” After the fight, Melissa explained, they thought it would be “weird” to show up at the wedding as if nothing had happened.
While it is Standing Strong the author has yet to address the alleged feud, Ruelas dismissed rumors that the Gorgos were asked to pay after they paid the wedding bond. “We would never in a million years ask Joe and Melissa for money – we’re not petty. Joe and Melissa were missed,” he wrote at the time in the comments of the post on Instagram.
The drama between Teresa and her brother has been brewing for some time, and Joe even ran away from the set The Real Housewives of New Jersey reuniting in season 12 after the pair fell out. “You have to stop putting me down,” he said then, before saying Celebrity Apprentice alum on “Act Like a Sister.”
“Andy Cohen she asked me a question and I gave my answer,” said Teresa Us about a hot moment in May 2022. “So when I gave my answer, my brother said, ‘You’re putting me down.’ And I’m like, ‘First of all, I would never put my brother down. I love my brother.’ He is my only brother. I absolutely adore him. Like, he’s my little brother [and] no matter what, i’ll always take the fall for him [because] I am the older sister.”
She continued: “I’ll take the blame. I do not care. Blame it on me. … Andy asked me a question, I answered the question. That was my opinion and he didn’t like my answer.”
Keep scrolling to relive the most dramatic moments between Teresa and Gorgo:
