Teresa Giudice’s ex-husband, Joe Giudice, fired back at Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga after the couple slammed him on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
“Joe has a lot of anger built in because of his doing! He needs to be truthful with himself and America!” the father-of-four told Us Weekly. “As for Melissa and Joe, they will never be us because they are fake.”
While Gorga said on Wednesday’s episode that he “lost” so much related to his family because of Giudice, Juicy Joe claims otherwise.
“The parents lost everything because of Joe Gorga. Teresa and I had to care for them throughout our marriage to help them, that is why we were close to [her] parents. She cared for her parents, but Joe never helped,” Giudice told Us Weekly. “Teresa really did try to work it out for [her] parents, but Joe Gorga always put down her family. Melissa and he have been riding our back for years — enough.”
During the March 30 episode of the Bravo hit reality series, Teresa told her brother and sister-in-law to acknowledge that her ex-husband didn’t drag out their divorce. Teresa was also mad that they didn’t defend her when Jackie Goldschneider made a comment about her stint in prison.
“I should have stuck up for you when she said you should be in jail?” Melissa yelled. “Really? because all of a sudden you’re a weak bitch who can’t defend herself? … Because you just f—king stuck up for your ex-husband when we were defending you. What the f—k is wrong with you?”
Gorga subsequently had his wife’s back. “I’m mad at the son of a bitch for what he did to you! He ruined everything and he put you in jail,” the father-of-three said. “My wife is a f—king hundred percent right! You gonna defend him?”
The fight got even more heated after Gorga referenced his and Teresa’s mother dying shortly after her 11-month stint in jail for fraud.
“I don’t want to f—king hear it. F—k that piece of s—t. He put my mother in a f—king grave, so I’m supposed to f—king like him?” Gorga screamed, according to Us Weekly. “Do you f—king understand that?”
Meanwhile, Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice reunited in the Bahamas as the Bravo reality star introduced her ex-husband to her current boyfriend, Luis “Louie” Ruelas.
“You can all imagine how I felt when they walked in the room. It was awkward to see my ex after a lifetime together with someone else,” Joe told Us Weekly. “Teresa and I decided to be honest and remain friends with one another for the girls.”
“Parenting should always be about giving your children the best outcomes for every situation,” Joe added. “I believe we deserve to all be happy and our children will thank us for it. I am genuinely happy for both Teresa and Luis and wish them the best!“
Teresa and Joe finalized their divorce after 20 years of marriage in September, PEOPLE previously confirmed.
Teresa went public with her relationship with Ruelas shortly after she finalized her divorce from Joe. Meanwhile, Joe went Instagram official with his new girlfriend Daniela Fittipaldi over Valentine’s Day weekend.
Last month, while appearing on an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Teresa opened up to host Andy Cohen about the dynamic between her ex and current boyfriend, revealing that “they've talked over the phone” and discussed meeting up prior to their Bahamas getaway, reports PEOPLE.
“Louie wanted to go to the Bahamas and meet [Joe] — which I thought was the most amazing thing ever,” Teresa said at the time. “He said he just wanted to talk to him and let him know he's not trying to take his place or anything. But he just wanted to meet him, 'cause I have daughters.”
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