Where is 'RHONJ' alum Joe Giudice now? Here's how Teresa's ex-husband is rebuilding his life after deportation
Joe Giudice's life has been nothing short of a wild rollercoaster ride. From being a wealthy businessman married to an extremely popular reality star, Teresa Giudice, to spending time in prison and being deported to Italy, the former house husband has been through it all.
In 2019, when Joe was released from ICE Detention Centre after seven months, he, unfortunately, couldn't go back home to his estranged wife Teresa and their four daughters. Instead, he was sent back to Italy as he failed to obtain his legal citizenship in the US. On 'Real Housewives of New Jersey', we saw how hard it was for the Giudice family to watch one of them being sent away from them. While we watched Teresa and her daughters figure out how to live in their new reality without Joe, the former house husband too wasted no time in rebuilding his life in Italy.
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Within a year of his arrival in Salerno, Italy, Joe began to set up multiple businesses and piece back his life together. From dabbling in real-estate, celebrity boxing matches to selling women's massagers, Joe is leaving no stone unturned to become a successful entrepreneur once again. Prior to his deportation, Joe was the owner of a successful construction company in the US. Based on that experience, he began selling handmade sofas from Italy directly to customers in the US.
In an interview with E! News he said, "I just signed a deal to start importing sofas, chairs and what have you from an Italian company here. They're actually handmade sofas, leather sofas. I just partnered up with this guy there, we're going to start shipping couches directly to the customer, to their home so you cut out the middle guy. Let's say the couch cost $8,000, you cut out the other $8,000 to ship it to a shop in America, this, that and the other thing. So you save a lot of money. So I'm going to be wholesaling sofas to the customers all over the place."
Joe's sex toy business seems to be on everybody's mind. He explained about it too in the interview. "My other business is Zalo USA. It's basically a woman's massager. I wouldn't call it my sex shop because it's not, we don't sell any of those other things. It's basically just high-end massagers that are made by an Italian French designer. So they're made of top quality material and, I mean, it's a very good product. To be honest with you, I never really handled one until I got involved in this business. I always wanted to get involved in that business and I did. Listen, it's paying me and the bills and it's a good business. I sent one to Teresa and the whole cast. I'm sure that they're having fun. I'm sure that each of them are gonna try it because it's a pretty cool item. I know I couldn't perform like that!" he shared.
Alongside his work life, his personal life too seems to be looking up. Earlier this week, on February 14, Joe made his relationship with his lawyer girlfriend Daniela Fittipaldi Instagram official. He posted a picture of his beautiful girlfriend, alongside the caption, "Thank you for accepting me and not trying to change me. Thank you for seeing the best in me. I love the way your eyes light up when We together. I love hearing about what matters to you. I am thankful for you and your family. And most of All I love the way YOU ♥️ MY KIDS. My life is so much better because you are here with me. @danielafitty 𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓪 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 ♥️ #happyvalentinesday #amore #thankful."
Looks like things are certainly looking up for Joe. We can't wait to hear more about his new and exciting life in Italy.
'Real Housewives of New Jersey' Season 11 premieres on Wednesday, February 17, at 9 pm ET/PT.