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'Joe Gorga please stop': Fans hail Louie for staying calm as he let 'RHONJ' star 'make a fool of himself'

'RHONJ' fans slam Joe Gorga for attacking Louie Ruelas as the former's in-laws don't receive Teresa's wedding invites

NEW JERSEY, USA: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey's most recent episode, which aired on Tuesday, February 21, included more expletives. Fans don't like how Joe Gorga handled the matter when he furiously confronted Louie Ruelas for forgetting to invite Melissa Gorga's parents to his then-upcoming wedding to Teresa Giudice.

On guys' night, tensions rise as Joe and Louie put on a spectacle for their 'bros'. The two are facing differences in how Joe's sister, Teresa Giudice, is managing her wedding arrangements. Teresa first said on 'Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen' that Joe's wife, co-star Melissa Gorga, will not be a bridesmaid in her wedding. Melissa's sisters and mother did not make the couple's guest list, despite it being rather extensive, with Bravo-lebrities grabbing invites over relatives.

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Joe says he will 'break' Louie's 'balls' 

When the men exchange insults over dinner with friends, Joe loses control and hits the table, yelling at Louie, "I'm going to break your f**king balls!" "Stop with the theatrics!" says Louie, somewhat patronizingly. The exclusion of Joe's in-laws is not the only issue he and his wife Melissa are dealing with during the wedding; Teresa also elected not to include Melissa in her bridal party, despite the fact that they are in-laws.

"Melissa's family, they're not invited to the wedding. Everybody's in, but anybody on my side of life - it's f**ked up," Joe starts the argument. "It's a lot of past bullshit," Louie replied. "No matter what happened between Melissa and Teresa - Melissa's family, the way they treated my parents, you've got to give them respect," Joe said. "It's really a slap in the face not to invite them. This is an Italian family," Margaret Josephs' husband, Joe Benigno chimes in. "It's like (expletive) you. You mean nothing to me," Joe went on. "There's a lot of slap in the faces going around, you're not the only one feeling that way," Louie asserted. "Who's slapping who?" Joe inquired.

Louie mentions a recent episode of Melissa's 'On Display' podcast in which she and Joe discussed looking after Teresa's children while she was in prison. Melissa and Joe breached the fourth wall a little, reminiscing about recording the 'Teresa Checks In' special as a holdover between Seasons 6 and 7, while the program was on hiatus as Teresa completed her sentence. Louie perceived their exchange as Melissa and Joe keeping food in Teresa's children's mouths.

"No one's saying they wouldn't eat," Joe says. "What she meant was -- and what I meant was -- I've held my sister, I called her every single day, I took care of my sister. I was there." "I live with your nieces, they talk about it at the house!" Louie retaliated. "Oh! Of course! They're talking about one thing! " Joe retaliated. "No, they talk about a lot of things," Louie explained. "You don't know sh*t," Joe asserted. "You've been here one f**king minute."

Things eventually escalate as Joe declares that he is going to break Louie's "f**king balls!" "Go ahead!" Louie mocked Joe, forcing him to punch the dinner table. "F*** right now!" he yelled. "Stop with the theatrics!" Louie hollered.

'Joe Gorga please stop' 

Seeing Louie eventually try to calm Joe down and suggest he talk to his sister, made fans go, "I might have to eat Crow for what I said about Louie last year. The way he handled joe and soothed his tantrum is an art. B***h im GAGGED! Lol I don’t like being wrong. Maybe I was wrong this time?" When Joe says he doesn't see a reconciliation between him and his sister, a fan quipped, "So Joe doesn’t want to make peace with Teresa BUT he wants Melissa to be in her wedding and Melissa’s family to be there who talk poorly about her. It just doesn’t work like that lil Joe. The math has to math." One fan while calling Joe out, wrote, "Joe Gorga please stop. We’ve seen the text messages where Louie was practically begging you to have a meeting off camera, you said no." Some confused fans also question, "why the f*ck do joe and melissa give a flying f*ck about going to the wedding? MOVE ON." 

Happy to see how Louie reacted on the other hand, made fans comment, "Louie is the example of how men should communicate and be. He sat there calmly and let Joe make a fool of himself." Another person added, "Teresa needed Louie’s calmness in her life. He didn’t give Joe anything and Joe was pissed. Louie really is trying to mediate them." One viewer also noted, "Joe Gorga calls Louie a piece of shit and garbage. What does Louie do? He walks in and respectfully greets him." Fans also feel, "Joe Gorga be in womens business too much and I don’t like it."

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