'A slap in the face': 'RHONJ's Joe flips as Louie and Teresa kept Melissa's family out of wedding
NEW JERSEY, USA: Teresa Giudice's husband Louie Ruelas threatens to punch her brother Joe Gorga "in the f****** face" in the teaser for the upcoming episode of 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey'. Viewers and fans invested in the long-running Gorgas vs Teresa drama on the internet will finally get a detailed look at what happened.
Bravo's latest family drama, 'RHONJ,' currently airs every Tuesday. Teresa's relationship with her brother Joe and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga has worsened since 'RHONJ' Season 13 wrapped last year, according to Bravoholics. Viewers got a taste of the dispute — which mostly arises from Joe and Melissa's decision to miss Teresa's August 2022 wedding to Louie — which included many disagreements between the family members, some of which were violent. While all will be revealed shortly as the network continues to release new episodes every Tuesday, we are going to get a deep look into the moment when things truly heat up between Louie and Joe.
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Why does Louie want to punch Joe?
Joe confronts Louie about why Melissa's family wasn't invited to the wedding in the promo for the upcoming February 21 episode. Except for those on his side of the family, he believes everyone was invited. He believes it was "f****d up." "It's a lot of past bulls**t," Louie says after a brief pause.
Joe believes that regardless of what transpired between Melissa and Teresa, the former's family should be handled with respect, similar to how Joe and Teresa's parents are treated. He remarks, "It really is a slap in the face for not to invite them," considering that he is Italian. Joe interprets that as "f*** you, you mean nothing to me."
Louie claims "there's a lot of slap in the face going on", to which Joe asks, "Who's slapping who?"
Louie quickly reminded Joe of how he and his wife alleged on her podcast that if it weren't for them, Teresa's kids wouldn't have food on the table. Joe disputes the allegations, claiming that all he and Melissa meant was that he was there for his sister. Louie retorts that he now lives with his nieces, aka Teresa's children, whom they talk about in the house. Joe believes the kids are fixated on one thing, which Louie refutes by arguing that there is much to talk about.
Joe believes Louie knows nothing because he hasn't been around much (Louie and Teresa met in the summer of 2020). The two scoff at first, then practically go at each other's neck. Joe tells Louie, "You're not a man, bro," at one point. Bill Aydin intervenes to prevent Joe from "insulting the manhood." Joe shouts at one point, "I'm gonna break your f*****g balls, f*****g right now!" Louie requests that he refrain from theatrics.
Melissa and Joe claim Teresa got 'house and food' for her kids because of them
Joe joined Melissa on a 2022 episode of her podcast, 'Melissa Gorga on Display', and the two stated why they thought that Teresa should be grateful that they got on 'RHONJ'. Teresa has stated on several occasions that she was disappointed when Bravo invited her sister-in-law to join the show. Melissa revealed that when Teresa was in prison, the network worked on recasting the show, with only herself and her sister-in-law remaining. "How about being grateful that Joe and I, that we’re still here, and we kept the core of that show together so that when she got out we were able to cast all of these new people," Melissa said.
"We kept the core of this show going, or else it would’ve just turned into the show that she had for three episodes–which was like the Teresa went to prison show, which Joe Giudice did on his own," she continued. "You’re being too nice, honey," Joe said, adding that his sister deserved a "thank you."
"How about ‘thank you’ because when she’s in prison, Joe [Giudice] wasn’t working at all either, so they had no income," he quipped. "If we weren’t on the show, their kids would not still be living in that house and have food and have whatever they had."
In the upcoming episode of 'RHONJ', Teresa's kids will be shown as being unhappy after hearing Melissa and Joe's podcast.
Tune into Bravo on Tuesday at 9 pm ET to watch the new episode of 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey.'