Who is Billy Costa? Radio host calls Teresa Giudice ‘rudest person ever’ after short live phone interview
LYNN, MASSACHUSETTES: Boston radio personality Billy Costa's interview with 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star, Teresa Giudice allegedly went south following a heated spat. “She was easily, hands down, the rudest person I’ve ever interviewed,” the radio host, 69, said on his 'Billy & Lisa in the Morning' show and claimed Giudice was an “idiot,” “nothing,” and a “monster” who allegedly attacked him in the live interview on Monday, November 28.
The reality star, 50, appeared on the program to promote an event she’s co-hosting in Lynn, Mass. It seems the Bravo star was triggered by a question the interviewer asked which she clearly did not want to answer. Costa asked Giudice about writing her book 'Turning the Tables' following her 11-month stint in prison in 2015.
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“Teresa, we know you spent some time in prison, but you came out of prison and wrote a book — a bestseller — about your time in prison, and did it focus a lot on the food in prison?” The 'Ultimate Girls Trip' alum then told the radio host she really didn’t “want to talk about that,” reported Page Six. “I don’t know if you know this, but I’m a four-time New York Times bestselling author,” the reality star snapped back. Costa then directed the question back to her event but reportedly Giudice did not want to let go.
“[We’re going to] have a good time, and it’s all about being positive, right? And not negative? You should learn some of that,” Giudice bluntly told the radio host, to which Costa replied that he’d “work on that.” Co-host Justin Aguirre then chimed in and argued that they weren’t being “negative,” since her book is “part of [her] bio,” which was given to them by the “RHONJ” star’s publicist. “I have a podcast called ‘Namaste Bitches,’ [and] you should listen to it and learn how to be a little more namaste,” Giudice then said before her rep cut her off and encouraged the hosts to come to her client’s event.
After Giudice hung up the short phone interview, the host jumped right into sharing their thoughts on the tumultuous interview. “I did time in prison, too, and you said, ‘Yeah you did time in prison, but you got out, you wrote a successful book,’ which it was — it was a huge book,” Aguirre argued. “I don’t even want a coffee with Teresa Giudice,” Costa said when asked if he was still planning on going to her event.
Who is Billy Costa?
Billy Costa is an Emmy Award-winner and popular radio personality with KISS 108-FM from the Boston region. He serves as co-host of The Matty in the Morning Show and hosts the KISS Top 30 Countdown. Born on December 24, 1951, the radio host was raised in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School before graduating. After changing colleges to Boston's Emerson College, he obtained employment as a disc DJ at a nearby bar.
According to celebrity net worth, Billy Costa's net worth is $4 million as of 2022. The famous radio persona is married to his long-time lover Michele Steele. He also shares three sons, Chris, Alex, and Dylan from his previous marriage to Lisa Fell Costa in 1986 and divorced in 2010. Later on in his career, he started working as a DJ at the WERS radio station in Emerson. Before approaching WXKS-FM's 'Kiss 108' in 1980 with a proposal for a lifestyle/entertainment news show. The show was rebranded as 'Billy & Lisa in the Morning' as Costa and Lisa Donovan co-lead the show, reported Boston. This comes after Matty Siegel abruptly retired in May after 41 years of presenting mornings at the station. Costa has primarily been a member of the morning show along with producers/co-hosts Justin Aguirre and Winnie Akoury.