Season 14 of Real Housewives of New Jersey has been met with mixed reception from viewers. The familial rift between Teresa Giudice/Luis Ruelas vs. Melissa and Joe Gorga resulted in them all refusing to interact. That disconnect has left a large portion of fans disappointed.
Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge tunes in to RHONJ, and has an OPINION about it! And, she said something nice! According to Tamra, there’s a shining Jersey star this season: Joey G.
Tamra says Joe knows how to keep things entertaining
On the June 17 episode of her podcast, Two Ts In A Pod, Tamra discussed Joe’s decision to burn a housewarming card from Teresa and Luis, during RHONJ Season 14, Episode 7.
Tamra began, “I thought it was funny. I think it was great TV. Joe knows how to make amazing TV.”
Tamra then explained that she believed Teresa’s gesture of sending the card, along with a bottle of alcohol, via Rachel and John Fuda, wasn’t sincere. That was the original plan anyway; The Fudas and Teresa ended up exchanging words, and they left the gift behind. Dolores Catania then showed up to the party with it, since she’s still cool with Teresa.
Tamra elaborated. “I probably would have done the same thing after everything they’ve gone through. You know why that bottle was brought. Not because Teresa cares or anything.”
“Or Luis is like, ‘Oh God. I want to send him something because I care about him.’ Because every chance he gets he wants to talk sh*t about Joe. But they did it because they wanted everyone to talk about them. And that’s what happened.”
Within the episode, Joe expressed that he had “forgiven” his sister and her husband despite feeling “screwed” by them. He further alleged that Luis had “hire[d] investigators to follow [him] to make [him] look like a bad guy to the press and to the world.”
Joe ultimately set the card ablaze in his outdoor fireplace in front of the party guests. “Then you want to come and throw me a card. After you tell me you never want to see me again?”
During the next episode, Teresa explained that the card “was just a gesture” and it was Luis’ idea. She claimed to not be surprised by Joe’s reaction because he’s “very petty.”
Petty must be hereditary!
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