Following her lead. The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s Melissa Gorga stated Teresa Giudice was the one who fanned the flames of their feud, resulting in her sister-in-law and brother Joe Gorga skipping her August wedding ceremony.
“From day one with all the wedding drama, I was told on national TV I wasn’t gonna be a part of it,” Melissa, 43, solely informed Us Weekly at BravoCon 2022 on Saturday, October 15. “I was told we are not close. I was told all of these things. So when you draw the line in the sand, well then, I have to stand behind the line. And then don’t be upset when we’re behind the line because you drew it.”
Teresa, 50, stated on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in March that her brother’s spouse wouldn’t be a bridesmaid when she married Luis “Louie” Ruelas. “Don’t make a big deal. I mean, come on,” she stated on the time.
The singer dismissed the problem shortly after the interview made headlines throughout an episode of her “Melissa Gorga on Display” podcast. “I did find out on TV that I’m not going to be in Teresa’s wedding and I’m not a bridesmaid, which I’m OK with. I’m fine with [it],” she claimed on the time. “I understand. To each their own.”
The bridesmaid debacle alone didn’t convey the feud to the boiling level. Melissa believes a number of points served as kindling for his or her relationship’s implosion.
“It wasn’t just one event,” Melissa defined solely to Us on the New York City fan occasion. “I feel like everybody wants to think there was like one big thing that happened that caused us to say we’re not going to this wedding.”
Tensions boiled over when the podcaster and Joe, 43, didn’t attend Luis and Teresa’s New Jersey wedding ceremony, which was filmed for a Bravo particular in August.
“I think it was a series of events,” Melissa continued. “I think it was a long time coming. I think I knew certain things that I couldn’t say out loud. And then, at the finale, they came out and just — energies rose.”
The RHONJ season 13 finale was filmed proper earlier than the marriage. Melissa teased that viewers will see the occasions that led the couple to withdraw their RSVP shortly the day earlier than the ceremony.
“It would feel really silly to go from that and then within 12 hours to be sitting in a pew as it would just not make any sense for us to even be there. Yeah. So that’s what you’ll see,” Melissa informed Us.
As for his or her future, the “On Display” songstress stated that whereas it’s “sad” that they don’t have a relationship, she doesn’t have a lot need to make amends with the cookbook creator.
“I’m just ready to get off the roller-coaster,” she continued. “I know in my heart that I’ve tried. The roller-coaster goes up, it goes down, it goes in, it goes out. And I’m at a point in my life that I don’t wanna be on roller-coasters in any relationship, whether it be my family, Joe’s family … We don’t want the negative energy around no matter who it is. So I just think that we’ve gotten to a point where we need to take a break.”
Melissa added, “We have a lot of things to be happy about and blessed with, and it’s just time for us to focus on us.”
Teresa additionally spoke with Us solely at BravoCon on Saturday, and she or he stated Melissa and Joe’s choice to not attend the nuptials was “devastating” to her.
“That’s my only family. So, what do you think? Yeah, it was devastating,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star stated. “I mean, the day before [our wedding], I was in tears ‘cause I just found out. It was heartbreaking [because] it’s my only family, and Luis was hurting for me. My children were hurting. But then [on] that day, that day was our day.”
After Teresa and Louie tied the knot, Us confirmed that the couple have been upset over rumors that Melissa had cheated on Joe. They imagine Teresa unfold the infidelity allegations. The Gorgas have since denied the affair hypothesis.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
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