It’s not likely an old-school Actual Housewives of New Jersey battle till Teresa Giudice takes it there. Within the at present airing Season 12, the previously incarcerated actuality star has been at odds along with her once-close pal Margaret Josephs. Merely put, Giudice doesn’t like when anybody questions her boyfriend(/now-fiancé) Louie Ruelas about his intentions or his previous. The drama has escalated much more on the present of late, and Josephs revealed that watching it again is evidently “worse” than dwelling it.
In the course of the April nineteenth episode, issues bought positively fiery down in Nashville, the place the group is on trip. After all, it was over Louie Ruelas. Once more. It will definitely culminated in Teresa Giudice throwing a drink at Margaret Josephs and almost flipping one other desk within the strategy of the confrontation. Because the Marge tells it, she wouldn’t know the complete extent of her co-star’s fury till not too long ago. The Actual Housewives of New Jersey alum mentioned to Us Weekly:
I really really feel worse than after I lived it as a result of I didn’t know what she was saying off digital camera [or] what she was saying downstairs. To listen to her say that she’s coming to beat me up, I imply, she’s pushing 50, saying she’s gonna come beat me up? You understand, that’s upsetting, clearly, it’s extra upsetting to observe it again.
Teresa Giudice has been going up in opposition to a number of members of the forged this season about her new man. First, it was hints from her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga that there have been behind-the-scenes arguments happening of their household group chat. (Supposedly, some form of gag-order is in place regarding the subject of Louie Ruelas’ historical past, which allegedly consists of home violence.) Then, “pal of the present” Traci Johnson caught warmth over the identical topic from the RHONJ vet, and Johnson to this present day doesn’t perceive how her husband bringing one thing up on guys night time is cause sufficient to be mad at her.
Now, the drama is knocking on Margaret Josephs’ door for the umpteenth time, resulting from her apparently breaking Teresa Giudice’s “love bubble.” And to be sincere, it’s equally as upsetting as a viewer to see the demise of what was once a reasonably quirky/enjoyable friendship. Josephs informed the outlet that she by no means thought issues would ever get violent on New Jersey but once more, saying:
That was disappointing, it’s identical to, , threatening bodily violence [isn’t right]. I imply, this isn’t Mob Wives. I imply, minimize me a break. … I used to be calm. I used to be by no means going to do one thing again. What’s disturbing to me is after the ponytail pull [during season 10, in which Teresa encouraged Danielle Staub to pull Margaret’s hair] and that yr, she mentioned she was gonna do every part to make it as much as me. … We additionally determined after the ponytail pull, there’ll by no means be any physicality amongst us and that went completely down the tubes.
Margaret Josephs shared that she’s given her castmate “one too many passes.” She additionally added that the Actual Housewives of New Jersey crew simply filmed the Season 12 reunion particular with Andy Cohen, and Teresa Giudice didn’t have “any regret” for what transpired between them. This apparently consists of Giudice’s feedback about Josephs within the warmth of the second, which have been perceived as body-shaming. Josephs recalled that it was “degrading,” in addition to being not one of the best type, given how the present is addressing Jackie Goldschneider’s consuming dysfunction extra in-depth this season.
For her half, Teresa Giudice has solely said publicly within the wake of this season that her friendship with Margaret Josephs won’t survive within the long-run. And sadly, Josephs appears to be of the identical opinion, too. Tune in for the Nashville drama choosing up the place the battle’s cliffhanger left off within the subsequent episode of The Actual Housewives of New Jersey, airing April twenty sixth at 8 p.m. EST on Bravo as a part of the 2022 TV schedule.