Melissa and Joe Gorga.Photo: Arturo Holmes/GettyMelissa Gorgais getting candid about the impact of filming the newest season ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseyon her husbandJoe Gorga.The 43-year-old reality star tells PEOPLE that she kept “trucking on” during filming for season 13 while her husband often needed to take a break amidtheir long-standing feudwith his sisterTeresa Giudice.“I think Joe was like, ‘I’m out.’ Joe was sitting in the corner, couldn’t fake it. He is a very heavy mind this season,” she explains. “He’s upset for a lot of reasons that you really don’t hear until the end and so he was not faking it.“She adds, “He couldn’t even bring himself to a lot of the events. He was like, ‘I’m good.'“Joe and Melissa Gorga (left) with Teresa Giudice.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty (2)Melissa also shares how it was “not easy” to deal with their ongoing family drama in front of cameras.“We don’t wish this on anyone. This is not the fun part, if I’m being honest. It’s just not,” she says. “I don’t know why it has to be this way, I always say that.““I feel like it could have gone completely a different way, but we don’t control everything,” She continued. “There’s two sides.“The reality star notes that she’s been watchingRHONJsince she joined in season 3, but the current season is “one of the tougher ones” for her to watch.“It’s equal to probably season three, which was the toughest,” she explains. “I feel like we’ve gone backwards, unfortunately and for family reasons as far as that goes, so it always makes it a little bit tougher because that’s where it gets sad and nobody wants to do sad.“Teresa Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga.Paul Zimmerman/GettyOver the years, Joe and Melissa have hit some rocky patches in their relationship with Teresa, 50. Some of the tension stemmed from the legal troubles that Teresa and her ex-husbandJoe Giudicefaced years ago, while more recent drama was centered around Teresa’s treatment of the couple.In May, Teresa and her younger brother got into an explosive fight duringRHONJ’s season 12 reunion after Teresa called Joe a “bitch boy” and dismissively compared him to a Housewife.The argumentgot so intense between the two siblingsthat Joe walked off stage, threatening to"quit” the Bravo franchise. Tensions only intensified between the siblings backstage as they continued to go back and forth, prompting reunion host and franchise executive producerAndy Cohento step in.Teresa laterclaimed she had apologizedand mended things with her brother, but that was only the start of what was to come between them.RELATED VIDEO:Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga SkippedTeresa Giudice’s Wedding After ‘Unforgivable’ Betrayal: SourcesIn August, PEOPLE confirmed that the Gorgas wouldn’t be at Teresa andLuis “Louie” Ruelas’ wedding. (By that point, Teresa had already confirmed that Melissawould not be a bridesmaidin her wedding.)Two sources said Melissa and Joe backed out of attending two days before the ceremony when false rumors about their marriage surfaced amid filming. Both Teresa and Luis' actions at the time ultimately influenced the Gorgas' decision.“Teresa betrayed themin a way that’s unforgivable,” one source said. “They’re not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs.“For the Gorgas part, they haven’t directly addressed the rumors but have spoken publicly about skipping the wedding, with Melissa telling PEOPLE at BravoCon 2022 in October that “it’s unfortunate” they had to miss the nuptials and she “didn’t choose it.“The couple also addressed their decision to skipthe nuptialson theMelissa Gorga On Displaypodcast, confirming that “the full entire story” leading to tension amongst the family was not public knowledge at the time, but “drips and drabs” of it had surfaced.Joe added that it was “so, so hard” for him to not attend Teresa’s wedding, especially since she’s his only close family that’s still alive.“To me, it was devastating. It really was. It was one of the hardest days of my life. It was bad,” he said. “But listen: let’s go back tothe reunion. She did this, you know? This was all on her. This is what she really wanted. She didn’t want [Melissa] in the wedding, she didn’t want any of my children in the wedding, she barely wanted me.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The Real Housewives of New Jerseyairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
Melissa and Joe Gorga.Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty
Melissa Gorgais getting candid about the impact of filming the newest season ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseyon her husbandJoe Gorga.The 43-year-old reality star tells PEOPLE that she kept “trucking on” during filming for season 13 while her husband often needed to take a break amidtheir long-standing feudwith his sisterTeresa Giudice.“I think Joe was like, ‘I’m out.’ Joe was sitting in the corner, couldn’t fake it. He is a very heavy mind this season,” she explains. “He’s upset for a lot of reasons that you really don’t hear until the end and so he was not faking it.“She adds, “He couldn’t even bring himself to a lot of the events. He was like, ‘I’m good.'“Joe and Melissa Gorga (left) with Teresa Giudice.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty (2)Melissa also shares how it was “not easy” to deal with their ongoing family drama in front of cameras.“We don’t wish this on anyone. This is not the fun part, if I’m being honest. It’s just not,” she says. “I don’t know why it has to be this way, I always say that.““I feel like it could have gone completely a different way, but we don’t control everything,” She continued. “There’s two sides.“The reality star notes that she’s been watchingRHONJsince she joined in season 3, but the current season is “one of the tougher ones” for her to watch.“It’s equal to probably season three, which was the toughest,” she explains. “I feel like we’ve gone backwards, unfortunately and for family reasons as far as that goes, so it always makes it a little bit tougher because that’s where it gets sad and nobody wants to do sad.“Teresa Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga.Paul Zimmerman/GettyOver the years, Joe and Melissa have hit some rocky patches in their relationship with Teresa, 50. Some of the tension stemmed from the legal troubles that Teresa and her ex-husbandJoe Giudicefaced years ago, while more recent drama was centered around Teresa’s treatment of the couple.In May, Teresa and her younger brother got into an explosive fight duringRHONJ’s season 12 reunion after Teresa called Joe a “bitch boy” and dismissively compared him to a Housewife.The argumentgot so intense between the two siblingsthat Joe walked off stage, threatening to"quit” the Bravo franchise. Tensions only intensified between the siblings backstage as they continued to go back and forth, prompting reunion host and franchise executive producerAndy Cohento step in.Teresa laterclaimed she had apologizedand mended things with her brother, but that was only the start of what was to come between them.RELATED VIDEO:Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga SkippedTeresa Giudice’s Wedding After ‘Unforgivable’ Betrayal: SourcesIn August, PEOPLE confirmed that the Gorgas wouldn’t be at Teresa andLuis “Louie” Ruelas’ wedding. (By that point, Teresa had already confirmed that Melissawould not be a bridesmaidin her wedding.)Two sources said Melissa and Joe backed out of attending two days before the ceremony when false rumors about their marriage surfaced amid filming. Both Teresa and Luis' actions at the time ultimately influenced the Gorgas' decision.“Teresa betrayed themin a way that’s unforgivable,” one source said. “They’re not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs.“For the Gorgas part, they haven’t directly addressed the rumors but have spoken publicly about skipping the wedding, with Melissa telling PEOPLE at BravoCon 2022 in October that “it’s unfortunate” they had to miss the nuptials and she “didn’t choose it.“The couple also addressed their decision to skipthe nuptialson theMelissa Gorga On Displaypodcast, confirming that “the full entire story” leading to tension amongst the family was not public knowledge at the time, but “drips and drabs” of it had surfaced.Joe added that it was “so, so hard” for him to not attend Teresa’s wedding, especially since she’s his only close family that’s still alive.“To me, it was devastating. It really was. It was one of the hardest days of my life. It was bad,” he said. “But listen: let’s go back tothe reunion. She did this, you know? This was all on her. This is what she really wanted. She didn’t want [Melissa] in the wedding, she didn’t want any of my children in the wedding, she barely wanted me.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The Real Housewives of New Jerseyairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
Melissa Gorgais getting candid about the impact of filming the newest season ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseyon her husbandJoe Gorga.
The 43-year-old reality star tells PEOPLE that she kept “trucking on” during filming for season 13 while her husband often needed to take a break amidtheir long-standing feudwith his sisterTeresa Giudice.
“I think Joe was like, ‘I’m out.’ Joe was sitting in the corner, couldn’t fake it. He is a very heavy mind this season,” she explains. “He’s upset for a lot of reasons that you really don’t hear until the end and so he was not faking it.”
She adds, “He couldn’t even bring himself to a lot of the events. He was like, ‘I’m good.'”
Joe and Melissa Gorga (left) with Teresa Giudice.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty (2)
Melissa also shares how it was “not easy” to deal with their ongoing family drama in front of cameras.
“We don’t wish this on anyone. This is not the fun part, if I’m being honest. It’s just not,” she says. “I don’t know why it has to be this way, I always say that.”
“I feel like it could have gone completely a different way, but we don’t control everything,” She continued. “There’s two sides.”
The reality star notes that she’s been watchingRHONJsince she joined in season 3, but the current season is “one of the tougher ones” for her to watch.
“It’s equal to probably season three, which was the toughest,” she explains. “I feel like we’ve gone backwards, unfortunately and for family reasons as far as that goes, so it always makes it a little bit tougher because that’s where it gets sad and nobody wants to do sad.”
Teresa Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga.Paul Zimmerman/Getty
Over the years, Joe and Melissa have hit some rocky patches in their relationship with Teresa, 50. Some of the tension stemmed from the legal troubles that Teresa and her ex-husbandJoe Giudicefaced years ago, while more recent drama was centered around Teresa’s treatment of the couple.
In May, Teresa and her younger brother got into an explosive fight duringRHONJ’s season 12 reunion after Teresa called Joe a “bitch boy” and dismissively compared him to a Housewife.
The argumentgot so intense between the two siblingsthat Joe walked off stage, threatening to"quit” the Bravo franchise. Tensions only intensified between the siblings backstage as they continued to go back and forth, prompting reunion host and franchise executive producerAndy Cohento step in.
Teresa laterclaimed she had apologizedand mended things with her brother, but that was only the start of what was to come between them.
RELATED VIDEO:Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga SkippedTeresa Giudice’s Wedding After ‘Unforgivable’ Betrayal: Sources
In August, PEOPLE confirmed that the Gorgas wouldn’t be at Teresa andLuis “Louie” Ruelas’ wedding. (By that point, Teresa had already confirmed that Melissawould not be a bridesmaidin her wedding.)
Two sources said Melissa and Joe backed out of attending two days before the ceremony when false rumors about their marriage surfaced amid filming. Both Teresa and Luis' actions at the time ultimately influenced the Gorgas' decision.
“Teresa betrayed themin a way that’s unforgivable,” one source said. “They’re not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs.”
For the Gorgas part, they haven’t directly addressed the rumors but have spoken publicly about skipping the wedding, with Melissa telling PEOPLE at BravoCon 2022 in October that “it’s unfortunate” they had to miss the nuptials and she “didn’t choose it.”
The couple also addressed their decision to skipthe nuptialson theMelissa Gorga On Displaypodcast, confirming that “the full entire story” leading to tension amongst the family was not public knowledge at the time, but “drips and drabs” of it had surfaced.
Joe added that it was “so, so hard” for him to not attend Teresa’s wedding, especially since she’s his only close family that’s still alive.
“To me, it was devastating. It really was. It was one of the hardest days of my life. It was bad,” he said. “But listen: let’s go back tothe reunion. She did this, you know? This was all on her. This is what she really wanted. She didn’t want [Melissa] in the wedding, she didn’t want any of my children in the wedding, she barely wanted me.”
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