Teresa Giudice, Joe and Melissa Gorga
Joe Gorga tells jokes about his rocky relationship with sister Teresa Giudice.
In August 2024, the husband of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” appeared on stage for his comedy show, “An Evening of Comedy Starring Joe Gorga.” The event was held at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Gorga took the opportunity to criticize his sister just days before his wife Melissa Gorga confirmed she would never work with her estranged sister-in-law again.
Joe Gorga Incorporated Famous RHONJ Moments Into His Comedy Act
Gorga’s latest stand-up comedy show features appearances from several other RHONJ stars, including Danielle Cabral, Rachel Fuda, and several other husbands like Frank Cayania and Joe Benigno.
In a video clip from the comedy show obtained by The Daily Mail.comGorga pokes fun at his long-standing estrangement from his sister. At one point, he brings up the infamous cookie sprinkle incident, when Giudice got angry that Melissa Gorga brought store-bought cookie sprinkles to her house for Christmas instead of her favorite treat, pignolis.
In the comedy video, Gorga joked about his sister giving the eulogy at his funeral because she was the “only family” he had left. “Mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the best housekeeper of them all?” he mockingly said while pretending to be Giudice. He added, “And (Teresa) was like, ‘That (fuck) killed my brother! I should have known when she brought me sprinkles instead of pignoli!’”
Gorga also mocked Giudice’s husband Louie Ruelas’ confession that he wore her late father’s pajamas to make her daughters feel “safe.”
“I went into the other room and they said, ‘You have to talk to Louie.’ I said, ‘Louie? Oh (damn)!” Gorga told the Harrah’s audience. “I sat down and talked to Louie, and he looked at me and said, ‘I’m wearing your dad’s pajamas!’”
Several RHONJ Househusbands later came out backstage wearing pajamas to show their support for Gorga. “Joey, we just wanted you to feel a little better. So we came out wearing your dad’s pajamas,” friend Joe Benigno said.
Joe & Melissa Gorga May Never Work With Teresa Giudice Again
GettyLuis Ruelas, Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga and Teresa Giudice.
During the disastrous RHONJ season 14 luncheon filmed at Rails Steakhouse, Giudice and Melissa exchanged insults and struck a sarcastic pose with their heads tilted and hands on their hips. DailyMail.com notes that Melissa was asked to recreate the pose during a fan Q&A at Harrah’s, but it’s unclear whether she agreed.
Comedy Night a Few Days Ago Melissa Gorga told the podcast “Two Ts in a Shell” that she wouldn’t want to return to RHONJ next season if Giudice was still there.
“I’m prepared for anything at this point, obviously,” she told host Teddi Mellencamp and judge Tamra amid buzz about cast changes for season 15. “I think I’ll realize that (Giudice) and I are two very different characters, so to speak, on the show, right? So if Bravo decides to go in a darker direction, whatever it is, I need to say that’s not the show I want to be on, which it really isn’t. I want to be on ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey.’ I don’t want to be on that toxic (fuck).”
Joe Gorga has previously said that he and his wife have been “great employees” at Bravo for the past 14 years. “We keep it clean, we keep it classy, we keep it right,” he said on podcast “On Display With Melissa Gorga” in July. “We’re sitting here right now, and we hold our heads high. We’re clean, we’re decent, and we have nothing to worry about because we did everything right. And respect the network, we respect the fans, we respect everybody.”