Teresa Giudice revealed there was one thing she didn’t like about her “Real Housewives of New Jersey” viewing party.
In July 2024, the cast of the Bravo reality television show gathered at Rails Steakhouse in Towaco, New Jersey for a post-season finale-style viewing party instead of a traditional reunion.
In an August 2024 episode of Her podcast, “Turning the Tables,” Giudice told @AllaboutTRHPodcast hosts Roxanne Bahri and Shantel Butras that she didn’t actually watch the RHONJ “aftershow” because she was living it. “I watched it when we were actually filming it,” Giudice explained. “I was away, I didn’t watch it after they edited it, I watched it when we were actually filming it.”
Giudice revealed that the only scene she didn’t like was when her husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, made a dark comment about Margaret Josephs’ son.
“The only part that I wasn’t happy with was, you know, what Louie said about my actor’s son,” she said on the podcast. “Then I said, ‘I know Lou didn’t mean it that way.’ Like, Lou doesn’t want to hurt a soul, you know. And then he comes out and posts something on his Instagram. He apologized for it. That’s not what he meant.”
Teresa Giudice Confronts Dolores Catania In Viewing Party Scene
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The first scene Giudice disliked aired in RHONJ season 14 finaletitled “When All Is Said and Done.” In a shocking segmentRuelas’ husband has criticized Josephs and her family. “I hope Margaret and her family suffer,” he told Giudice in a scene filmed at their New Jersey mansion. “I hope your son suffers, like I did, like the rest of our family suffered with a woman like that. She’s a disgusting, vile human being. … She’s a piece of trash.”
The scene was replayed at the viewing party, where the RHONJ cast first witnessed it. As the rest of the cast looked horrified by Ruelas’ words, Giudice’s close friend Dolores Catania said, “Louie is going to get a lot of (expletive) for that, Teresa. For what he said about the son.”
Giudice said she didn’t care and insisted her family had suffered because of Josephs’ actions.
“That’s wrong,” Catania replied. “If I could stand here and support him all the time, like I always do, I couldn’t Are not say that it is wrong. That is wrong.”
Giudice eventually agreed that he would make sure Ruelas apologized for the comment. Ruelas issued a public apology when the episode aired in August 2024. He admitted that he was “disappointed” by his actions and acknowledged that no child should have been included in the cast’s play.
In one appearance on Jason Tartick’s “Trading Secrets” podcast On August 19, 2024, Catania admitted she couldn’t bring herself to watch the scene again. “I don’t want to watch it again because I know when I do it, I’m like, ‘Oh, this is going to become something,’” she told host Jason Tartick. “You know, it’s a visceral reaction but again, for two reasons. One, he’s going to get criticized for it. And two, it shouldn’t have been said. … I was so upset about what was said,” she added.
Teresa Giudice Unfollowed Several Fan Accounts Amid Season 14 Outrage
Although her husband apologized for his remarks, Giudice admitted that the midseason backlash led her to unfollow several social media accounts.
“I had (amazing fans), but then when they turned away, it was crazy,” she said on her podcast. “I don’t know what happened this year. It was crazy. It was so toxic out there that I unfollowed a lot of accounts because I was like, I don’t want to see that anymore.”
“I like it better,” Giudice explained. “Out of sight, out of mind. When you don’t see it, you don’t know it, and it doesn’t even bother you.”
“(I’m trying to) protect my peace because it’s, like, crazy,” the RHONJ OG added. “There’s so much hate in the world.”