The Big Picture Melissa Gorga tried to mend fences between her husband Joe and his cousin Kathy Wakile, but it ended up backfiring. The former reality star was not exactly happy that Gorga talked about her family moving on the same street as them. Gorga said she had hopes they could all fix their relationship. Wakile and her husband, Richie Wakile, both made it clear that it wasn’t something they were interested in persuing.
She went on to clarify further, making sure her plea to the Wakile is characterized correctly. “It wasn’t really what I was saying. I was saying, ‘Well, it would be nice if we live on the same street and there are two cousins living on the same street and they bumped into each other, it would be really nice to have them talk and work it out and talk it out.” She claims this was her way of bridging the gap between the family. “ me extending an olive branch… But you know what? Your loss.