The Real Housewives of New Jerseywill soon be back for a brand-new season — and that means more developments in the years-long feud betweenTeresa GiudiceandMelissa Gorga.
RHONJ’s season 13 trailershows glimpses from insideTeresa and Luis “Louie” Ruelas’s wedding, which Melissa and Teresa’s brotherJoe Gorganotablyskippedafter a last-minute clash between the fighting family members.
Melissa, 43, also later asks, “What do I need to prove to you?” as Joe, 43, and Luis, 47, seems on the brink of getting physical during a heated exchange.
Over footage of the wedding, Teresa says in voiceover: “[Melissa’s] always wanted to keep me and my brother apart — she got her wish.”
Teresa Giudice (left) with Joe and Melissa Gorga (right).Jill Zarin/Instagram; Brian Ach/Getty for Republic Records
Elsewhere, fans get quick intros to the new Housewives: “Very Jersey” Danielle Cabral and “glamorousTim Burtoncharacter” Rachel Fuda.
Dolores Cataniashares, “Everyone thinks [my ex-husband]Frank’s the man in my life,but he’s not.” Later, she tells Melissa that her new boyfriendPaul “Paulie” Connellis “talkin' marriage,” which might just drive Frank to tears.
Jackie Goldschneideris noticeably less prominent this season after she decided totransition to a role as a friend of the showin order to help with her ongoing recovery after an18-year-long eating disorder.
AndMargaret JosephsandJennifer Aydincontinue to squabble, with Margaret telling Jennifer: “You don’t have any f—ing friends,” to which Jennifer responds, “I have a family, which is something you’d never f—ing know what it’s like to have.” (An interesting development since Jennifer recently dealt with husbandBill Aydin’s infidelityon camera and says in the new trailer: “I am done being a chump for somebody who treats me like s—.")
“The tiara was huge,” she shared during a panel with fellow Bravo reality stars. “And honestly, I thought she f—ing killed it.”
Aydin, 45, continued: “She came out looking like the queen of New Jersey, and she made it work. And you can see in some of the videos, when she came out, people gasped.”
After saying that, theBravoConaudience started laughing, and Aydin clarified, “No — they gasped because she was beautiful! We don’t hate onTeresa Giudicehere.”
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PEOPLE had previously confirmed that the Gorgas wouldn’t be attending Teresa’s and Louie’s wedding, though questions as to just what happened remained up in the air at the time.
Two sources told PEOPLE exclusively what was behind their absence, explaining that Joe and Melissa had been planning on attending the wedding up until two days prior, when false rumors about their marriage surfaced as the cameras rolled (a moment that’s hinted at in Wednesday’s trailer). Teresa’s role in the chatter and Louie’s behavior amid their back-and-forth ultimately changed the Gorgas' minds.
“Teresa betrayed them in a way that’s unforgivable,” one source revealed. “They’re not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs.”
“It’s telling that Teresa didn’t have one relative at her wedding,” noted the source,pointing to the absence of estranged cousins Kathy Wakile and Rosie Pierri, too. “But that’s the choice Teresa made.”
The newlywedstied the knotin front of 220 guests at thePark Chateau Estate & Gardensin East Brunswick, New Jersey.
“I want to thank all my friends that came out here from all different states in the country, all my business partners, my family, Teresa, your friends, your family, new friends, old friends,” said Ruelas, 46.
Added Giudice, “Chosen family!”
An insider close to the Gorgas told PEOPLE at the time: “Melissa and Joe’s efforts to make family a priority with Teresa are exhausted. Sometimes removing the toxic energy from your life is the only way forward.”
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Season 13 ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseypremieres Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
