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| Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Jacqueline Laurita, Kathy Wakile -- Photo by: Andrei Jackamets/Bravo |
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| Joe Giudice, Teresa Giudice, Audriana Giudice -- Photo by: Andrei Jackamets/Bravo |
April 24, 2012
Hi baby dolls! So we're back, but it's kind of weird because what you're watching on RHONJ now was all filmed a year ago, and a lot has happened since then. I've been blessed with some amazing opportunities like Celebrity Apprentice, which I filmed from October until December. (And I'll be on the live season finale May 20!) So what you see on Celebrity Apprentice is a pretty good picture of me, as I am now.
Doing Celebrity Apprentice, helping raise money for sick kids, getting involved in everyone's charities, really changed my perspective on things. I'm in a much better place now than I was a year ago. I'm focusing on the truly important things in life like helping find a cure for kidney disease with NephCure. It's made me see that the problems we think are big on Housewives pale in comparison to what children like Matthew Levine go through. Can you imagine your 8-year-old child having to take 15 pills a day just to survive? I feel so blessed to have healthy friends and family, and I never want to take that for granted by focusing on petty drama like gossip and tabloids. Read Blog
April 23, 2012
Melissa Gorga Rumor Has ItYou see in the very beginning scenes from last season, with Teresa and I hugging and telling each other that we love one another. When I talk it out and forgive and let something go, I truly mean it. I threw in the towel that day and was ready to enjoy her company, not just co-exist. I was done with all the petty games and nonsense, and Teresa said she was too. So with that in mind, yes, I was a little confused when the book came out and she threw a dig at me. At the end of Season 3, the book wasn’t done yet because the night we took the family picture she was passing around pages and pictures trying to decide which ones to put in the book. Once we started filming Season 4 the book came out and there was the dig. I was a little taken aback, because I thought we decided not to go down that road, but I decided to let this pass and not make a big deal of it.
So here we are with Season 4, the cookbook obviously being a focal point because it upset people. I didn’t tell my husband because everyone was starting to come together and I didn’t want to take a chance and ruin it. It just seemed a little petty and childish. Was I aggravated? YES! Was I going to do anything about it? NO! At Kathy’s BBQ they start talking about the book and it cuts to Kathy saying, “Teresa always says family is everything, Prove it.” It just gets you thinking and wondering why Teresa would even go there. Read Blog
April 22, 2012
We're baaack! My first blog of the season is usually a long one, so get ready. I also want to try to take myself back in time and explain to you, being completely open and honest, my thought process during each episode that led to the painful end of my friendship with Teresa. I want you to understand where I think it took a turn for the worst. I realize that if I talk about this that there will be some of you that say, "Get over it already!" But if I don't talk about it, a lot of you will be left wondering what happened. I like to vent anyway, it's healthy for me, and so I'm going to talk about it to share my thoughts with you. After all, you are a fan of the show if you are taking the time to read and comment on these blogs, so I feel like you deserve an explanation. Just know that I am in a much better place now.
I know a lot of you want answers as to why I didn't attend the Season 3 reunion, which aired a little over two weeks after it was filmed. Some of you know that I was tweeting while it was airing, and I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing. Once again, keep in mind it aired over two weeks after it was filmed. I don't regret at all not being there. I do regret for disappointing our fans and the stress I put on Bravo by not attending. For that, I am sorry. I appreciate how most of you respected my choice not to go, however there are still some of you that were left very confused and disappointed. I wish I could tell you all of the reasons right here and now, but I need for some of it to play out on this season. The rest will be explained during the Season 4 reunion. Yes, I WILL attend the Season 4 reunion!
It was too difficult for me to go to the Season 3 reunion, because I was very drained emotionally and overtired from crying all night out of frustration and sadness. It would have been very difficult to look at Teresa and not be able to express what I was actually feeling. Even if I had attended, none of your questions would have been answered. As you should know, we were filming Season 4 as Season 3 was airing, and I could not have discussed anything that was going on in my head or anything that we had been filming. My animosity would have been unexplainable. As you remember, Teresa and I were fine in Season 3. I can't even say that the entire reason I didn't attend was because of Teresa. There were other factors involved in my decision, but my disappointment with her was a big one. I was just tired, fed up, angry, stressed out, depressed, and as it turned out extremely low on testosterone to top it off. LOL! Read Blog
April 22, 2012
Hello friends! We’re back at it again, what have you all been up to? I’ve been keeping busy mixing it up in the kitchen. You know me and my love for something sweet, so I figured why not have your cake and DRINK it too with my little creation the Red Velvet Cosmo. So check it out.
Summer time in Jersey…nothing says summer like sunshine, barbeques, the Jersey shore, and oh, of course, leopard bikinis. Everyone seems to come out of hiding, so get ready for a wild ride with us down the GSP (Garden State Parkway)! Read Blog
Summer time in Jersey…nothing says summer like sunshine, barbeques, the Jersey shore, and oh, of course, leopard bikinis. Everyone seems to come out of hiding, so get ready for a wild ride with us down the GSP (Garden State Parkway)! Read Blog
April 22, 2012
Watching the first episode made me uncomfortable; to be brutally honest I'm not in the mood to relive it all, but it is what it is, so here I am. That being said, I think I'm going to keep this blog very generic and get down to the nitty-gritty of things as the weeks progress. Baby steps, baby steps.
OK, here we go -- the cookbook comment and the apology that followed. I want you all to think; do I strike you as the type of person that would end a relationship over a shallow comment in a cookbook? The answer is no, I'm not. The cookbook was the tangible piece of evidence I needed to state my case regarding all the rumors I had been hearing for months. A rumor is a rumor, nothing more, but when you see something written in black and white, there's no denying the truth. The worst part is when the opportunity arose to discuss the comment, I was looked right in the face and lied to. No accountability, no remorse. That was my ah-hah moment -- the truth was revealed and I made a decision, end of story. Again watch and read between the lines. I'm aware that some of you won't agree with my decision, and quite frankly that's fine. This is how I feel, and I'm standing by it. Let me know in September if you agree with me. By then you will have had a pretty good idea of where I'm coming from. Read Blog Via News Release:
BRAVO IS #1 CABLE NETWORK AMONG ADULTS 18-49 AND EARNS BEST SUNDAY IN NETWORK HISTORY AMONG ALL KEY DEMOS
- Bravo ranked as the #1 cable network among adults 18-49 on Sunday, delivering its best Sunday in network history among all key demos, according to Nielsen. “
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey” season four earned the most watched season premiere ever with three million total viewers following part three of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion which scored an impressive 3.2 million total viewers and 2.2 million adults 18-49
- Rounding out the successful night, "Watch What Happens Live" delivered its highest rated episode of the season with 1.9 million total viewers and 1.1 million adults 18- 49.
