The Real Housewives of New Jersey.Photo: Andrew Eccles/Bravo
Teresa Giudiceand sister-in-lawMelissa Gorgaaren’t giving any indication the end to their long-standing feud is in sight.
The Real Housewives of New Jerseystars exchange jabs in the Bravo show’s season 13 opening credits, which were first unveiled on Thursday.
“You’ll never see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air,” Gorga, 43, says as her new tagline, alluding to her rocky history with her sister-in-law.
Giudice, 50, also doesn’t mince words when weighing in on the family drama, sharing, “Blood may be thicker than water, but it’s harder to clean when it spills,” perEntertainment Tonight.
In addition to the battling in-laws, the clip introduces new cast members Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda.
Cabral, 37, lays her cards out: “I may be over the top, but I’d rather be bougie than basic,” while Fuda, 31, says, “I’m too busy running a business to care about yours.”
Returning cast membersDolores Catania,Margaret JosephsandJennifer Aydinalso reveal their taglines.
Catania, 52, is ready to hold her own onRHONJ, saying, “This Jersey girl has the luck of the Irish, and nobody’s screwing with my pot of gold.”
Josephs, 55, is warning her costars that she is better as a friend than foe, explaining, “I’m a loyal friend — and a lethal enemy,” and Aydin, 45, says provocatively, “Payback’s a bitch, so start barking.”
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RHONJfans can expect the Giudice-Gorga family feud to continue on the new season of the Bravo show after Teresa opened up to PEOPLE last month about feeling"ambushed"when Melissa and her husbandJoe Gorga, who is Giudice’s younger brother, joined the cast ofRHONJback in season 3.
“I would’ve never sucker-punched them like that because I don’t roll like that. If they were on a show, I would’ve never went on there and hurt them the way they hurt me. That’s not my style. That’s not the person I am. If anything, I would’ve got my own thing, because I’m always that. I always like to be different.”
While some of the tension between the trio stemmed from the legal troubles that Teresa and her ex-husbandJoe Giudicefaced years ago, more recent drama was centered around Teresa and husbandLuis “Louie” Ruelas’s treatment of Joe and Melissa.
Teresa Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga.Paul Zimmerman/Getty
In May, the siblings got into an explosive fight during theRHONJseason 12 reunion after theSkinny Italianauthor called Joe a “bitch boy” and dismissively compared him to a Housewife. The argumentgot so intense between the two siblingsthat Joe walked off stage, threatening to"quit" the Bravo franchise.
Giudice laterclaimed she had apologizedand mended things with her brother, but that was only the start of what was to come between them. In early August, PEOPLE confirmed that the Gorgas wouldn’t be at Giudice’s wedding toLuis “Louie” Ruelas. (By that point, theRHONJOG had already confirmed that Melissawould not be a bridesmaidin her wedding.)
Two sources said Melissa and Joe backed out of attending two days before the ceremony when false rumors about their marriage surfaced amid filming. Both Teresa and Louie’s actions at the time ultimately influenced the Gorgas' decision.
“Teresa betrayed themin a way that’s unforgivable,” one source said. “They’re not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs.”
Joe and Melissa have since spoken out about skipping the wedding on their podcast, with Melissa calling it “unfortunate” and Joe admitting it was “one of the hardest days of my life.”
“It was bad,” he added. “But listen: let’s go back tothe reunion. She did this, you know? This was all on her. This is what she really wanted. She didn’t want [Melissa] in the wedding, she didn’t want any of my children in the wedding, she barely wanted me.”
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Ahead ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey’s season 13 returns at 8 p.m. ET on Feb. 7, Bravo is airing a “Family Issues” retrospective special Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
