Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Melissa and Joe Gorga reveal why they snubbed Teresa Giudice’s wedding: ‘She really didn’t want us there’-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga skipped Teresa Giudice’s wedding (Picture: Getty)

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga and husband Joe have broken their silence on why they snubbed Teresa Giudice’s lavish wedding.

The RHONJ OG married Luis Ruelas in a stunning ceremony over the weekend, surrounded by friends, Bravo co-stars and most of their loved ones.

However, while the bride’s hairdo totally stole the show, many questioned why her beloved brother and sister-in-law were not among the guests.

Amid speculation concerning Joe and Teresa’s relationship, and what this could mean for the siblings going forward, the dad-of-three shared his side of the story with his wife.

On the latest episode of Melissa’s On Display podcast, she began: ‘Obviously we did not attend your sister’s wedding. We have a laundry list of reasons in our heads [of] why. I will let all my listeners know this — obviously, there was something that went down at the finale of filming The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

‘Those exact details, I obviously cannot say today. Anything that we have filmed is something that I am not able to talk about.

Teresa and Luis got married over the weekend – but not everyone was in attendance (Picture: Instagram)

‘I can full-on tell you that no one, yet, has the full entire story. The full story is not out there yet.’

Addressing the rumors surrounding their non-appearance, she continued: ‘I am not going to sit here and say that there wasn’t drama, that it wasn’t crazy. Yes, there was a little aggression from certain people that could have been a little scary. There definitely were moments.

‘There was plenty of reason for Joe and I to say it would be very strange — including everyone in that room, by the way — to look at Joe and I to say like, “Yes, it would be very strange for you guys to just be sitting in the pews tomorrow, wishing them well on their wedding day.” It would be strange.’

Joe insisted that there was ‘no jealousy’ from their end to his sister with Melissa insisting that they were ‘very hurt’ to sit out the wedding.

Melissa and Joe decided to skip the ceremony for a ‘laundry list’ of reasons (Picture: Getty)

‘It was so, so hard for me. Here you are as my only sister, my only blood,’ the real estate developer continued. ‘We don’t have a big family, we don’t have a lot of cousins, we lost our parents. To me, it was devastating.

‘[Skipping the wedding] was one of the hardest days of my life. It was bad. But listen, let’s go back to the reunion. She did this. This was all on her. This is what she really wanted. She didn’t want you [Melissa] in the wedding.

‘She didn’t want any of my children in the wedding. She barely wanted me. I was asked, after all this information went out, to be in a wedding. And that’s what saddens me.

‘She really didn’t want us there. Now all these things that happened behind closed doors, all these things we’ve been holding in … We forgave, we moved on.’

Teresa and Luis started dating in 2020 (Picture: Backgrid)

Melissa cryptically suggested that they had ‘covered up a lot of things’ that they know, and ‘stay zipped’ because they want Teresa to be happy.

She added: ‘We both will always love Teresa very much and hope that she has everything she wants now and that her girls are happy. And that this is Teresa’s happily ever after.’

As Joe concluded: ‘She looked amazing. The girls looked amazing. The place looked amazing. And she’s been through a lot. I just want her happy. That’s all I want. Her to be happy. So it looked like a fairy tale wedding and I’m so proud of her.’

Despite Joe and Melissa – who have had a tumultuous relationship with the reality icon – deciding to sit the nuptials out, they will be able to catch up on all the gossip from the comfort of their own sofas, as Bravo filmed the wedding for an upcoming wedding special.

Teresa’s hair totally stole the show (Picture: Splash)

A string of familiar faces did take up the invite, including the bride’s New Jersey castmates and fellow Bravolebrities Kenya Moore and Cynthia Bailey, who appeared on season one Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip with her.

Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks joined her former co-stars, with New York stars Dorinda Medley and Jill Zarin, Potomac favorite Ashley Darby and Chanel Ayan also in attendance.

Teresa and Luis first started dating in 2020, with their romance playing out on our screens for the last two seasons.

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They got engaged last year, and have been busy planning the wild ceremony ever since.

Before the ceremony, the cook book author was previously married to Joe Giudice, who she shares children Gia, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana with.

Their 20-year marriage fell apart at the end of 2019, with their divorce granted the following year.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Teresa’s reps for a comment.

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