Melissa Gorga previews ‘big explosions’ in the next season of ‘RHONJ’.
Get ready to have some fun flipping the table, Bravo fans!
Melissa Gorga told Page Six in a new exclusive interview that fans of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” should anticipate “big bursts” of drama when the long-running reality series returns for season 12.
“It is definitely insane. There are moments in there [where] I was like, ‘Wow, I thought we were over that,’ especially when you think that everyone is happy now and in love, ”she said, pointing to sister-in-law Teresa Giudice’s relationship with her new fiancé, Luis“ Louie Ruelas.
“So you see things explode and you think, ‘Where did that come from ?!’” Gorga continued. ‘[It’s] very comparable to the initial seasons that we all remember. ”
When the going got tough among the women of “RHONJ,” the host of the “On Display” podcast revealed that Ruelas, 46, often stepped in to curtail Giudice’s passionate outbursts.
“I definitely think he’s trying to convince her to have more common sense. So when she’s losing control, and you’ll actually see it in the next season, when she starts going to the other side, he brings her back and says, ‘Wow, these women are right. You have to listen to them, ‘” Gorga said.
“I’m like, ‘Where have you been all of our lives?'”
Although the cast member of “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” said that she and Ruelas “get along very, very well”, the businessman was “put in danger” during filming as part of his initiation into Gorga-mixing. Giudice. (Gorga is married to Giudice’s brother, Joe Gorga, with whom she shares three children: Antonia, 16, Gino, 14, and Joey, 11.)
“You see: it has to happen [it]. And you see, I’m like, ‘No passes,’ ”he recounted. “Welcome to the family.”
Ruelas, who shares two children with his ex-wife Marissa DiMartino, proposed to Giudice, 49, during a romantic vacation in Greece in October. The “RHONJ” veteran shares four daughters – Gia, 20, Gabriella, 17, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 12 – with ex-husband Joe Giudice.
Melissa went on to say that viewers will also get a closer look at her marriage to 42-year-old Joe, who experienced its fair share of challenges in season 11. The Envy by Melissa Gorga boutique owner was memorably enraged at her husband for related engagements. with his career. who interrupted his domestic duties.
“It is difficult for him and I understand it. I think it was a big change, but I practically said it … like, ‘This is my life, this is my career. I love you, I love my children, I love my family, but I’m not going to stop, ” he explained, and stated that their 17 years as husbands make them the“ oldest couple of’ housewives.”
Melissa, who joined “New Jersey” in season 3 of 2011, admitted that it is “not easy” to maintain a healthy marriage on reality TV.
“But at the end of the day, nothing is more important to us than having happy children and being home and having that family. We know that it can be lost very easily. And we don’t want to lose ourselves, ”he said.
“We got lost a time or two … We thought, ‘Wow, it’s happening, okay? It’s happening. We’re going to get it going and focus on what really matters. ‘ And that’s what we did “.
Bravo has yet to announce the premiere date for season 12 of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Melissa, Teresa, Dolores Catania, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, and Jackie Goldschneider are expected to return.
In the meantime, you can catch Melissa on “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” now available to stream on Peacock.