Watch: The Real Story Behind Teresa Giudice and Joe Gorga’s Reconciliation
This girls trip hit its first bump in the road.
Indeed, Vicki Gunvalson and Teresa Giudice quickly butted heads during the premiere episode of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th while reminiscing about 20 years of Housewives drama—which has included more than a few legal sagas.
“The past 15 years, I know everybody thinks ‘I’m on TV and it’s so fun,'” Giudice told the confessional cameras during the Aug. 9 season six premiere. “It’s not fun.”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star looked back on her 11 months while chatting with costars Porsha Williams, Kyle Richards and Luann de Lesseps about their journeys on Bravo.
“I’ve gone away,” Giudice explained during a yacht ride in Orange County. “I signed a refinance that my ex-husband told me to sign, he used my credit. Never in a million years did I think I was going to go to jail for that.”
As she recalled it was financial decisions made by now-ex Joe Giudice—who served 41 months before being deported to Italy—while running a construction and mortgage business that led her to face “mortgage fraud.”
As she put it, “He didn’t pay taxes for 10 years. So the government came knocking on our door.”
And while most of the Skinny Italian author’s costars expressed empathy for Giudice’s side of the story, Gunvalson had a different take. Especially as the reality star prides herself on running her life insurance company, Coto Insurance.
“I never want to know any of this!” Gunvalson remarked amid a physical reaction to Giudice’s explanation. “I pay my taxes on time, all the time, no penalties, no interest, no nothing.”
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In fact, the Real Housewives of Orange County OG offered to school Giudice for her future business endeavors, adding, “You might have a financial lesson later sometime this week.”
And while Gunvalson was resolute in her opinion, she ultimately found common ground with Giudice. After all, the RHOC personality once faced serious allegations due to ex-partner Brooks Ayers‘ admittedly showing forged medical documents on RHOC.
“I get what she’s saying. You were the product of what happened,” Gunvalson conceded. “But it gets complicated when there’s a business involved, and you always have to file your taxes.”
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As for whether Giudice and Gunvalson can past their awkward moment on the rest of the road trip, the Special Forces alum confessed she wasn’t entirely convinced.
“If Vicki keeps poking the bear,” Giudice said, “who knows I might be flipping her off this boat. We don’t know.”
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To see where Giudice, Gunvalson and more sit on E!’s ranking of the best Housewives to grace Bravo, keep reading.
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