Getty Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga in 2022.
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” alum Caroline Manzo commented on rumors her former co-star Joe Gorga and his wife Melissa Gorga may not remain on the cast after the show’s thirteenth season.
While recording the May 1 episode of the “Behind The Velvet Rope” podcast, Manzo shared that she does not think casting decisions for season 14 have been made. She explained she believes Bravo executives will wait to do so until the entirety of RHONJ season 13 airs.
“Listen, you are not going to know what’s happening until the last — it’s a Hail Mary pass, you don’t know what is going to happen until this show airs,” said Manzo. “And how it’s received and what the people at Bravo are thinking when they sit around their table and discuss things. There are so many moving parts to this.”
The “Manzo’d with Children” star said that since fans have not seen the season 13 reunion, “so much more can happen.”
“It’s a fool’s game to suggest that at this point,” said the former RHONJ star.
Melissa Gorga Addressed Theories She Will Not Come Back to ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’
Melissa Gorga commented on theories that she may not star in RHONJ season 14 in an April 2023 U.S. Sun interview. “I do not know what Bravo’s going to decide. I have no idea,” she said regarding contract renewal.
According to the publication, in an April 2023 “Radio Andy” episode, Bravo producer Andy Cohen revealed that Teresa Giudice and her sister-in-law did not hold back when interacting with each other during the production of the season 13 reunion, filmed on April 20. As fans are aware, the “Skinny Italian” author and Melissa Gorga have been open about their issues with each other, which worsened after the Gorgas decided to not attend the August 2022 wedding of Giudice and her husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas.
“I’ve got to tell you, the level, I won’t even say vitriol, I will just say hate between Teresa and Melissa, it’s — I mean, the gloves are off,” shared Cohen. “I’ve never seen anything like it. And the way the two of them were going back and forth, it was that thing of neither wanted the other to have the last word in any petty fight.”
Melissa Gorga Revealed She Wanted ‘to Be Very Prepared’ for the Season 13 Reunion
During an April 2023 “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” interview, Gorga shared that she was getting ready for the season 13 reunion special. She suggested that she wanted to be able to refute claims made by Giudice.
“I want to be very prepared, I want to have my receipts this time, because I haven’t felt like I need to have receipts in a very long time but I feel like there’s a lot of accusations that aren’t true,” said the 44-year-old.
The mother of three also reacted to Giudice’s claim she had “daddy issues” following the death of her father, Anthony John Marco, when she was 16 years old in season 13, episode 8. Gorga said she took issue with the comment because she “like[s] to be the only one who says [she has] daddy issues.” The reality television star also said she believes Giudice would have been incensed if she said a similar remark.
“God forbid, if I ever said something like that when she lost someone when she was almost 50, it would be like hell froze over, but I was a 16-year-old girl,” said Gorga.
The RHONJ personality also revealed that she feels relieved now that she is no longer trying to mend her relationship with Giudice.
“All I ever wanted to do was please and try to be accepted by the family,” she said. “And I could never understand why I wasn’t.”