Melissa Gorga it’s slamming Luis Ruelas and his wife, Theresa Judgeto stab Joe Gorga in the middle of the wrong business deal.
Next The Real Housewives of New Jersey fans learn Luis lost $ 250,000 investment he made into what has become a pizza oven business with Gorgas and Teresa, Teresa admits that she advised Luis against the idea as Melissa threw the main shade.
“I told him not to do it and he believed my brother,” Teresa said in the March 28 episode of RHONJ: After Show. “Why is my brother angry? He didn’t lose money. Luis lost his money. If anything, Luis should be angry.
But while Teresa doesn’t know about Joe’s problems, Melissa labels the “pizza gate” as the “beginning of the end” for her family, noting that it’s “another secret she’s been keeping for him.”
“This is the beginning of Joe seeing Luis sideways… Who stabbed his brother in the back like that?” he asked, apparently blaming Teresa for the demise of the business. “That hurts… It’s just confusing.”
Then, when Rachel Fuda wondering if Teresa ever told Joe directly about it, Melissa confirmed she did.
“He told her, ‘Don’t tell this story to anyone.’ And he said, ‘Okay.’ And he didn’t and he didn’t let me talk and I didn’t and then he was told,” explained Melissa. “It’s like, you keep making me look like a bad person. Then I have to defend myself once and for all.”
according to Margaret Josephs, Gorgas told them not to talk about “pizza gate” because they agreed they didn’t want to make Teresa and Luis look bad. However, according to Teresa, she is the one protecting Joe.
“I don’t want my brother to look like sh-t. I’m not trying to make my brother look bad,” Teresa explained.
As for what actually happened in between, Jennifer Aydin suggested that after Luis invested a lot of money, he told Joe, who wanted 50% equity, claiming the company was an idea, “You know what, since you didn’t invest, I’ll just give you a percentage of the company.”
“And Joe Gorga didn’t like it,” he said.
Meanwhile, in his own part of RHONJ: After Show, Jen Fessler and Jackie Goldschneider discussing Luis’ wealth or lack thereof.
“Luis is very rich, [so maybe it’s] it’s better not to cut your future brother-in-law,” said Jen.
“Is he very rich?” Jackie replied. “I don’t know about that. I haven’t worked in a long time.”
Jackie then makes fun of the Cartier bracelet Luis bought his daughter Teresa for Christmas, joking that she’s “Schmartier.”
“I mean, the box is definitely unreal,” he added.
Looking back at what happened between the Gorgas and Teresa and Luis, Jackie said it “went out of nowhere.”
“Nobody knows what’s wrong. Like, January 2021, we’re good. And in April, we’re not. And in March, I think there’s a pizza gate,” he recalled.
Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.