On the surface, Teresa Giudice and Jen Shah have a lot in common.
Both are stars of the Real Housewives franchise and both have faced lawsuits for rather serious financial crimes.
In 2014, Teresa was sentenced to 15 months in prison for her role in a bankruptcy fraud scheme.
Just a few days ago, Shah was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison for organizing his own type of fraud scheme…
With Shah reportedly bawling her out of this court decision, could Teresa have some advice for her fellow Bravo personalities?
“I mean, you gotta try to keep it together when you’re out there,” the 50-year-old said on the Jan. 11 episode of her Namaste B$tches podcast.
“That’s all you can do. I mean, I know my kids know I’m not doing anything. Joe told them.
Not many specifics from Giudice, probably because she keeps thinking she looks like Jen Shah.
“I’m not going to steal anybody’s money,” Teresa told co-host Melissa Pfeister. “I will not do that. I will not do that. That’s terrible.”
Of course, one could argue that lying to the government about finances – as Teresa admitted years ago – is right. is stealing money from other Americans because Teresa and her ex-husband avoided paying taxes on the correct income on time.
But we can still see Teresa’s point here.
Shah pleaded guilty in July to lying directly to individuals over the phone in order to collect personal information and sell it to the highest bidder.
“I’m sorry,” Shah said in court earlier this month, adding:
“My actions hurt innocent people. I want to apologize by saying, I am doing everything I can to get the funds to pay the restitution…
“My long-unaddressed mental issues caused me to create a broken reality. This was an important moment for me.”
“With the right medication, I can now see what’s going on. I wish I had stood outside myself. I’m sorry.”
Teresa and her ex – who was deported to Italy in 2019 after serving his own prison sentence – share their daughters Gia, 22, Gabriella, 18, Milania, 16, and Audriana, 14.
“When you steal [from] people and kids can read this, and be like, ‘Mom, why are you doing this?’ What do you tell your children?” Giudice asked on her podcast about Shah’s actions.
Teresa was released from jail after serving 11 of 15 months in December 2015.
Before that, he was also asked about Todd Chrisley and what that reality star should expect when they reporting to the prison, Teresa replied:
“It will be very difficult, but he has to do his best…