Teresa Giudiceis nudgingMelissa Gorgato turn up the heat with her husband.
On Wednesday’s episode ofWatch What Happens Livewith Andy Cohen,The Real Housewives of New Jerseystar told the host that she believes Melissa, 42, “should just give” her brother,Joe Gorga, “more attention,” after Cohen asked what her sister-in-law could do to “ease Joe’s fear that she’s growing out of him.”
She added, “Maybe she needs to go back to how she was when they first were together.”
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Teresa Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga.Paul Zimmerman/Getty
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Joe, who has been married to the Envy boutique owner since 2004, opened up about the differences he has noticed lately when it comes to their marriage during an April episode ofRHONJ.
“We used to be so attached and I’m still like that,” he told a group includingMargaret Josephs, her husband, Joe,Jackie Goldschneiderand Jackie’s husband, Evan, after they all went out to dinner. “She’s just changed. You turned into this different businesswoman.”
“It started a couple of years ago with Envy,” Melissa said in a confessional. “I’m not home as much as I used to be. I have to go toFashion Week. I have to go to trade shows. I have appearances, red carpets. If it were up to him, I would just cook and clean and I’ll be here at 4 with your dinner.”
“Maybe we grew apart. It’s just life,” Joe told Melissa, saying later in reference to his wife, “Theproblem is, she’s changed a little. For me, it bothers me. I want to be loved. Is that a problem?”
Melissa and Joe Gorga.Jason Koerner/Getty
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During the season finale ofRHONJon Wednesday,Melissa defended her husbandafter Margaret, 54, called him a “chauvinist,” saying in part, “Whatever battle I’m going through, I’m handling. I’m a wife, I’m a mother of three, I’ve raised a full family and it’s hard for me to just flip a switch and go you know what, I’m going to be different!”
“No matter how annoyed I am with Joe, I will lose my mind if someone pisses me off and comes for Joe,” she added in a confessional. “Even though I want to kill him right now, I’ll still lose my mind.”
“I don’t need anyone calling my husband a male chauvinistic f—ing pig. He is, he acts like it sometimes but I don’t want to hear you f—-ing two say it,” she told Margaret andDolores Catania. “I’m dealing with a lot, give me a little f—ing slack ‘cause whatever you think I’m dealing with, It’s probably more.”
“I am worried what will come between the two of you if this is not fixed and you know what, the sad part is usually that a man has to see what he’ll lose before he can change the way he thinks. I don’t know what else to say,” said Dolores, 50.
Part 1 ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseyseason 11 reunion will air Wednesday, May 19 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, with part 2 following at the same time on May 26.
source: people.com
