Teresa Giudiceis opening up about her former marriage toJoe GiudiceonReal Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.
“The first time I left my kids is, like, when I went away when I went to jail. That was like the hardest thing. … [I was there for] 11 and a half months,” theReal Housewives of New Jerseystar said while speaking to costarCynthia Bailey. “I came home, three months later, Joe went in and then he never came home.”
Teresa said she “thought it was going to work out” between the pair, but she got “so resentful” after her mom passed away.
“I lost time with my mom and if I didn’t go away, I would have never lost that time. And then when he got out, I was like, ‘When I see him, this will be my true test,'” she said.
Teresa admitted she “didn’t feel anything” when the pair reunited.
“I hate to even say this. He laid on top of me [one night] but, like, with our clothes on, and he was trying to kiss me, and I just couldn’t even open my mouth,” she said. “I was just … disconnected.”
Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice.getty images
In a confessional, Teresa said the former couple’s marriage “could not survive” after the hardships they endured.
Teresa and Joefinalized their divorcein September 2020 after 20 years of marriage. Currently, Joe is living in his native Italy following hispost-prison deportation.
Teresa has sincemoved onwithLuis “Louie” Ruelas, to whom shegot engagedin October when he popped the question during the couple’s trip to Greece.
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Recently, Teresa revealed how Joe feels about her relationship with Reulas.
“Theylike each other,” she said onThe Kelly Clarkson ShowMonday. “We went to the Bahamas and wewent to go see Joe, and Louie DM’ed Joe behind my back. I didn’t even know. He’s like, ‘We’re coming out there. I would like for us to all have dinner.'”
“We went out to the Bahamas because Joe is living six months in the Bahamas and six months in Italy,” she continued. “So we had dinner with him and it went really well. Joe thinks Louie’s a great guy.”
The first three episodes ofReal Housewives Ultimate Girls Tripare now streaming on Peacock.
source: people.com
