Teresa Giudiceis speaking out following her explosive argument withJackie Goldschneiderduring the season 11 premiere ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.
On Wednesday night’s episode, the Bravo costars met atMargaret Josephs' home to clear the air after Goldschneider, 44, learned that Giudice, 48, wasspreading rumorsthat Goldschneider’s husband,Evan, was cheating on her.
But the conversation quickly went south when Giudice refused to share who she heard the rumor from, leading Goldschneider to come up with an analogy about Giudice’s 20-year-old daughter,Gia.
Comparing repeating seemingly baseless rumors about someone’s husband cheating to saying she “heard that Gia snorts coke in the bathroom at parties,” Goldschneider asked Giudice: “How is that not the same thing?”
Teresa Giudice (L); Jackie Goldschneider.Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty (2)
The comment — which Goldschneider has since said was"simply an analogy"— caused Giudice to storm out of Josephs' home while spewing expletives at the mom of four on her way out.
“I think anybody that would say something like that about someone else’s child is disgraceful,” Giudice toldEntertainment Tonightafter the episode. “As a lawyer, not smart. Just saying! Not smart at all.”
Giudice continued, “She tries to act like she’s this person you could speak to, and she’s a lawyer and all this. A lawyer and being so smart, that was the worst analogy possible. And being a mom of four? Very bad move.”
Gia and Teresa Giudice.
“Listen, the rumor was out there,” Giudice toldET. “It’s not like I made it up. It was out there. I’m not saying it’s true, I’m not saying it’s not true. I just wanted her to know — from a girl’s girl — that it was out there, and she should do something about it.”
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Cast ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo
That said, Giudice did admit that she was drinking at the party, which influenced her decision to bring up the rumor.
“I was drinking a lot of tequila and then, I don’t know, I was looking at her, and this is how I work … I’m very spontaneous, something just clicked in my brain and I was telling my girlfriends,” she said. “It’s not like I was telling strangers. We’re all in the same circle.”
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In an interview withPage Six, Goldschneider — who shares Jonas, 12, Adin, 12, Hudson, 10, and daughter Alexis, 10, with her husband — said that it was “unfortunate” that Giudice “didn’t understand” her analogy about Gia.
“Clearly, I’m not trying to say anything about anyone’s children, but just the fact that there was such an explosive response to an analogy that used your child’s name … Do you understand, now, how I feel?” she said.
Goldschneider also said she was really “proud” of the way she handled the blowout.
“Across the board, I think, husbands and children should be off-limits, but once it went there, I’m proud of the way that Evan and I handled everything together,” she said. “I’m proud of us.”
The Real Housewives of New Jerseyairs Wednesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
source: people.com
