Melissa and her hubby Joe tell HollywoodLife.com that Teresa’s drama is just too ‘stressful.’ They want to ‘enjoy’ Christmas this year.
After last year’s big dramatic Christmas brawl, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga isn’t sure if she wants to celebrate Christmas with her sister-in-law Teresa Giudice this year.
“It’s yet to be determined,” Melissa told HollywoodLife.com exclusively at the Reeve Foundation Magical Evening Gala at NYC’s Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 30. “Sometimes when something stresses you out and when you have to think to hard about something, sometimes it’s better to stay away for a little while.”
Melissa’s husband and Teresa’s brother Joe Gorga doesn’t want to have to deal with the drama. “There’s certain things you just can’t forgive and forget,” he admitted. “It’s a holiday. You want to enjoy it. You want to be happy. You don’t want to be aggravated. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I want to be happy.”
It sounds like Teresa is actually the one that’s continuing the family feud. “If it were up to me, we would be together every single Christmas Eve,” shares Melissa. “Our children would be opening presents together. We’d be sharing every single Christmas together.”
But the drama from RHONJ season three just hasn’t been put to rest yet. “I just really hope that we can all work this out,” confesses Melissa. “We all have such amazing opportunities here. We’re all great people. Everyone’s talented. Everyone has amazing families. We all just need to let it go and work it out. It’s the holidays and that’s it. I don’t want to say anything else. We really need to work it out.”
Unlike last year, there won’t be any cameras filming the Gorgas’ holiday celebrations. “Thank you Jesus,” Melissa says. “This year is going to be a little private, which I’m looking forward to.”
- Lindsey DiMattina
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Truth
Posted at 4:36 PM on December 15, 2011
Give it up, Gorga’s. I don’t know what parts are fake and what’s not, but Melissa is 100% fake! They wanted fame, regardless of the cost. His family? They have suffered regardless too, despite what parts-or who might be fake-like Melissa. His family pays the price and melissa and Joe show no remorse and feel no shame. We’ve watched that tragedy and that’s real.
Over It
Posted at 12:12 AM on December 13, 2011
This show is getting as fake as wrestling. Everything that comes out of their mouths is BS designed to manipulate the public to buy whatever crap CD or liquor they’re selling that day.
Toni
Posted at 4:55 PM on December 11, 2011
To those that think it’s all Melissa’s doing, please folks haven’t you all been watching the show. Don’t you all see that it’s Teresa that is keeping this nonsense up, she knows she is doing this for attention because she knows now that her cousin and sister in law will be looked at the same way as Teresa was looked at in the beginning when starting to do the Housewives of NJ. It was like this to all other housewives, new comes in the rest gets jealous and very insecured of themselves because they think they need to compete with eachother, again wrong notion to go on, but that is how they are especially those who are jealous, like Teresa Vicki Tamra Nene Larsa Christy, see notice all the names I mentioned and noticed those are the ones that makes lots of noise, all because they want to be the only one noticed. I love Melissa and Kathy, love how they interact with their family. Love how Kathy’s kids are so well grounded and they love their mom & dad and how wonderful to have kids to think of their parents that is priceless. Melissa and her family with her kids are adorable you can tell she does everything for them as well for Joe, you can tell they love eachother alot and that is beautiful. You don’t see Joe Gorga making Melissa feel like shyt by talking about her on how stupid she is like Teresa’s husband, who talks nasty to Teresa, he has no respect for her because he treats her like shyt as if she is a dummy and don’t know anything. Remember, when Teresa came back from signing her friends family & Joe was there Joe was drunk and talking all kind of nonsense to Teresa and got nerve to tell Teresa to choose, phuck that I choose my family my sisters my brothers, phuck the man he is not worth shyt, NEVER NEVER PUT A MAN IN FRONT OF YOUR FAMILY & SIBLINGS. Joe doesn’t have respect for Teresa, he treats her like shyt, plain and simple.
B's
Posted at 10:01 AM on December 9, 2011
Funny that they talk about this never ending feud. Yesterday we had our Holiday lunch at the Montville Inn in NJ. We were seated downstairs in the wine cellar and Teresa and Melissa were eating lunch upstairs. They looked to be having a good time, nothing like what you see on TV. Additionally, Teresa did a book signing in Boonton, NJ after her lunch date. I wasn’t there but other friends that were there, said she’s nothing like how she appears on TV. Gotta love “reality” tv, lol.
VL
Posted at 4:24 PM on December 9, 2011
Are you sure that was Teresa? Midday yesterday she happened to tweet that she was working from home until the kids got out of school.
Laughing
Posted at 2:22 PM on December 8, 2011
You understand why Melissa is saying this? For attention, like everything else she does. She’s over. Go away, Gorga.
jjj
Posted at 5:09 PM on December 5, 2011
I can tottally understand why mellissa would say this .. she isnt saying anything bad .. why would she want to celebrate xmas with teresa and joe ? after all the things they have said about her and her brother .. teresas husband joe is the ral problem here … leave melissa alone
Aj
Posted at 4:42 PM on December 4, 2011
Melissa and Joey are desperate. Go away!
Sweet Orchid
Posted at 3:08 PM on December 2, 2011
Melissa is such a lame whore! She’s so obsessed with her SHINING STAR sister-in-law, Teresa. Melissa, you’re a pathetic has been. Quit talking about Tre every chance you get. I know you always talk about her to keep you relevant. No one ever cares about you. They only wanna know about Tre. UGLY WITCH!
And quit pretending you do everything yourself in that big house. You don’t even do anything! If you have nannies, say you have nannies. Don’t say you do everything yourself when you clearly don’t. You’re not Teresa!
Leave Tre alone!
MELISSA HAS PROBLEMS! Get help you fake, ugly witch! You have such a dark soul, it’s creeepy! No wonder why Teresa can’t stand you! I don’t blame her… She should put you in your place, but Tre doesn’t wanna waste her time on you!
Irene
Posted at 9:46 AM on December 2, 2011
Ironic she’s still doing interviews about Teresa. It’s Contradicting to the claim that she wants things to be repaired, since that would have the opposite effect.
Hope Joe sees that too. Hope he stops during this crazy storm, for a minute, and really thinks of how his sis might feel. Hope he recognizes how often she actually takes the high road in this situation and how hard that’s had to be for her at times.
dana
Posted at 8:46 AM on December 2, 2011
How an any intelligent, thinking person, after watching these episodes come up with everyone else is the porblem, except the common denominator theresa, is mind boggling. It is EVERYONE ELSE, not Theresa, this is really separating the somewhat smart, to the just downright dumb. I thank god for my ability to think!!!!
Irene
Posted at 9:38 AM on December 2, 2011
Needing to call others names as your defense…makes any intelligent, “thinking person,” think you must not have much of one. BTW, they came across more intelligent than you. To call other names, anyway? The “porblem” is yours.
Bj
Posted at 12:57 PM on December 2, 2011
Can’t be thinking to much if your posting here! welcome to the club!
JoJo73
Posted at 2:47 PM on December 3, 2011
It’s true, she IS the common denominator that marshalls and focuses all their hate for a very good reason: She is the SUCCESSFUL one. Like her, love her or despise her, she DID turn out to be the most marketable one. Caroline wanted a cook book deal, no one offered. Caroline wanted to be on CA, they didn’t want her. If Caroline’s advice were really a marketable commodity you can bet there’d be a book on life lessons or parenting or something by her, there isn’t, because it’s NOT. No one wants to hear Mel’s music. No producers or labels are knocking down her door. IF they thought she could be a money maker, they’d sign her in a second. They know she’s NOT. No publisher thinks a Kathy dessert would be marketable. The Brownstone is flailing, the Lauritas are in BKR sh*t that makes the Giudices’ problems look like they owe a couple of thousand bucks to Sears and unlike the Giudices they don’t seem to have ANY means to get out it. Most of the storylines on these shows are heavily manipulated, but I do believe the hate for her is real because THEY’RE JEALOUS.
HeideJenkins
Posted at 9:17 PM on December 1, 2011
Sure, NOW she wants to move on, after she tried to literaaly destroy Teresa and her childrens’ and their elderly grandparent’s lives. She got what she wanted at Teresa’s expense and now coyly wants everyone to “move on.” She and her husband should be ashamed of themselves-not parading around like they’re stars. They’re not! Vile.
KK
Posted at 7:36 PM on December 1, 2011
I hate the show its getting old and they are all fake. Teresa please all about money I will never see the show again. Teresa is another kate G. hate her. I hope her and Joe go to jail. The family business the resturant is in her Dads name becasue of taxes, please.
Michelle
Posted at 7:22 PM on December 1, 2011
Who is she kidding? She went on a reality show to fight with her husbands sister, and totally hurt his parents in the process… I think she talks out of both sides of her mouth, and I think people are just plain sick of it.
The show brought us together / Teresa’s drama is to stressful
I have a nanny cuz my husband works hard / I don’t have nannies I do it all myself
.. it goes on and on and on… I’m over it.
Talk is cheap. If you want to fix things with Teresa, and spend wonderful Christmas’s together, then do something about it – don’t just yap to any media outlet that will listen about it. I think Melissa should stop playing the innocent victim and own it.
If I give interview after interview about how I’m going to climb Mt. Biggest, but never actually climb, people are going to realize that I have no desire to and I’m just looking for media attention and using the mountain to get it.
Lady T
Posted at 3:51 PM on December 1, 2011
Melissa is a fake and she Joey, and her sister are real trouble. check out this sitehttp://www.allabouttrh.com/melissainterviewteresa/#more-558
Linds
Posted at 2:19 PM on December 1, 2011
Wait, I thought Melissa just did an interview claiming the show “brought them together” and that they were in a better place. Nothing has changed in the week/few days since that interview. She just wants publicity and it was a lie in the first place. The kids didn’t open presents together last Christmas Eve either and does not matter… but Melissa pretending to care is hilarious.
Oh please
Posted at 1:52 PM on December 1, 2011
Are the Gorga’s serious, is Melissa serious? They bash Teresa at every single opportunity. Melissa would spend every single Christmas together if possible? Who does she think she is fooling?
Right
Posted at 1:45 PM on December 2, 2011
Teresa’s SIL rehashes the same bull in every interview. “If it were up to me, we’d be together” crap. Teresa begged Joe and his family to stay for Christmas last year and they left and went to Teresa’s cousin’s house instead. This girl can’t keep her lies straight. She’s full of it.
Donielle
Posted at 8:52 PM on December 27, 2011
That IS true.Melissa could not wait to get to the Wakile’s “as she said,”to relax”I imagine if I knifed my sister in law in the back as often as Mel does,I’d have trouble relaxing in her home too.Teresa gets slammed by these people left and right.This is family?They need to all pull back and do an evaluation of what the real cost of this is.Their children will shoulder the burden of lives that become morally bankrupt.Teresa is a decent woman who has the unfortunate position of loving people who are not worthy of it.-D