Melissa Gorga has no expectations when it comes to returning for the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
In a May 2025 interview with The New York Times, the RHONJ veteran was asked if she is “expecting to be part of Season 15.”
“Whatever Bravo decides, I’m good with,” Gorga replied. “If this was my last round with Housewives, I can hold my head up high. I’m proud of how I handled myself; how I navigated a lot of the trials and tribulations. It’s not easy to do that with all the different o pinions and everybody watching.”
The 14th season of RHONJ starred Gorga, Teresa Giudice, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania, Jennifer Aydin, Danielle Cabral, and Rachel Fuda. Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler appeared as “friends of.” The show has been on “pause” since mid-2024 with a revamp in the works amid a cast divide.
Melissa Gorga Says She Has No Relationship With Teresa Giudice
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In the interview, Gorga was asked what her relationship with her long-estranged sister-in-law, Giudice, looks like now that the group has been off-camera for so long. “We have no relationship,” Gorga confirmed.
Giudice’s only recent “interaction” with Gorga seems to be a cryptic post on X that read, “You’re welcome” after Gorga announced her new sprinkle cookie business. The feuding exes once had an argument over sprinkle cookies, and it turned into a RHONJ storyline.
During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live,” Gorga responded to Giudice’s “you’re welcome” post. “Well, she’s welcome for giving her someone to hate on for the last decade. So, she’s welcome!” Gorga said.
After WWHL host Andy Cohen noted, “You’ve both done so much for each other,” Gorga replied, “We really have.”
Melissa Gorga Is Prepared for Anything That Happens With RHONJ
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Casting news for the 15th season of RHONJ is long overdue. There is speculation that either Gorga or Giudice will have to go in order for the show to go on.
“I am prepared for anything at this point, obviously because of all the rumors that are out there,” Gorga said on the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast in late 2024. “I am fully prepared for anything.”
Addressing her fractured relationship with Giudice and how it has impacted the show, Gorga added, “Her and I are two extremely different characters, so to speak, on the show. So, if Bravo decides to go that route and kind of, like, the darker route, then I need to say that is not a show that I want to be on anyway.”
“I do not want to be on that toxic [expletive],” she continued. “As long as you know she is there and that whole thing would come back, I wouldn’t find it as a loss. I also want to say, like, I’ve had a 14-year run … You can’t do it forever. You don’t go and be on a TV show for 50 [or] 20 years. I mean, I’ve been on for 14 years.”
Gorga clarified that she still hoped to be asked back to the show.
More recently, she spoke on her “On Display” podcast to predict that the show will return with a “hybrid” cast. “I believe there will be some new, some old [cast members], I do not think they’re gonna revamp the whole show,” the RHONJ star said.
