elissa Gorga will be a cast member on Bravo’s newly announced “Wife Swap” reality show, according to one of her former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” co-stars.
In May 2025 interview with OK magazine, Kim DePaola claimed that Gorga will “officially” join “Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition.”
Per Bravo’s logline, the new show will feature “Real Housewives” couples swapping spouses. “When a ‘Real Housewife’ takes off her stilettos and steps into a real housewife’s shoes, all bets are off as two of entertainment’s most iconic franchises are mashed up leading to laugh-out-loud moments, personal epiphanies and an opportunity to see if the grass is truly greener,” came a teaser from the network.
Kim DePaola Revealed What She Knows About the New Show
DePaola was a recurring cast member on RHONJ for six seasons, and she appears to still be very much in the know about the behind-the-scenes.
Speaking with OK, DePaola dished, “A few months ago, I said that three of the women from RHONJ were given promise letters to show the network was still interested in them. I can tell you, officially, they executed on one of those letters by giving Melissa a spot on ‘Wife Swap.’”
“What I didn’t say at the time was that with the promise letters, came money,” DePaola continued. “The money Melissa’s being paid came out of the money the network had pre-paid her as a token of good faith to show they were interested in her.”
