Teresa Giudice accused Margaret Josephs of working with Luis Ruelas‘ ex in her restraining order case against him on Sunday’s episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
As Dolores Catania, 53, admitted that Teresa, 52, was “a mess” amid the court battle and Jennifer Aydin, 47, confronted Teresa about her lack of support, Jennifer Fessler, 53, and Rachel Fuda, 33, made amends and Teresa spoke to daughter Gia Giudice, 23, about why she hates Margaret, 57, so much.
“Luis has been in court with his ex now for the past three years and recently, she filed a restraining order, claiming Luis has been harassing her. So basically, she’s been trying to ruin his reputation. You don’t do that. You don’t put lies out there about someone and try to hurt them in any way,” Teresa shared in a cast confessional on the July 21 episode of RHONJ, admitting the “really stressful” legal drama had given her headaches.
“The reason why I hate Margaret so much is because she’s been a part of this. She’s been behind it, talking to Luis’ ex the whole time — and we have proof of it,” Teresa continued.
While Teresa admitted that she couldn’t move on from the case until it was over, Gia said she believed it would be an “I told you moment” about Margaret once the case was closed — and that everyone would see the truth, including Fessler.
Also during the conversation, Gia spoke to her mom about studying for her LSAT for her goal of becoming a lawyer, and Teresa seemed very proud of her daughter.
“If Gia wants to become a lawyer, she becomes a lawyer. Whatever her heart desires,” Teresa said, adding that her ex-husband Joe Giudice did not graduate from high school and got his GED instead, while she only went to college for two years.
“And my vocabulary is not that great. It’s okay, look at my kids,” Teresa stated.
Meanwhile, as Dolores and Fessler looked back on the fun they had in Ireland, Dolores said she was upset the cast’s good times were short-lived as she confessed to feeling frustrated with the way Aydin came at Teresa at her podcast event.
“There’s a couple of things that upset me in that moment. Teresa is a mess. She weighs about three pounds. On the way there, Teresa called me, she’s like, ‘I have anxiety beyond anxiety,’ and she goes, ‘If I pass out, please call 911. I’m not good,'” Dolores recalled.
Although Dolores noted that Aydin had “every right” to be upset with Teresa, she felt her timing was off.
“It’s taken the life out of Teresa,” Dolores shared of Luis’ case in a cast confessional. “Teresa alone can handle anything, but I think Luis gets worked up and Teresa feeds off that, and now, worrying about Luis and what’s going on with Luis is killing her.”
Also looking back at the podcast event, Aydin called out Teresa during a one-on-one sit-down.
“She f*cking ripped me a new one and you guys didn’t even say anything,” Aydin alleged, signaling Danielle Cabral‘s verbal attack.
“I’m sorry about that. I was, like, shocked too. [And] I was not gonna start fighting with anybody,” Teresa explained. “I had to get back out there and do a Q&A and take photos so I was not gonna ruin my night and get into it with her because who knows how she was gonna react?”
Still, Aydin felt her longtime friend should’ve had her back.
“I felt so alone [that night],” she stated. “The reason everybody always says how I defend you and how I go to bat and I’m your solider or whatever is because when I see people saying sh*tty things about my friend, I don’t roll with that. Even at the Tulum party, you didn’t say a word.”
According to Aydin, she always has Teresa’s back, even when Teresa doesn’t ask her to, and expects the same in return.
“When I see you altercating with somebody, you never ask me to butt in and I jump in because that’s my personality. Maybe that’s my fault. Maybe I need to stop doing that. I know you’re really stressed out with the court case, but I need a friend. I ride or die for you. I f*cking love you,” Aydin shared.
Then, after Teresa insisted she was ride or die for Aydin too, Aydin said, “I just would like to feel it.”
Also on Sunday’s episode, Rachel and Fessler made amends at Rachel’s slumber party after Rachel admitted to being annoyed at Fessler discussing Teresa’s drama with John Fuda.
“You knew I was defending him,” Fessler stated, insisting she “didn’t bring them up.”
While Rachel wished Fessler had pulled her aside, Fessler said she felt disrespected and hurt by Rachel ignoring her text, which prompted Rachel to apologize.
“I feel like the toxicity of this group is contagious and Rachel and I caught it,” Jennifer concluded in a cast confessional.
