Melissa Gorga Says She ‘Prepared’ to Leave ‘RHONJ’ Amid Casting Rumors


Melissa Gorga
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As rumors swirl in regards to the destiny of The Actual Housewives of New Jersey for season 15, Melissa Gorga is grappling with the potential of transferring on.

“I’m ready for something at this level, clearly due to all of the rumors which might be on the market,” Melissa, 45, mentioned on the Thursday, August 22, episode of the “Two T’s in a Pod” podcast. “I’m totally ready for something.”

Melissa and her sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice, didn’t communicate all through the whole thing of RHONJ season 14, and even sat in separate rooms throughout the finale recap at Rails. The drama sparked hypothesis that the Bravo present won’t proceed on with each ladies in the event that they refused to have interaction. (After all, the community doesn’t touch upon casting earlier than official information is shared.)

“I feel I’d notice that her and I are two extraordinarily completely different characters, so to talk, on the present,” Melissa instructed podcast hosts Tamra Decide and Teddi Mellencamp. “So, if Bravo decides to go that route and type of, like, the darker route, then I have to say that isn’t a present that I need to be on anyway.”

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Whereas Melissa does nonetheless need to be on RHONJ, she is over the drama.

“I don’t need to be on that poisonous s–t. So long as you realize she is there and that complete factor would come again, I wouldn’t discover it as a loss,” she defined. “I additionally need to say, like, I’ve had a 14-year run … You’ll be able to’t do it eternally. You don’t go and be on a TV present for 50 [or] 20 years. I imply, I’ve been on for 14 years.”

Melissa continued, “So do I need to come again? Do I hope that they do one thing a bit of recent and new? After all, I’m not gonna misinform everybody. I do hope that there’s some adjustments, and I don’t know that I’ll be part of them. I don’t suppose anyone is aware of.”

Melissa Gorga Is Prepared to Leave RHONJ Amid Casting Shakeup Rumors

(L-R) Rachel Fuda, Margaret Josephs, Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, Teresa Giudice, Jennifer Aydin and Danielle Cabral
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If Bravo chooses to proceed on with Teresa, 52, as a substitute of Melissa, then she has made her peace with that final result. “[I’ll] really feel prefer it’s time to say ‘It’s time,’” she concluded.

Teresa and Melissa have lengthy had a rocky historical past, which reached a fever pitch when Melissa and husband Joe Gorga (Teresa’s youthful brother) opted to skip Teresa’s 2022 marriage ceremony to Luis “Louie” Ruelas. On the time, the Gorgas believed that Teresa unfold rumors that Melissa cheated on Joe, 49. Each Melissa and Joe repeatedly denied the allegations.

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Since then, Melissa and Teresa have ceased communication.

“It’s time to maneuver on,” Melissa mentioned on Thursday. “It’s unhealthy and it’s OK, like, it’s all proper. I want nothing however the very best, [and for] everybody [to] get pleasure from life, get pleasure from this second of their lives.”