Teresa, Jacqueline and Caroline

We’ve heard of several shakeups on the Real Housewives series. A couple of weeks ago the news came out that Jill Zarin, Cindy Barshop, Kelly Bensimon and Alex McCord had been fired from the “Real Housewives of New York.” It’s clear that producers want to bring in new blood to fuel fresh conflicts. I think McCord summed up the series best when she said “If people continue to behave in a way that’s shocking, then how can it do anything but get darker… It’s gotten more and more toxic.”

Now there’s news that Caroline Manzo and Jacqueline Laurita has been fired from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Of course they were, they were the most level-headed and likable castmembers on that show.

Just weeks after we broke the news that Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon and Alex McCord were fired from “The Real Housewives of New York,” we can exclusively reveal that Bravo is discussing making some big changes with the cast of the New Jersey “Housewives” franchise, cutting both Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo from the show.

“Jacqueline and Caroline were told months ago that they wouldn’t be returning for a fifth Season if they didn’t bring the drama,” a network insider tells me. “This season has been dominated by Melissa [Gorga] and Teresa [Giudice] drama and season four, that they are filming right now, is going to be no different.”

Manzo, who has served as the voice of reason among the group since day one, has always refused to be involved in any of the set up drama that has translated into huge ratings for the show. Similarly, Laurita’s entire story line, which involved her troubles with her daughter Ashley, has disappeared following Ashley’s departure from the show.

“Producers have been showing all the ladies private footage of what they have all been saying behind each others’ backs hoping to bring Jacqueline and Caroline into the drama,” an insider tells me. “But so far, they have kept their cool on camera and saved the drama for Twitter, not TV.”

Laurita also refused to attend the reunion taping for the season currently airing, further hurting her chances of being invited back after she completes the next three weeks of filming for the upcoming season.

“Jacqueline refused to come out of her house the day of the reunion taping,” an insider tells me. “Bravo’s car sat in the driveway all day and she just refused to leave her home even if it meant she was violating her contract.”

However, unlike the fired New York ladies, this parting appears to be mutual. Manzo’s sister and Laurita’s sister-in-law, Dina Manzo, told me just a few weeks ago that other women currently on the show were not having fun anymore and might follow her lead and say goodbye.

[From The Huffington Post, Rob Shuter's column]

I’ve watched RHONJ in the past, but haven’t been keeping up with it this season. From what I’ve read there’s been drama over Melissa Gorga being accused on the show of having a past as a stripper, which Jacqueline objected to and claimed was a setup by Gorga’s enemy, her sister-in-law Teresa Guidice. (These two articles have the background on that.) Jacqueline later called Teresa “scum” on Twitter, and is said to have leaked the photo of Teresa’s husband at dinner with another woman as payback. Then Jacqueline refused to attend the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion, so word is that she quit Real Housewives, not that she was fired.

As for this story that Caronline and Jacqueline couldn’t “bring the drama,” I’m more interested to what this reveals about the entire franchise. I’ve mentioned that I don’t watch it anymore after Russell Armstrong of RHOBH killed himself and the show continued to chug along with its excesses and in fighting, giving little attention to Russel’s death and continuing to air the scenes where his now widow was distraught in the weeks leading up to it. This just brings it home to me that the show is almost entirely manufactured, which I have no problem with when it comes to regular dramas or soap operas, but these are real people who are getting hurt. We may not like them, but that doesn’t make it right. Good for Jacqueline for standing up for herself.

Update: Bravo denies that either Manzo or Laurita is off the show. They issued a statement that read, in part, “All five cast members will be featured on season four.”

It was less than a month ago that Real Housewives of New Jersey’s combative overspending narcissist Teresa Giudice, 39, had a second wedding with her husband at a castle, complete with a $25,000 wedding gown and a carriage ride. The affair was photographed and detailed in an In Touch cover story, and I can’t imagine it was a big seller for them. Given the fact that this couple is in bankruptcy, has had portions of their tacky mansion sold off, and is accused of stiffing creditors, it was ridiculous that they would throw a wedding like that, but that’s the Giudices. They’re always fighting, buying useless tasteless crap and wasting other people’s money. Husband Joe is also in no way faithful to Teresa despite her attempts to make their marriage look solid by throwing showy wedding. We’ve heard rumors that Joe has a love child, and now he’s been photographed out with another woman having an intimate dinner at TGI Fridays. At least he’s not blowing too much cash on his side piece. Here’s a report on that sighting from Radar, which has a photo of Joe with the other woman on their site:

Tuesday night in Clifton, New Jersey, Bravo reality star Joe Giudice was spotted out dining with a woman who was definitely not his wife.

“I was in the T.G.I. Fridays and saw Joe and this woman who was NOT Teresa having a drink in a booth by the bar,” eyewitness Erin exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

“They were drinking martinis and when the woman finished hers she took a sip out of Joe’s glass too. They looked like they were having a good time together and laughing with each other.”

After a waiter brought them wet naps the woman opened hers and “wiped Joe’s hands off with hers,” Erin said. “It was really intimate to see her touching his hands like that.

“They looked very comfortable and cozy together.”

The brunette woman was wearing a white top, carried a Louis Vuitton purse and according to Erin she “appeared to be in her late 20s or early 30s.”

Despite recently renewing their vows, the couple, who has four children, has been going through a rough patch and some reports said the renewal ceremony was just for show.

While her husband was having a cocktail with another woman 30 miles away, Teresa was hard at work at the Posche fashion show at the Son Cubano restaurant and Tom Murro provided the photo of her sitting with co-star Kathy Wakile at the event.

“I don’t think divorce is an option, unless it’s over something horrible like cheating,” Teresa said in a recent interview. “Not every day is perfect, but you try to make it as perfect as you can.”

[From Radar]

This chick better watch it, because Teresa will put the smack down on her in the blink of an eye. We’ve seen her in action and she just goes for blood right away. She’s always fighting with someone, and has been shown feuding with her sister-in-law on the show and most recently with a new woman on the show called Monica Chacon. There was apparently a fight between Monica and Teresa in the bathroom at the Porsche Fashion show earlier this week. That’s Teresa, always keeping it classy. I just feel for Joe and Teresa’s kids. It’s obvious that they’re affected by their trainwreck parents, particularly their nine year-old daughter, Gia, who sang a sad song at her sister’s birthday party about how she wishes her dad and uncle would stop fighting.

Photos are from April and May, 2011. Credit: WENN.com

Teresa Guidice and her squt alcoholic husband take the cover of In Touch with their tacky over-the-top vow renewal ceremony. Inside, there’s barely a mention of the couple’s massive financial problems and their compulsive overspending, typified in this ridiculous show of the wealth they’ve stolen from the creditors they’re now stiffing. The article is all about how their vow renewals are a new beginning for them, and how Teresa trusts and loves Joe despite his verbal abuse, which was shown on Real Housewives of New Jersey. Just as there’s no mention of their bankruptcy and Joe’s shady mafia business, there’s no mention of his rumored cheating, either. It’s like the story is straight from Teresa, similar to other stories we’ve seen in In Touch. I’ll include a little bit here, but I want to focus more on the showy vow renewal they had.

Teresa insists that Joe is Prince Charming. And recently, she set out to prove it – with a fairy-tale-themed second wedding at Long Island, NY’s Oheka Castle, which included everything from a horse-drawn carriage to a tearful renewal of their vows to an extravagant gown that was truly worthy of a princess. “I was just so happy,” Teresa tells In Touch in an exclusive interview. “Marriage means for better or worse. We’ve been through a lot, and if anything, it’s just made us stronger…

“I wanted to show my girls that marriage is really important, as is being faithful to one another,” Teresa explains. “I wanted to show our love for each other – I wanted them there to witness it.”

Indeed, the ceremony seemed like something tailor-made by a devoted mom to please her little girls – from the princess-like theme and the pretty pink dresses she chose for them to wear, to the huge chocolate cake and the surprise visit by tween heartthrob Kevin Jonas…

Their over the top wedding
At the end of the ceremony, Teresa and Joe sweetly exchanged new rings, elegant bands designed by Zaven Ghanimian, designer and creative director of Simon G. jewelry.

Teresa and Joe chose a decadent five-tiered chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream from Spatula Sweets by Jessica Hagenbuch, which the girls devoured.

Floral designer Kenji Takenake for Noir Hanna International selected hydrangeas, garden roses and passion vine to create a lush and romantic ambiance.

[From In Touch, print edition, September 19, 2011]

So they’re deep in dept, having just filed for bankruptcy, and are trying to stiff their creditors by hiding assets. How they hell did they pay for this? Did they get comped stuff in exchange for publicity. Did In Touch give them enough money for the photos to cover the costs? It’s possible, but I can’t see how In Touch ever recouped that in increased sales or anything. This family is a trainwreck but I doubt anyone bought this issue for the trashy Giudices.

In terms of the relationship between Joe and Teresa, I haven’t watched the show in a while and I don’t feel qualified to comment on it. He strikes me as an asshole and she’s a dumb shrill bitch, so maybe they’re perfect for each other. I guess Joe bellowed at Teresa on the show recently that he had dumped her back when they were dating and she “came crawling back.” Teresa defended him in this article and said “He was drunk, in his own home and upset. I get where he is coming from… You really have to know him to know it’s not malicious.” Kaiser says she’s seen some of it recently and that Joe hates Teresa’s family, is fighting with her brother and wants out of the marriage. It’ll be over Teresa’s dead body, judging from this story.

These photos are from In Touch, and there are many more in the current print edition.

I only watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and have seen a few episodes of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Whenever I hear about the women on the other shows in the franchise, they’re going broke, getting divorced, and having legal trouble, sometimes all at once. This week’s In Touch has an article profiling all the Real Housewives who are deep in debt and/or bankrupt, and there are more of them than I thought. (And I read gossip for 8-10 hours a day.) There were some new ones in here, and their stories of stupidity and excess just made me shake my head. Here are the featured Housewives from In Touch, which is where the quoted text is from.

Peggy Tanous: RHOOC – foreclosure
$1.3 million house in foreclosure, drives a Bentley she refuses to give up. She has had a boob job, lip fillers and gets a monthly facial.

Alexis Bellino: RHOOC – barely avoided foreclosure
Had to sell off her house “at a fraction of its cost to avoid foreclosure.” She won’t admit money problems, insisting “We have other investments”

Tamra Barney: RHOOC – downsized
Wisely downsized after the economy hurt her real estate business. “My apartment is like 800 square feet for me and three kids.” That sounds like plenty of space to me.

Grechen Rossi: RHOOC – freeloading boyfriend
“Her boyfriend, Slade Smiley, is jobless and owes a whopping $138,000 in child support. Yet Gretchen insists she’s happier supporting Slade than she was with her rich late fiance, Jeff Beitzel.”

Lynne Curtin: RHOOC – eviction
“Because of her husbands mishandling of their finances, the Curtins were evicted from their house last year – a shock to Lynne, who is doing her best to recover.”

Nene Leakes: RHOA – eviction, expensive divorce
“Her marriage is on the rocks, with her estranged husband, Gregg, possibly angling to swipe $300,000 from her in what promises to be a very nasty divorce. But as Nene Leakes – who was, as reports suggest, evicted from the home she shared with Gregg back in 2008 – struggles to face the concept that she soon may be dirt poor, it seems she’s determined not to let history repeat itself. [She] told Rolling Out magazine that she’s in the market for a man with big bucks.”

Sheree Whitfield: RHOA – car repoed
“The ex wife of former NFL player Bob Whitfield saw her Aston Martin repossessed after failing to pay her divorce lawyers more than $100,000.”

Lisa Wu Hartwell: RHOA – foreclosure
Lost $2.9 million home to foreclosure in 2009. She’s no longer on the show.

Michaele Salahi: RHODC – sued 17 times, bankrupt winery
Michaele and her husband Tareq are scam artists and ran their Virginia winery and tourism business into the ground.

Taylor Armstrong: RHOBH – divorce may send her into the red
“Taylor’s credit card was once declined at Starbucks, a witness says.” Taylor is divorcing her husband Russell, who has been sued multiple times for basically running a Ponzi scheme. They filed for bankruptcy just five years ago.

Sonja Morgan: RHONY – owes $7 million
“She stands to lose her $6 million town house in her bitter divorce battle – but for Sonja Morhan, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. ‘Sonja is flat broke,’ reveals an insider of the housewife, who has been ordered to pay a movie company $7 million after a failed venture.”

In Touch left out the brokest, scamming-est Real Housewife of all, New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice. Giudice inexplicably took their cover yet again this week, probably in some paid promotional deal from Bravo, and maybe they figured they covered enough of her there. Teresa and her husband Joe’s financial shenanigans are legion, and he basically works for the mafia while she wastes other people’s money on crap like suits of armor, mahogany furniture and everything that’

You can’t take it with you, and while it’s comforting to have nice things it’s not worth the cost of living deep in the hole. And some of these bitches have their Botoxed brows so deep in a hole that you would think they’d wise up and face reality. Not when their lavish spending is earning them fame and precious reality show minutes. If a $60k birthday party for a four year old earns ten minutes of air time does that mean it was worth it or was somehow an investment? Taylor will find out soon enough.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey are coming back next Monday May 16th. Star Teresa Giudice is doing advance publicity along with desperately trying to promote her own products. The bankrupt piece-of-work Monchichi-looking Giudice has a new cookbook with a stupid name called Fabulicious. As part of her publicity tour she’s making a stop at a club in NJ, where fans can party with her for $75 a pop.

Tacky deadbeat “Real Housewife” Teresa Giudice is making pocket change by charging her fans up to 75 bucks for the privilege of partying with her. The hot-tempered, low-brow diva — who has made headlines along with her hubby, Joe, for owing nearly $11 million to creditors — is throwing a “Season 3 premiere party” of her Bravo show in Fort Lee, NJ, on Monday. For $75, VIP ticket buyers get an hour of free drinks and hors d’ouevres at Tribecca Nightclub, plus an autographed picture with Teresa. “Teresa will be partying all night!!!,” reads a breathless invite to the fete that shows Giudice posing in front of a white stretch limo on a red carpet. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. But she’ll also use the event to promote her “Fabulicious” cookbook. The evening’s promoters are also promising “celebrity surprises,” “fashion shows” and “star performances.”

[From The NY Post]

For $75 you only get one hour of free drinks and hors d’ouevres. That’s ridiculous. I didn’t miss these people at all, especially with the much more interesting and arguably phonier Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to take their place. We heard rumors last year that Teresa was pulling a diva act with producers and might not re-sign for this season, but unfortunately she’s back and she’s kind of the star of the show now that her nemesis Danielle is off. After the Miami housewives were canceled Bravo has to fill the void and these New Jersey women are like the budget grifter version of the Beverly Hills ladies. I shouldn’t say that, because it’s Teresa who is the grifter and Jacqueline and Caroline actually seem like decent people. That’s why Teresa is the star.

Here’s Teresa on The Today Show a few days ago. She seems scared and says basically nothing except that people should watch the show when it premieres on May 16th.

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Teresa is shown on 3/30/11 and 4/4/11 with co-stars Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo and her husband, Joe. Credit: WENN.com

This Life & Style cover story about Teresa Giudice’s jacked, womanizing husband is the opposite of shocking. According to the report, Joe Giudice has a “secret double life” that involves strippers, waitresses and hiring very unqualified, pretty young women to be on his “staff”. Wow, who could have predicted? Oh, right. Everyone. Joe Giudice is like the budget, mobbed-up version of Tiger Woods. I expect a press conference from a HoJo’s waitress at any moment.

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has stood by her husband, Joe, through a DUI arrest, eight-day jail sentence and filing for bankruptcy all while she tries to dig her family out of financial ruin. Now, Life & Style has learned that Joe has been leading a secret, double life – filled with regular visits to strip clubs.

According to a former dancer at Showoffs strip club in West Orange, N.J., Joe was a regular at the strip club before it was closed in 2006 amid accusations of prostitution.

“He was always up for a lap dance,” reveals the insider. “There was a lot of hanky-panky that went down in the club’s basement,” the insider tells Life & Style. “If you had money, you could get pretty up close and personal with the strippers.”

Joe was also allegedly a loyal patron of Latin Bar in Paterson, N.J.

“There was one particular waitress Joe really liked there,” recalls the insider. “She was from the Dominican Republic, about 5 feet tall with big breasts and long, dark hair. Joe would always make sure that wherever he was, he could be back in Paterson on a Friday night so he could see her.”

Back at his former real estate development office, Joe’s attention to the ladies also raised eyebrows. With Teresa nowhere in sight, he developed a very close relationship with a young female staffer who, says a onetime assistant, Joe suddenly hired despite the fact that she “didn’t seem qualified.”

Teresa, however, maintains that her marriage is strong. “I have a great husband,” she tells Life & Style. “I wake up every morning and I’m like, ‘Thank you, God.’”

[From Life & Style]

Do you feel bad for Teresa? I do, a little. But the woman is in denial, either that or she knows all about Joe’s extracurricular hobbies and she turns a blind eye. In either case, I don’t expect anything from her other than a public show of support for Joe. I do feel for their kids though. Ugh.

Life & Style cover courtesy of CoverAwards.

In an episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey, Joe, Teresa’s gangster husband, tried to explain his DUI by claiming he ran his SUV into a pole, went to his friend’s house nearby, called the cops and did a ton of shots while they were waiting for the police to get there. It was a ridiculous explanation for why he was drunk at the scene of an accident, and Teresa, Jacqueline and Jacqueline’s husband accepted it at the time without questioning him.

When Joe was arrested for DUI, he was even turned over to a nearby police department which had other warrants out for his arrest. Joe’s license was suspended for a year after that incident, but he still thought he could drive anyway (just like Paris Hilton) and now he’s been sentenced to ten days in jail. Can’t say I feel sorry for him.

A judge sentenced Joe to ten days in prison and Joe is expected to begin his sentence next week. According to the document obtained by RadarOnline.com exclusively, he was also fined $1,000 and his license is suspended for at least another year. Oddly, the court action document does not list Giudice’s name. Sources tell RadarOnline.com that the reason for the jail time is because Joe drove with a suspended license.

In January, he was charged with driving under the influence after crashing his car into a telephone pole in Montville Township, New Jersey. He was taken to the hospital and then released to the police due to outstanding warrants. In March, he was fined $864, had his license revoked for 12 months, and was sentenced to 30 days of community service.

[From Radar Online]

Joe might not be the only one going to jail. Teresa and Joe have been accused of fraud for trying to hide over a quarter million in earnings when they filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors earlier this year. Teresa is said to be so afraid of prison that she wants to drop off the show to ensure she doesn’t incriminate herself. We’ve already heard that Teresa might be leaving due to feuds with producers and the fact that her nemesis sister-in-law might earn a spot next season. Somehow she’s scored two In Touch covers this month, though. Either In Touch is sadly desperate for an exclusive or Bravo is getting some paid promotion. Either way, this woman is earning a ton of publicity for her bad behavior and she’s owning up to none of it. Just like her husband.

CB and I were slightly “stunned” to see this week’s cover of In Touch. It features RHONJ’s Teresa Giudice and her children and… um. Yes, CB and I have decided it would be best not to discuss our thoughts on the cover in general, because even though we’re bitches, we’re not the horrible monsters people would like to think. I mean… yes, Teresa is putting her children out there, in the public sphere, by putting them on the cover and thus, inviting us to comment. But I won’t take the bait! And just keep in mind, commenters, just keep your thoughts relatively nice-ish. I don’t want fifty comments criticizing these children, even if they are in the public sphere. Instead, I just choose to feel sorry for these kids. I mean, to have those parents… and to be on the cover of ITW? GOD. Poor kids. Anyway, the story:

For Teresa Giudice, the past few months have been the roughest of roller-coaster rides. Now a household name, thanks to her star-making turn on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa saw it all marred by the shock of learning that she and her husband, Joe, were $11 million in debt — and needed to file for bankruptcy.

And as if her financial turmoil wasn’t enough, the 37-year-old mom has, in recent weeks, been subject to a slew of insults and unsavory rumors — including talk that Joe has fathered a love child with her sister-in-law and an embarrassing article in Steppin’ Out magazine, in which fellow Housewife — and arch-enemy — Danielle Staub compared her physically to “Cornelius from Planet of the Apes.”

Teresa admits that, emotionally, this has been the most difficult period of her life.

“First the bankruptcy thing and then all the rumors,” she tells In Touch in an exclusive interview. “It’s like people have nothing better to do — it’s pretty sad.”

But as upset as she’s been by it all, Teresa remains strong. And she credits her four children with keeping her that way.

“I mean look at them, they’re just amazing,” she says of her daughters, Gia, 9, Gabriella, 6, Milania, 5, and Audriana, 1. “They’re just so beautiful, and they make me happy. I live for being a mom.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Question: is Teresa a good mother? I’ve only watched a few episodes of RHONJ, and she struck me as not the best mother overall, but not the worst either. Just sort of dumb, but she was trying to be involved, right? Are the kids happy? They look happy. Kind of. It’s hard to tell. Okay, I’m stopping.

Danielle Staub has been desperately trying to spin her exit from Real Housewives of New Jersey, claiming that she quit and that other networks want to offer her a spin off show on her own. Sources tell Popeater that Danielle was fired after both Caroline and Jacqueline banded together and told Bravo that if Danielle wasn’t fired they would leave. It’s still unknown who exactly will be on the show next season except that Danielle is off for sure. We’ve also been hearing rumors that Teresa will leave due to a conflict with producers over offering her nemesis sister-in-law a spot, failing to let her promote her cookbook on the air, or both.

Teresa recently told In Touch that she forgives Danielle for sending her into a screaming rage multiple times, as if it shouldn’t be the other way around. Teresa might not be so forgiving when she hears this latest news. Danielle told the super classy “Steppin Out” Magazine that she thinks Teresa is an ape. She also went on at length about Teresa’s looks and how she thinks Teresa’s husband, Joe, is cheating on her. What happened to all that crap Danielle always spews about staying positive? Radar Online has this report, and it’s pretty amusing.

RadarOnline.com has exclusive excerpts from her first post-show interview, with Steppin’ Out Magazine, including why she thinks Teresa looks like a character from Planet of the Apes!

“She needs a hairline revision,” Staub told editor Chaunce Hayden. “Planet of the Apes has nothing on her!”

Staub added, “She reminds me of Cornelius from Planet of the Apes. Could you imagine if her face is that hairy what her body hair must be like? It’s got to be out of control.”

Here’s a taste of Staub’s comments.

“I would not doubt that for a second. I hear that all the time. I was hearing those rumors before we even taped the show. Joe loves his strippers. Maybe that’s another reason Teresa hates me. She forgets I used to be a stripper. I’m not a stripper anymore. Don’t hate us all.

“If she was making Joe happy maybe he wouldn’t have to go some place else. I don’t know what goes on in their bedroom, but from what I’ve seen, Teresa is not exactly a turn on. Her forehead is disturbing. But it’s not even about her looks.

“Her personality and lack of compassion is what makes her ugly. It’s the way she speaks to her husband and overindulges her children is what makes her ugly. She’s teaching her children to be just like she is. Look at her kids. They’re gorgeous little girls, but their attitudes only show disrespect. I don’t care of that. I feel bad for them. They’re learning what they live.

“The mother is teaching them they are too good for everything except being treated like princesses. But it’s not reality. Teresa, you’re 11 million dollars in debt. How much of a princess can your kids be? Make them work. Give them structure. Her children want to be told what’s wrong and what’s right. They need boundaries and structure. That’s what I do for my kids. I give them structure and boundaries.”

“I said this from the beginning: In time everyone will be exposed. I don’t have to say anything. They’re exposing themselves. Dina is a liar. She lies and all the others swear to it. It’s almost as believable as Teresa’s husband Joe getting drunk after he had his car accident because he needed to calm his nerves. I’m very passionate about not letting him get away with that. I don’t think drunk driving is anything to be made light of. Bravo glorified it and that makes me sick.

“When Andy Cohn brought that up at the reunion and after Teresa told that crazy story he said, “Oh I can believe that.” Um… really? He smashed his car and Teresa claims ten of them shared just one bottle of wine. Meanwhile have you ever seen them without a glass of wine in their hands? But this one time they split one bottle of wine and Joe got drunk after he smashed into a telephone pole. Really?”

[From Radar Online]

Danielle goes on but you get the point. I can’t wait to see Danielle’s Steppin’ Out Cover. Teresa has to be doubly pissed – she was Steppin’ Out’s freaky cover girl in April. She could definitely use a hairline revision, but Teresa needs some more hair to cover up her scary joker mug. Maybe it’s true that Teresa will be off the show soon and we won’t have to be subjected to her two-head much longer anyway.

Header photo from 12/1/09. Photos below from 5/13/10 and 7/6/10. Credit: WENN.com

Slap happy bankrupt entitled RHONJ’s Teresa Giudice may be screwing herself out of the only reason we know her name. The NY Post is reporting that she’s so pissed off at producers for not letting her promote her cookbook on the show that she’s considering leaving. That sounds ridiculous and just like Teresa. Her cookbook is a bestseller for the sole reason that she so well known from Real Housewives. It’s not like they have to let her promote it on air, but because they cut scenes where she plugged it, she wants to leave. It supposedly comes down to the fact that she signed away 10% of the royalties to Bravo in exchange for promotional opportunities. Again, the only reason she’s selling that damn book is because she’s on the show so she should count her blessings. Here’s the story from the Post:

Don’t expect Teresa Giudice to return for Season 3 of “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” according to a friend of hers. Giudice struck a bad deal with Bravo over royalties from her best-selling cookbook, “Skinny Italian.” The bankrupt babe is the only housewife in the franchise to give the network 10 percent of royalties from her book sales. In exchange, Bravo said it would make up the difference by promoting her book on the show. She filmed several scenes with the book, cooking and testing recipes — but the footage never aired. The book was mentioned once during the reunion episode. Her friend told us Bravo is trying to hardball Giudice by moving to hire her sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, whom she hates, as a possible replacement. Although Giudice is $11 million in debt, her friend said, “Teresa is done with Bravo, I don’t think any amount of money will make her come back.” A rep for Bravo didn’t get back to us.

[From The NY Post]

Is this Teresa’s way of playing hardball with producers in exchange for more money and on-air promotional opportunities? Maybe, but I hope it blows up in her face. Then again, if Teresa is off the show next season, and Danielle is also off, (which has just been confirmed by Bravo), what reason will people have to watch it? The up and coming baddies, Kim G and Kim D might be the new foils to Caroline and Jacqueline. Bravo knows that it’s the formula, not the ladies in particular, that keep us watching. They’ll find some new entitled whack jobs to bring the drama.

There might be yet another reason why Teresa doesn’t want to come back, though. Her sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, has reportedly been asked to appear next season. Radar reports that Teresa can’t stand Melissa and has said she won’t be on Real Housewives if she has to share screentime with her. They quote an insider who says “When Teresa got word that her sister-in-law was asked to be part of the show she said, ‘If she’s going to be on the show, then I’m not going to do it.‘” I guess they found their new entitled whack job.

Also, have any of you seen part 2 of the reunion? I’m having a hard time finding it online. (I’m unable to view videos on Bravo’s website as I’m overseas.) I found a recap, though (spoilers in that link if you’re waiting) and there’s a surprising hug that I won’t give away. Damn, I’d really like to see this one.

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