No Birthday Parties for the Gorga Children; The Cock-and-Bull Story That Teresa Guidice is a Bad Aunt (Updated 9/23/2012)

“I know I’m not going to get my old sister back, but hopefully she can be an aunt to my children and love my kids the way I love her kids, and maybe I can open up her eyes, you know… I’m hoping Teresa opens up to this man [the therapist] and doesn’t blame anyone else for what’s going on in her life… That’s why I’m going to therapy: to make her understand what she does wrong.” – Joe Gorga, Season 4 Episode 10

“I hope she is going to start having a more positive attitude about my marriage, my music, and my kids, and just stop overanalyzing me and everything I do. It must be draining for her to worry about me all day and worry about how we are living our life.” – Melissa Gorga, Bravo Blog for Season 4 Episode 11

UPDATE 9/23/2012: Melissa Tweets Photos to Give the Impression That She Threw Gino a Birthday Party on September 22, 10 Days After His Birthday

Melissa tweeted photos to give the impression that they celebrated Gino’s birthday party at Medieval Times on September 22, 2012, 10 days after his birthday, which was September 12th. Notice in the photo above that Joe is holding Joey and a pint of beer, and that the people at the table next to them also are wearing the same hats. So it looks like the event was not a birthday party but just a normal day at Medieval Times. There isn’t a birthday cake or gifts in the photos that Melissa tweeted (above).

This article about them not throwing parties for their kids was last updated on September 18, 2012, with a picture tweeted by Lysa Simpson, Melissa’s sister, showing that Gino was with her on his birthday (photo below).

Melissa and Joe were at Six Flags on September 14, 2012, but didn’t bring their kids (they must have been on the road on the 12th and Lysa must have had their kids with her). Melissa tweeted on August 8, 2012, Antonia’s birthday, that Antonia ‘chose’ not to have a party this year, and wanted to go to Six Flags instead; however, they never took her there… they planned to piggyback their kids’ birthday celebrations onto their previously scheduled trip to Six Flags for Melissa’s performance at ‘Gay Night Out’ on September 14th, but instead left their kids with the aunt.

Joe and Melissa were called out by Fame-Whorgas (this article was originally published on May 6, 2012, and then updated and republished on August 13) and Reality Tea (in August) for not throwing parties for their children. Hopefully, it isn’t negative attention from bloggers that motivates them to throw parties for their children. Joe and Melissa should focus their attention more on their children and less on themselves.

UPDATE 9/18/2012: Joe and Melissa Gorga Did Not Take Antonia to Six Flags for Her Birthday as Promised

Melissa promised to take Antonia to Great Adventure in lieu of a party for her birthday (August 12), which wouldn’t have required much effort since she was going there anyway on September 14 to ‘perform for ‘Gay Night Out’ at Six Flags Great Adventure’. From her tweets it seems like they didn’t bring the kids; therefore, Antonia and Gino, whose birthday was on September 12, didn’t have birthday parties and didn’t go to Six Flags either, or so it seems. The only tweet about Gino’s birthday was from Lysa Simpson (who Gino was with on his birthday, not his parents) and it was not a party photo and it was not from Six Flags (see photo above: it was tweeted on September 12th, two days before Melissa’s performance).

The Gorgas did not take Antonia to Great Adventure on her birthday, so not only didn’t she have a party, she didn’t go to the amusement park (her parents tweeted photos of themselves partying at their shore house with Melissa’s relatives on Antonia’s birthday)! This is because they never intended to give her a party or a choice on what she would like to do special for her birthday… Melissa had already scheduled an appearance at Great Adventure amusement park for September 14, 2012, and she planned all along to piggyback Antonia’s and Gino’s birthday celebration onto that trip, but it seems she changed her mind. Melissa ‘performed’ at Gay Night Out at Six Flags Great Adventure (photo below) … she tweeted photos from that event but no photos of her children at the park with her. It’s all about Melissa and Joe Gorga, not their kids. Their kids are used to being ignored.

The photo below was taken on August 12, 2012, Antonia’s 7th birthday. The photo is hilarious but also sad because it must be the best photo they have to share with their ‘fans’. It seems like, at the last minute, in an attempt to prove to the viewers that they celebrated Antonia’s birthday (even though they didn’t throw her a party), they stuck a baby’s party hat on her head (it looks like the one she wore in photos from her 1st birthday) and made her pose with them so they could tweet a photo: Melissa is literally holding the hat atop Antonia’s head (it is barely touching the top of her head and the chin strap appears to be hanging out from under it), and Joe is holding back Antonia so she can’t break away from them. Antonia’s expression says it all. The Gorgas must have been too drunk to realize how bad this photo looks!

Joey Gorga Jr. Has Never Had a Birthday Party

Most parents throw a party to celebrate the first year with their child, but not Joe and Melissa Gorga. When Joe Gorga, Jr. turned one-year old on April 27, 2011, his parents didn’t throw him a birthday party; and when he turned two-years old on April 27, 2012, his parents again didn’t throw him a birthday party. For Joey’s second birthday on April 27, 2012, the Gorgas took him out to dinner. The only photos Melissa or Joe tweeted or Facebooked were Joey coloring in a dining room at a formal restaurant with linen table clothes and Joey blowing out one candle in a slice of cake from the dessert menu (see below). Melissa threw herself a 33rd birthday party on March 22, 2012 — all the NJ Housewives were there except for Teresa (see below).

On August 12, 2012, Melissa Tweeted That 7-Year Old Antonia ‘Chose Not to Have a Party This Year’

What a great day with Antonia! She chose not to have a party this year, she wants us to take her to Great Adventure!! #loveher – Melissa Gorga, August 12, 2012, Twitter

A child turning seven years old should not be expected to make a choice between having a party or going to an amusement park. They should be able to do both. The Gorgas are too lazy or too self-absorbed to bother with planning and throwing birthday parties for their kids. On Antonia’s actual birthday, Joe was photographed in the morning delivering a bottle of vodka to the Manzos at their rented shore house and then photographed mid-day drinking with his brother-in-laws at his shore house. You would think after getting defensive for being called out for not throwing birthday parties for Joey (see below) that they would have made sure to throw one for Antonia, even it was just a small party.

The Gorgas did not take Antonia to Great Adventure on her birthday, so not only didn’t she have a party, she didn’t get to go to the amusement park! This is because they never intended to give her a party or a choice on what she would like to do special for her birthday… Melissa had already scheduled an appearance at Great Adventure amusement park for September 14, 2012, and she planned all along to piggyback Antonia’s and Gino’s birthday celebration onto that trip. Melissa will be ‘performing’ at Gay Night Out at Six Flags Great Adventure, so there will be no family unity and sincere birthday celebrations for Antonia or Gina on that day. It’s all about Melissa and Joe Gorga, not their kids.

Here are some of Melissa’s other tweets on August 12, 2012, Antonia’s 7th birthday:

Happy Birthday to sweetest, most gorgeous little girl I know! #mylife #myheart

Blasting #IJustWanna! At the shore house! I can’t wait for you to hear this!

The birthday girl! http://instagr.am/p/OP0M9TpC-X/ [see photo below]

Who’s ready for the #RHONJ!!! Let’s go!!!

Check out a sneak peak behind the scenes of my video for my new song #IJustWanna! http://m.theinsider.com

Teresa tweeted Melissa to wish Antonia a “Happy Birthday”:

“Tell Antonia HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Aunt Teresa& Uncle Joe & from Gia, Gab, Mil, and Aud…We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOU!”

Melissa, taking her usual passive-aggressive dig at Teresa, responded [she later deleted the tweet]:

“thanks, why don’t you call so she can talk to you, her godfather, and her cousins…”

Melissa’s trouble-making sister Lysa Simpson retweeted this:

Mallory Prieto ‏@MalloryPrieto
Antonia is very blessed to have aunts like @LysaSimpson & @kimpirrella!! How can anyone deny Antonia, Gino, and Joey! It’s Teresa’s loss.
Retweeted by Lysa Simpson

Friends and fans tweeted in Teresa’s defense [which Teresa later retweeted]:

kraci ‏@racigirl
Saw the message that u never called to say happy bday to Antonio. I was sitting right next to u when all the kids n Joe left a message SO SAD
Retweeted by Teresa Giudice

Billy Charles ‏@BillyCharlesNY
@Teresa_Giudice called to wish Antonia a Happy Birthday nobody answered so she left a message hence the tweet #truth #RHONJ
Retweeted by Teresa Giudice

Geneva♡ ‏@genevadanielle
@donttellemely umm Melissa didn’t invite @Teresa_Giudice to the party. She is the one not making an effort Melissa was invited to gia’s
Retweeted by Teresa Giudice

Kim ‏@livingforkiki
@MoiandI @melissagorga @Teresa_Giudice @joegorga Why didn’t you invite her godfather Aunts and cousins over Melissa ?

Note: There was no party for Antonia, so that’s why Teresa wasn’t invited to the gathering at the Gorga’s shore house; the gathering was for the Marco sisters and their husbands and Teresa wasn’t invited because they despise her.

The Gorgas like to throw adult parties at their shore house… Melissa, 33-year old mother of three young children, bragged that their shore house is a ‘party house’! Here’s a video tour of the Gorga’s shore house given by Joe and Melissa (they felt the need to brag about their sexual exploits and Joe’s ‘manhood’):

“It’s a party house…. It’s a party house,” said Melissa (for them and their THREE KIDS!)

Video: http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/season-4/videos/melissas-jersey-shore-crib

“Joe and I are ‘the’ Party People. We like to keep it classy but…yet…sexy at the same time. That’s what Joe and I do, that’s our motto.” – Melissa Gorga, Season 4 Episode 7

The real party at the Gorga’s shore house on Antonia’s birthday was a gathering for the adults: Joe and Melissa, and Melissa’s sisters and their husbands. And we all know that there was no ‘technicality’ with invitations this time because Teresa and Joe Giudice, along with their kids, were not invited to this Marco lovefest!—the Gorgas have avoided contact with the Giudices since September 2011, after Melissa accused Teresa of setting her up to expose her dancer/stripper past. Their only contact was when Melissa popped in briefly for Gia’s and Milania’s joint birthday party in January 2012 and when Melissa tried to setup Teresa on The View in June 2012.

Here’s a photo tweeted by Caroline Manzo on August 12, 2012 (their family rented a beach house for four weeks, starting August 11):

Here’s a photo tweeted by Melissa’s sister Lysa Simpson on August 12, 2012:

Here’s another photo: it looks like baby Joey stayed up late while the adults partied.

If the adult gathering at the shore house (which happened to be Antonia’s birthday) was anything like the shore party during season 4, Antonia and her siblings probably spent her birthday barely escaping injury as the adults got drunk and roughhoused around the pool in the very tiny backyard (during the Gorga’s season 4 pool party, a very drunk Joe Gorga threw a drunken Richie into the pool, barely missing Antonia—she is seen in the photo below trying to swim away from Richie, who nearly landed on top of her).

Antonia’s terrified expression resembles that of her mother’s after she fell out of the canoe (video here) during season 4 episode 15 (Melissa must be afraid she’ll melt if she comes into contact with water!):

UPDATE July 13, 2012: Other Blogs Have Picked Up on This Article by Fame-Whorgas Detailing How Joe and Melissa Don’t Throw Birthday Parties for Their Children

In response to other blogs picking up on this Fame-Whorgas’ article about the Gorgas not throwing birthday parties for their children (except for Antonia, but apparently not every year), Melissa tweeted photos to support her claim that she does throw them parties. However, the photos below from Melissa’s Twitter account (with captions from her) show only a first and second birthday party for Antonia and what looks like a general party at their shore house, which she is claiming was a birthday party for Gino (although it could have been a party for him, but it looks suspicious since the words to the invitation are cut off).

“I see a picture from Antonia’s 1st birthday with kids, from 5 years ago; a picture of Antonia alone, from 4 years ago (that’s her birthday?); and an old picture of one of Gino’s birthday parties. That’s it, that’s all you’ve got? You have old photos but no recent ones? Call me cynical, but that’s the best you can do to refute the story?” – stuffedcabbages, July 12, 2012, Reality Tea

“Antonia’s 1st Birthday: Here’s the cake and the real fish we gave out as favors! Kids loved them! We had it at the Brielle yacht club.”

“Antonia’s 2nd Birthday: Oh we had a bouncy house that day too!!”

“One of Gino’s parties!:  Huge jumping slide at my shore house on the bay… Tiger bounce in background.”

Antonia’s 6th Birthday (in August 2011) Was Celebrated During Season 4

Teresa was four months pregnant with Milania when Antonia was born, so Antonia is five months older than Milania. Milania’s 5th birthday, on February 2, 2011, was featured during season 3; there was a party for Antonia filmed in August 2011, during season 4, which would have been her 6th birthday.

Antonia’s headband and the gift bags for her birthday party in August 2011 (see photo below) were provided by If The Bow Fits. In Melissa’s July 9, 2012, Bravo blog for season 4 episode 11, she credited vendors for providing services for the party: apparently the henna tattoo artist, the company that provided the caterpillar, and the bakery that supplied the cake all gave their services and products in exchange for advertising on Melissa’s website. Because the Gorgas didn’t have to pay for the services, the party cost them very little. And it seems that the party was just for the cameras. In her Bravo blog she said:

“I’ve always thrown her beautiful birthday parties; it’s what I love to do! It’s one of the reasons I love being a MOM. For as long as I can remember I’ve just always wanted to have babies and do all the beautiful things mommies do! I only have one little girl, so I love to give her everything I can and enjoy these precious baby years for as long as she will let me.”

Later on in her blog she mentions that she has a list of the vendors and the people that helped with Antonia’s birthday party from the caterpillar to the cake. This is obviously a “comped” party! The vendors “lent” their services in exchange for advertising on Melissa’s site. So, Melissa, which is it, did you really give her this beautiful party or was it comped? [TV Junkie, July 9, 2012, StoopidHousewives]

Viewers have noticed that the senior Gorgas, Antonia’s grandparents, were not at her 6th birthday party in August 2011. It seems the senior Gorgas chose to celebrate Antonia’s birthday at a private gathering. Below is a photo from Bravo’s website showing the children with their grandparents; however, there appear to be seven rather than six candles on the cake, which is confusing because she won’t turn seven until August 2012.

On January 22, 2012, Antonia modeled in a fashion show at Cafe Buanaro’s near Chicago, Illinois, for If The Bow Fits, who created the gift bags and headband for Antonia’s 6th birthday in August (see photo above from the party at the Gorga’s home featured on season 4 episode 11). Cafe Buanaro was the same location where her parents hosted a dinner and CD signing (tickets for the event were $65.00 plus a $2.62 fee). The night before, her parents were in Boystown Chicago to host a drag queen competition at Spin Nightclub, probably partying until 4 AM.

“If The Bow Fits also worked with Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Melissa and Joe Gorga by creating the gift bags for their daughter Antonia Gorga’s 6th birthday party, and Melissa hosted the If The Bow Fits Fashion Show in January of 2012 at Cafe Buonaro’s in Naperville, IL.” [Source]

“The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Antonia Gorga will be modeling in a fashion show for If The Bow Fits – Chicago’s premiere fashion boutique for children, Sunday, January 22nd in Naperville, Illinois. Antonia will be featured in some of the best of If The Bow Fits collections as well as 10 other models in the show. In addition, Café Buonaro’s Italian Restaurant will be hosting a celebrity ‘meet and greet’ with The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Melissa and Joe Gorga. Guests will enjoy a sit-down dinner for each guest featuring a salad, appetizer, and family-style entrée selection, two glasses of wine, and dessert. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and take photographs with the Gorga’s in an intimate, family-style setting; copies of Melissa’s hit debut single, ‘On Display,’ will be available for purchase.” [Source]

Joe Gorga Jr.’s First Birthday in 2011

In the preview (video below) for season 4 episode 3, Melissa lashes out at Teresa for not giving Joey a present for his first birthday, which she says was three months prior (to filming the scene). During this confrontation, Teresa pauses to think, apparently not aware that she forgot his birthday; and then, in her talking head interview, she says that Melissa didn’t throw a party for Joey, which is why she forgot his first birthday.

http://www.bravotv.com/video/embed/?/_vid18339665

Melissa Gorga
Friday (May 4, 20102) via mobile
Wow… Just saw episode 3 pretty crazy.. Then after I’m on #WWHL with @joegorga! Make sure you watch! Xo

It is hard to keep track of birthdays, other than your immediate family, especially when you are going through difficult times and there is not a marked event (like a party) to help you remember.

“Ay yay, the gift thing. Come on; with so many holidays, birthdays, children……who hasn’t forgotten to buy a gift when there wasn’t a marked event to help you remember? It’s easy to think you’ll see them at the next barbeque, get-together, whatever and bring it then. When parents have tensions, the child-gift exchange gets really awkward. All children deserve presents for all their special days, but it happens. And who can take anything these woman say seriously with jeweled bindis on their heads?! What the…..?????” [meowalertsays, May 4, 2012 at 2:06 PM, StoopidHousewives]

When Teresa, during her talking head interview, said that Melissa didn’t throw Joey a party, she is trying to explain why she forgot his birthday. Teresa is saying that had the Gorgas thrown their son a party for his first birthday, like most parents do, she wouldn’t have forgotten his birthday. Teresa in her talking head interview said, “Of course, I want to give my nephew a birthday present,” which she surely did once she realized she had forgotten his birthday.

“I have to stick up for Teresa on this one. I know that no matter how much backstabbing Teresa’s brother and wife have done towards Teresa and her family, Teresa has always kept her home open to them and always invites them to her kids’ birthdays and holidays — that may be what she meant when she referenced not being invited. And I believe that Teresa did end up giving the nephew a gift the next time she saw Melissa. Also, Melissa is always threatening Teresa with keeping her brother away from her if she doesn’t gravel at Melissa’s feet. Bottom line, Melissa is looking for any excuse to keep the brother and sister apart and make herself the victim in all of this.” [mari, May 5, 2012, StoopidHousewives]

Joey’s birthday was during the 2-month hiatus (April 2011 – May 2011) from filming between season 3 and season 4, and the scene in the video above (the preview for episode 3) was 2-3 months after his birthday, yet neither Joe nor Melissa called to remind Teresa that she missed Joey’s birthday. After the stress (in-law, financial and legal issues) of filming season 3 [they finished filming season 3 in late March 2011 and began filming season 4 in late May 2011] , it appears Teresa forgot her nephew’s first birthday on April 27, 2011. Not giving Joey a gift for his first birthday was an oversight on Teresa’s part, which Melissa is using to support her concocted storyline that Teresa is an uncaring aunt to her children.

This confrontation with Melissa about the birthday presents occurred early in filming season 4, unless it was taken out of sequence. If it wasn’t, then this scene most likely was filmed in June 2011, two months after Joey’s first birthday (in the scene, Melissa says it’s been three months).

“Slap her! Please? Who TH is she to demand gifts? Eff her! If I were Tree I’d go buy the most obnoxious and annoying toy out there that’s a pain in the butt to assemble and take it over to sweet Joey still in the box. I’d also bring cake and ice cream and all her daughters. Tree should sing Happy Birthday really loud with that wonderful voice of hers, while she’s at it, because she never got the chance to on his real birthday. Also bring Papa Gorga too, unannounced because MeGo hates that and hides from him. Pretends she’s not home when he comes over. Ok, that outta do it!” [RomoSheDiNT, May 4, 2012, StoopidHousewives]

The Gorgas had almost two months (May – June 2011) without the cameras rolling (after season 3 wrapped in late March 2011 and before filming for season 4 began in late May 2011) to remind Teresa that she forgot Joey’s first birthday on April 27, 2011. The Gorgas intentionally chose not to remind her and waited to talk about it on camera in season 4 in an attempt to make Teresa look like a bad aunt, which is a storyline they concocted back in 2009, when Melissa first contacted Danielle. Melissa and Joe are on some big vendetta to try and discredit Teresa.

Joe Gorga Jr.’s Second Birthday in 2012

For Joey’s second birthday on April 27, 2012, the Gorgas took him out to dinner. The only photos Melissa or Joe tweeted or Facebooked were Joey coloring in a dining room at a formal restaurant with linen table clothes and Joey blowing out one candle in a slice of cake from the dessert menu.

Melissa tweeted this on April 27, 2012:

“Taking baby Joey out to dinner with Joe and the kids! Today’s his 2nd birthday!”

“Birthday boy!!” http://lockerz.com/s/204661582

Joe Gorga tweeted this on April 27, 2012:

“Happy brithday to Joey Gorga Jr.Tarzan ,Joeboken.” http://lockerz.com/s/204673007

It appears that Joe, Melissa and their other two children were the only ones present for the dinner, with the Marco family tweeting their happy birthday wishes to Joey. The Marco sisters saw Joey the next day when they were at the Gorga mansion preparing for their night out on the town at Ristorante Discoteca in Trenton, New Jersey, where Melissa hosted their grand opening.

Melissa’s mother, Donna Marco, tweeted and retweeted this:

“Check out this image I found” http://lockerz.com/s/204673007
April 28, 2012

RealJosephWakile ‏ @JosephWakile
“@melissagorga: Birthday boy!! http://lockerz.com/s/204661582” Happy Birthday! Hes becoming to be a very Handsome little boy! Love Him and Miss him!
Retweeted by Donna Marco
April 27, 2012

Melissa’s sister Kim Pirrella tweeted:

A pic for the birthday boy! http://pic.twitter.com/kYtYqVuu”
April 27, 2012

Melissa’s sister Lysa Simpson tweeted:

Birthday Boy, Baby Joey Gorga with the sweetest laugh in the world @joegorga @melissagorga http://yfrog.us/0b27lz
April 27, 2012

I’ll kiss him tomorrow!
April 27, 2012

What two-year old wants to go out to dinner for his birthday unless it’s a place like Chuck E. Cheese? Most kids want parties — balloons, clowns, pony rides, magicians, pinatas, moon bounces, face painting, etc. — with their friends and family in attendance.

Like any textbook narcissist, Melissa’s first priority is herself. These events were her priority, not making sure her child had a birthday party:

• She and her husband (also a narcissist) spent that evening signing Voli vodka bottles at the Bottle King in Morris Plains, NJ. They managed to take Joey out to dinner to ‘celebrate’ his birthday (photos below).

• She and Joe spent the next day (April 28) hosting the grand opening of Ristorante Discoteca in Trenton, New Jersey.

• She took off for Los Angeles (May 2) for the US Weekly Hot Bodies photoshoot (May 3).

• She and Joe will be on WWHL after episode 3 airs (May 6).

• She will be hosting Friday Night at Chris Michael’s Steakhouse in Woodbridge, NJ (May 11).

Melissa Gorga’s Tweets:

“Melissa leaves her kids all the time to go partying and promote herself; trust me, this is a fact. She could have taken them with her but chooses not to. In seasons 4 you will see Melissa sing two times in front of people. Joe acts like a pure pig on and off TV. They lie most of time to capture the gay and lesbian audience, as you will see in season 4. I find this very offensive and hurtful.The Marco sisters consider themselves the new Kardashians Lol. I think many of them need to get a real life.” [Hailey, January 19, 2012, AllAboutTRH.com]

Melissa Gorga’s Facebook Photo of Joey’s ‘Birthday Celebration’ at a Formal Restaurant:

Joe’s Facebook Photo of Joey’s ‘Birthday Cake’ — a Slice from the Dessert Menu:

Joe and Melissa Gorga Concocted the Story That Teresa Giudice is a ‘Bad Aunt’ and Fed This Lie to Danielle Staub to Use Against Teresa in Season 2; Danielle Used This Lie to Antagonize Teresa During Reunion 2; the Gorgas Tried Using This Lie in Season 4 as a Storyline to Turn the Cast and Viewers Against Teresa

Before Melissa Gorga got on the show, she was communicating with Danielle Staub behind Teresa’s back. During the reunion special for season 2, Danielle made the comment about Teresa not acknowledging her nephew’s birth — Melissa fed Danielle this lie about Teresa, which Melissa later admitted wasn’t true.

Here is Melissa’s tweet (and her sister’s tweet) after Danielle’s ‘nephew’ comment during reunion 2, which infuriated Teresa:

Melissa Marco-Gorga Wow Wow Wow!!!!
August 30, 2010

Lysa Marco-Simpson what happen…………hit a nerve?
August 30, 2010

There were many lies from Melissa that Danielle repeated during the filming of reunion 2, but only the ‘nephew’ comment make the final cut.

Reunion 2: The Scoop from an Insider Commenting at Reality Tea on September 17, 2011:

“There was so much of what is now relevant information edited out of the reunion last year [season 2] because, at the time, it was irrelevant. Danielle used Melissa’s name verbatim, and among many other things, discussed Tre ‘not speaking or associating with her own family’ and being a horrible aunt [the same accusation Melissa made in her sixth Bravo blog, Light at the End of the Tunnel, posted on June 21, 2011].

“When Teresa was arguing with Danielle, which was edited down, she CLEARLY told Danielle Staub to not ‘break up’ her family – not ‘bring up’ her family as she tried to assure us. This is why… the day of the reunion [season 2], after the first Danielle confrontation (there were more), Tre got extreme anxiety – and this is when she started to put all of Missy’s motives together: coming to every family event for camera time while behind the scenes contacting producers, Danielle, and pulling the best act [the Soprano-style audition tape promising to destroy Teresa] which got her on the show – together with Tre’s brother Joey.”

Melissa made the same accusation, that Teresa is an uncaring aunt, in her season 3 Bravo blog, Light at the End of the Tunnel, on June 21, 2011, when she said:

• Teresa was “not an aunt” to their kids
• Teresa “neglected their family,”
• Teresa “doesn’t know her godson Gino,”and
• Teresa “doesn’t call or come over to see them.”

Here is exactly what Melissa said in her June 21, 2011, Bravo blog:

“Joe tells Teresa that their relationship is broken because he feels that she neglected his family, that she is not an aunt to his kids, and that he is tired of her being fake for the cameras. In the first episode, Joe tells Teresa to “do what you do best” and ignore us. He’s referring to the fact that Teresa doesn’t call to see how our kids are or come over to see our family. He also mentions in this episode how she doesn’t know her godson, Gino, and my heart broke.”

This June 11, 2011 blog was written around the same time that Melissa lashed out at Teresa on camera in season 4 episode 3 for not giving Joey a birthday present on his first birthday (an event that was not marked with a birthday party).

In his talking head interview during season 4 episode 4, Joe Gorga said about the confrontation he instigated with Teresa during the pool party:

“All I want is for my kids to be loved by their aunt. I’m hoping, hoping that she’ll come back and be the Teresa that I know, but it’s a long shot.”

According to Teresa in her Bravo blog about the pool party confrontation:

“I didn’t love the talk my brother and I had. I really, really didn’t want to get into it at a pool party my kids were at, because I knew how it would go. And it went that way… and worse. You didn’t even see the entire argument. Joey’s explosion at me was insane, scary, and yes, really, really hurtful to me.” [Take note that he exploded in front of all the children.]

‘Teresa is a bad aunt’ is the cock-and-bull story that the Gorgas are trying to sell to the viewers as the truth.

Partial transcript from the pool party confrontation (season 4, episode 4) between Teresa and her brother Joe (j=Joey, t=Teresa, m=Melissa), where Joe is pushing their concocted storyline that Teresa is an uncaring aunt:

j – I want you to understand what you have done.

t – Maybe you’re the one who hurt – well no no, you reach out.

j – I do

t – You and your wife and Kathy and Richie sure have a funny way of showing it.

j – Do not talk about them. I’m talking about you and me right now. Alls I want you to do is accept that once in a while – I want you to accept that you are wrong.

t – What was I wrong about Joe?

j – Listen, don’t roll your eyes. you just need to say…

t – No, what was I wrong about? Tell me.

j – Even if -

j – What about being a sister to me? how about being an aunt to my kids?

t – I call you all the time, Joe. you don’t even answer.

j – How about being normal?

t – I have four kids Joe.

j-  I just want you to be normal. Just normal, as an aunt.

t – I am normal.

j – Just a normal person.

t – See that’s what you don’t get. When you were having your first kid, I was having my third.

j – Well you – here we go again.

t – I didn’t have a nanny.

j – ok

t – And my mother wasn’t my nanny. So it’s like I needed to take care of my kids.

j – I’m not, I don’t want to get into this with you.

t – I mean your wife when she only had one kid -

j – I do not wanta go -

t – Why didn’t she say bring Gia over? Why do you always blame it on me? Why couldn’t your wife be an aunt to my kids?

t  (narration) – When Melissa came into this family, Gia hated her. But then I would tell Melissa, ‘you need to show her that you love her; she’ll feel it.’ I mean kids I have to say – have good intuitions.

t – She’s your wife, she loves you, so she should love my kids. Is that what you’re saying?

j – She does love your kids.

j – She loves your kids, but where have you been? You got lost in life. You did, don’t -

t – I got lost?

j – But why do you have to have a face? You need to say.
…..
overlapping:

t – I got lost in life?

j – You know what you have to say to me?
…..

j – I’m not a crazy man in life, honey. I’m not. You don’t think you’re wrong in anything you’ve ever done. Alls I want you to do is snap out of it. i just want you to say – you would, you would shine. You would be the biggest sister ever.

j (narration) – Alls as I want is my kids to be loved by their aunt. I’m hoping, hoping that she’ll come back and be the Teresa that I know, but it’s a long shot.

Of course, he also said he is “an angel from God” and then told his sister to “shut the f–k up you f–king b-tch.”

Joe and Melissa are trying to “plant seeds” to help the viewers “read between the lines” to see only THEIR side of the story, and then they hope the others run with it.

According to Melissa in her season 3 Bravo blog, No Fakers, on May 16, 2011:

“Teresa has kept my husband, Joe, and his family (me and my three children) away from everything she has been going through and everything that has been so exciting in her life for the last three years… She kept us as far away during season 1 and season 2, because I think she knew this would happen when they found us. Karma is a bitch… Teresa likes to be the center of attention. Be beneath her or get the hell out of her way. Well she has met her match! … My sisters and Joe have an amazing relationship. He feels they act more like sisters to him than his own does… he is completely disappointed with the way she treats him and his family.” 

According to an ‘inside source’ to Reality Tea on May 6, 2012:

Melissa is not giving up her desire for fame no matter how much if affects Joe’s family. And in light of all the drama surrounding Teresa, Melissa decided to use that to her advantage and make Teresa look like the bad guy!

“Melissa’s strategy this season was to play victim during filming, she is just a better ‘actress’ than some of the other girls. She really is playing the game of the ‘victim’.” 

And Melissa’s alleged plans are apparently paying off!

“Melissa is very happy the way things turned out. She couldn’t wait to get in the group and turn them all against Teresa.”

nfazed on May 7, 2012 said at Caroline’s Bravo Blog:

“Melissa is so passive aggressive. She says that she is taking the higher road by not confronting Teresa about it, yet she tells everyone else. So everyone goes around attacking Teresa for her. That doesn’t sound like someone who does not want drama, but someone who wants to play the victim and try to walk away with clean hands.”

Melissa Talked Trash About Gia and Milania’s Joint Birthday Party, Which Joe Gorga Did Not Attend

Although Melissa and Joe don’t always throw birthday parties for her kids, Melissa did bring her children to Gia and Milania’s joint party on January 28, 2012. However, a week after the party, and after Joe received backlash for not attending, she went to the online tabloids with lies about the birthday party at Space Odyssey, trashing both Teresa and her 11-year old daughter Gia. Here are the quotes from the Reality Tea blog about Gia and Milania’s birthday party – ‘RHONJ insider’ and ‘source’ has been replaced with the actual source, Melissa:

Our RHONJ insider [Melissa Gorga] tells us that Teresa continues her attempt to push Gia into the spotlight.

“Teresa has always been desperate to have Gia in the limelight,” Melissa tells Reality Tea. “She wanted her to model, that didn’t work out. She wanted her to sing, that didn’t work out. Now, she has Gia in a ‘dance’ group.”

Melissa continues that guests were shocked at Gia’s dance outfit.

“Guests at her daughter’s birthday party were disturbed by the outfits Gia wore. She is just a little girl. Teresa dresses her like she is 16. People were shocked,” says Melissa.

Melissa tells Wetpaint the drama began when Teresa would not even allow Melissa to be photographed. Indeed, Melissa says she was not pictured in any of the professional photos taken at the party.

“When a photographer went over to ask Teresa if he could take a picture of Melissa, Teresa said ‘no,’ ” she says.

Despite getting the cold shoulder from Tre, Melissa reveals that she still tried to have a good time at the party, spending most of the night with her mother-in-law.

“She said ‘hello’ to Joe Giudice. He was nice, and Melissa was nice right back to him. Milania and Antonia [one of Melissa’s kids] were hugging and dancing the whole time.”

Melissa reports that Teresa looked annoyed watching her and decided to approach her while others were getting ready to leave.

“Teresa started to get loud, and Melissa says she was struggling to keep the scene low-key, because her youngest son, Joey, was in her arms.”

http://www.realitytea.com/2012/02/04/photos-teresa-giudices-daughters-birthday-party-is-she-pushing-gia-into-the-spotlight-plus-details-on-drama-with-melissa/

Editor’s Note: Teresa threw a real birthday party for her daughters with family and friends present (except for Joe Gorga), unlike Melissa and Joe, who were in Chicago to host a drag queen competition at a gay club and threw a fake party for Antonia’s 6th birthday the next day in a cafe in Illinois (where Antonia modeled in a fashion show) with no family or friends, not even her brothers, in attendance (her mother’s sister Kim was probably along for the trip to babysit Antonia while her parents partied).

In her July 9, 2012 Bravo blog for season 4 episode 11, Melissa wrote this about Gia’s dancing (claiming Teresa wants her in the spotlight), using words very similar to the RHONJ ‘insider’ for the Reality Tea article above:

“OMG, how cute is Gia? She was shaking her groove thing! She’s loves to dance. She loves gymnastics, she loves acting, and I hear she’s taking singing lessons now too! Teresa has always wanted her to be in the spotlight, and so here she is!”

Gia’s Tweets About Her Party:

TrueGia Gia Giudice
Getting ready for my birthday party!! Getting my hair done!! Do excited for my party!!
28 Jan

TrueGia Gia Giudice
I love my Mommy and Daddy because they gave me the BEST eleventh birthday EVER!!!!!!!
30 Jan

Melissa Is All About Melissa

Most of the scenes with the Gorgas don’t involve them interacting with their kids: when the children are in the scenes, it’s only for a couple minutes and usually shows them lying around the closet (since their spec home is sparsely furnished — the dining room table made its appearance in season 4). Most of their scenes are about Teresa, their sex life and her singing, and most of her Twitter and Facebook posts are about her appearances and ‘music career’.

Lysa Simpson ‏ @LysaSimpson

I’m getting my girl off to school today. Love her http://instagr.am/p/KH3k-vG9GC/
Retweeted by Donna Marco
May 2, 2012

Melissa is all about Melissa and is too self-absorbed to put her children above her desire for fame. Only a narcissist would use her family as a backdrop for a Christmas card (she is at the forefront and is the focus of the card).

SA on April 30, 2012 at 10:52 am said on AllAboutTRH.com:

Melissa makes herself look like a famewhore…how many times are we gonna see her in her closet of clothes this season? Why not a couple of scenes with her kids? Oh that’s right…her kids are so easily forgotten cause it’s ALL ABOUT MELISSA!! Does anyone realize that the Melissa and Joe kept all the money and toys from the “charity” Christmas party last year [and that they still owe Fred $49,500 for the party]??

GuiltyOfWatchingHousewives says on May 4, 2012 at 12:06 PM at StoopidHousewives:

Mel is far better at this (petty warfare) than Tree. Mel seems to know when to keep her mouth shut, is more articulate (by a SMALL degree), more in control of her negative emotions, and just far, far more manipulative than Tree. That certainly doesn’t make her a BETTER person in my mind though.

kas6787 says on May 4, 2012 at 1:12 PM at StoopidHousewives:

Exacty GOWH! Mego IS better at petty warfare … what an accomplishment, NOT! But, this too shall pass. Because one day her number will come up and someone far more articulate and fed up with her lies and hypocrisies will expose it quite clearly to her face. And to all of those who willingly and ignorantly accept and drink the tainted “kool-aide” she offers so freely — and those “poison comment” affectionados that her man constantly references and nitwits seem to like — will see what a “wench like me” she really is and that he really does contain poison!

ContraDoodlez says on May 4, 2012 at 7:14 PM at StoopidHousewives:

Also, you’re forgetting that the last time Teresa tried to support her little nephew (AT HIS CHRISTENING) she was threatened, insulted, chased out and then blamed for the whole fiasco! Even if she did get the kid a gift, Mego would still say she was a bad aunt! She’s damned if she does and damned if she don’t.

madepiley says on May 4, 2012 at 7:23 PM at StoopidHousewives:

And then the fake Christmas eve dinner shows clearly that Mego and JoGo showed up just long enough to scoop up the rather large gifts that Tree had purchased for the kids and boot scootin out as fast as they could so they could make it to Jeff Goldbloom’s house. I have always been offended by that little maneuver.

SABLE says on May 4, 2012 at 2:27 PM at StoopidHousewives:

Speechless. Another reason to argue. What’s the point? I have 6 siblings, and I can’t recall the last time they bought either of my children a gift. Now, if I had a birthday party, and invited them to attend, of course they wouldn’t show up empty handed. But am I going to sweat it? Naw…and if my sister-in-law got in my face, I would tell my brother to go “check his wife”. I don’t know why Teresa or Melissa just stay the hell away from each other.

I can understand why Teresa’s parents don’t care for Melissa. Also, I know I wouldn’t like it if my daughter-in-law was constantly talking crap about my daughter. Matter of fact, I would find it offensive. Melissa would be dealing with ME, the mother in law!! And Joe Gorga, why are you letting your wife interfere with your family? Think about it, what if you had a SIL like that?

Oh now, Melissa wants to fight? For real? This woman WOULD NEVER be invited to a family function if she laid one hand on my daughter.

Dubbalicious says May 4, 2012 at 4:36 PM at StoopidHousewives:

Being the manipulator she is, she fuels his insecurities by constantly pointing out everything negative regarding his family and what they’ve done to the both of them. He’s to blinded to see what she’s doing. As I’ve said before, the “Poison” doesn’t exist within him… It lies beside him at night!!

Teresa said she wanted things to be like they used to be, when her brother would hang out with her and her children, but she wasn’t saying she expected her brother to come over everyday… she meant that she wanted the closeness they used to have as siblings. If Melissa can have that with her sisters, why can’t Teresa have that with her brother?

old NJ girl says on May 17, 2012 at 5:56 PM at StoopidHousewives:

If you had a brother that you loved and were best friends with for over 20 years, would you be upset if you no longer confide in him and expect him to be there for you? The former Looker Dancer grew up with 2 sister that she is very close with and another sister that she never mentions. She had them as her BFF’s for 20 years. All the sisters and husbands get together multiple times each week, but yet Teresa can’t see her brother.

Joey TOLD Teresa about rumors that Juicy was cheating on her and yet she isn’t allowed to say the same back to him about his wife?

Teresa’s youngest daughter would not even hold Joey’s hand at the beach because she didn’t know him. His excuse was he was always working but yet he is at EVERY meet and greet, every out of town strip, every party with her family, every Sunday dinner with her family, every bar opening with her and her family. He spent 30 minutes with Teresa for Christmas almost 2 years ago now. He said on the show that he doesn’t like Juicy because Juicy spends more time with his family.

Seems to me that Teresa doesn’t want Joey all the time… but a couple times a month might be nice for a quick dinner, talk on the phone, play time with the kids, family dinner. It would be no different if Joey was Teresa sister instead of her brother.

L says on May 19, 2012 at 9:55 AM at StoopidHousewives:

I come from a tight knit Italian family and am close to my brothers. I understand where T is coming from and its creepy and gross of anyone to insinuate something weird about it. My brothers would never treat me like Joe Gorga treats Teresa. There is a certain loyalty and trust in old world Italian families and that’s a fact. If your not Italian you probably wouldn’t understand. If I tell my brother something in confidence about his wife, it’s kept private and vice versa. That’s because we care about and trust each other.

It sounds to me like Joe Gorga is totally whipped by his wife, and she seems to manipulate his view and relationship with Teresa. If he had a backbone or any class he would have immediately set Melissa straight when she joined the family that his family is important and to be respected. Period.

The jealous ones in this situation are Melissa and Joe. Teresa had the fame and success and they wanted it. Melissa and Joe are very selfish to come and do nothing but trash talk Teresa. They have no other relevance on the show other than they are related to Teresa! They should be ashamed for what they have done to this family all to have their 15 minutes of fame.

I feel very proud to be an Italian and, no, we don’t expect our siblings to put us before their wives and kids. But there is a certain level of respect and love that you have for your blood relatives that is instilled in us. There is nothing wrong with having your brothers’ and sisters’ back or defending them.

What is wrong is throwing your sister under the bus on national TV and airing your family’s dirty laundry for the world. Teresa never talked about her family problems before they came on the show. That says a lot. Joe and Melissa are thinking of their own best interests, pure and simple. They have admitted that they weren’t getting along with Teresa when they signed up for the show. I’m sure they realized it would be awkward to say the least, but didn’t care.

Melissa and Joe Gorga are not innocent like they make them out to be, pure and simple. Teresa is not perfect but no one deserves to be ganged up on the way she has. Its horrible and wrong. Melissa has even said herself that they didn’t mesh well and both had a tit for tat thing going on–does that warrant taking Teresa’s friends, trashing her every scene, talking about her financial problems? No.

Also, I’ve never heard Teresa on the show or interviews say she wants her brother to come over her house everyday and neglect his family for her. She has said many times she wants them to have a close relationship like they used to. Sounds like he was a best friend to her in some ways. The poor woman is bankrupt, having marital problems, having her friends treat her poorly, and her life splashed in magazines. She probably wants to have her family there to support her, respect her, have her back, lean on, just like any other human being would. Her brother kicked her when she was down.

Regarding the conversation she had with her brother about Melissa cheating–she has every right to share her concerns with her brother. She thought they were still close enough to share confidences, but obviously not. Also, after what Melissa did getting on the show, Teresa knows what she’s capable of and is probably scared for her brother. A friend, sister and parent would and should voice those concerns. He is a real jerk for repeating it to his wife, all their friends and the whole world. He wanted to make her look bad.

Birthday Parties for Joe and Melissa Gorga’s Children and the Life ‘Most Girls Dream of’

If Melissa is truly wealthy and living the life that ‘most girls dream of’, why does she continuously leave her children for bottle signings, restaurant openings, and night club appearances to earn a little cash? [The rumor mill says they are in financial trouble.] She is choosing to do this over sharing precious moments with her family, like birthday parties for her children.

According an’ Inside Source’ to Reality Tea on May 4, 2012:

Melissa and Joe’s marriage is all for show – literally – and before Bravo cameras started rolling they had many problems of their own which they now disguise for the the sake of reality television! Melissa and Joe “are not this fantasy couple,” our source informs us. “They are totally laying it on thick for the cameras and because Teresa and Joe are not in a good place. Melissa and Joe have had their own share of issues. This whole nonsense of him putting her on a pedestal has all started since the cameras have been rolling!”, our source reveals.

And Joe G-to-the-Iudice is not the only one who has been accused of cheating! “Melissa had her own bout with Joe’s infidelities.” Additionally, “Joe made a lot of demands on Melissa like staying thin even when pregnant… Melissa may play the innocent role, but that isn’t the case. She truly was always jealous of Teresa’s success and her goal was to get on the show,” our source adds. “It was one thing Teresa had that she didn’t and she wanted it too!”

Unfortunately a desire for fame has taken a toll on the family! “All of them let fame really take over and ruin their family. They exhaust themselves trying to keep up with each other,” our source explains. According to our source both ladies have “played the game for years,” and recently their spite has even escalated to throwing away gifts from each others’ families! This issue will be a source of this upcoming episode’s fight between Melissa and Teresa.

“[Melissa] does like Teresa and her husband fighting. Melissa has let fame get to her head very quick!;” our source adds. “She and Teresa have ALWAYS been in competition and now Melissa LOVES that Teresa can’t one up her about fame.”

And allegedly Joe G-to-the-Iudice’s anger at his brother-in-law is a result of an loan he never repaid! “Joe Gorga has yet to pay the 80,000 he owes Sheila Giudice’s brother for the work on the buildings they showed he was putting up [on last Sunday's episode]. He owes a lot of people money out there.” WOW!

According an’ Inside Source’ to Reality Tea on May 6, 2012:

Fans of Teresa Giudice have been upset about what seemed like her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga‘s desire to join the show for the sake of her own fame. Melissa, herself, told Reality Tea that their family problems existed long before the show. Which has led many to question why, if you have so much family drama would you join a reality show to showcase those issues?

Our source confirms that the problems between the Gorgadice families has indeed existed for years – and that Teresa and Joe Gorga’s parents are horrified by Melissa’s desire for fame which is tearing their family apart!

“There is no denying that all this family drama aired on national TV has taken a toll on Teresa’s parents. Teresa’s parents never liked Melissa and they sure like her a lot less now,” our source tells Reality Tea EXCLUSIVELY. “They do not even watch the show because [they] can’t even bear the heartache.”

“Melissa thought naming her children after her in-laws was going to get them on ‘her side’ and closer to Joe (her husband). The truth is Teresa’s parents have always been closer with Joe Giudice and Teresa,” our source reveals. “They cannot stand Melissa. They do what they have to do because they love their son, but that’s it.”

Even worse, Teresa’s parents believe Melissa has caused all of the family problems! “They blame Melissa for the wedge between their children,” our source adds. “They will never forgive their [Joe and Melissa] decision to join the show and make a mockery of their family. ” Whoa – very harsh words!

However, Melissa is not giving up her desire for fame no matter how much if affects Joe’s family. And in light of all the drama surrounding Teresa, Melissa decided to use that to her advantage and make Teresa look like the bad guy! “Melissa’s strategy this season was to play victim during filming,” our source continues. “She is just a better ‘actress’ than some of the other girls. She really is playing the game of the ‘victim.’”

And Melissa’s alleged plans are apparently paying off! “Melissa is very happy the way things turned out. She couldn’t wait to get in the group and turn them all against Teresa.”

Additionally, Melissa has definitely let fame go to her head! “Melissa is starting to turn into a Teresa. She has become very arrogant. Fame already has changed her. ”

Our source also tells us that Melissa’s holier than thou attitude and pretending to be financially secure is an act! “She always makes comments about how they pay their bills, etc. yet Joe owes a lot of people money. Just like Joe G-to-the-Iudice, it is going to catch up with them.”

Melissa Gorga ‏ @melissagorga
So sweet xo RT @izzz09: @melissagorga …singer, housewive, fashionista, SUPERSTAR!!! what cant she do?? i hope im like that as a mommy!
April 30, 2012

• Antonio’s birthday is August 12th. In August 2011, during filming for season 4, they threw her a birthday party.
  

• Gino’s birthday is September 12th. This would have been before season 3 filming but during season 4 filming. If they threw him a party in 2011 or 2012, they didn’t tweet or Facebook about it (most likely a party for him was not filmed for season 4 even though cameras were rolling on September 12, 2011, but viewers will have to wait and see).

• Joey’s birthday is April 27th. It was confirmed by season 4 footage and Melissa’s recent tweets and Facebook posts that the Gorgas did not throw him a party for his 1st or 2nd birthday. The only photos Melissa or Joe tweeted or Facebooked were Joey coloring in a dining room at a formal restaurant with linen table clothes and Joey blowing out one candle in a slice of cake from the dessert menu. This was the same day she and Joe were in Morris Plains, NJ, to sign Voli vodka bottles at the Bottle King, which she promoted on social media with posters and photos.

Joe and Melissa Gorga Like to Throw Parties for Themselves

Melissa and Joe kicked off their first season on RHONJ with an elaborate christening party for their youngest son, mimicking the one Teresa and Joe threw for Audriana in season 2 (it was the Gorgas first appearance on camera, and they wanted to make themselves look good). Melissa again copied Teresa when they threw the over-the-top $50,000 Christmas party (which they never paid for) at their home (complete with casino and ”Gorga money’), with Melissa using a microphone to make her announcements just like Teresa did during her season 2 housewarming party. At the Gorga’s Thanksgiving gathering in season 2, Joe even went the extra step to setup a mechanical bull in the front yard, which they turned into something sexual and inappropriate in front of the kids.

These parties were thrown for the cameras and were thrown for the adults, not the children.

Melissa threw herself a 33rd birthday party on March 22, 2012 — all the NJ Housewives were there except for Teresa. Melissa gave the photos and story to her favorite blog, Reality Tea, claiming to be an ‘inside source’. In the story about her birthday, she once again had to trash talk Teresa, declaring she has trouble keeping her friends and that the only friend she has is her ‘employee’, makeup artist Priscilla DiStasio:

“Teresa, who seems to have alienated all of her costars, continues to have issues keeping friends. Well with the exception of her new BFF, who also happens to be her employee, aka her make up artist, Priscilla DiStasio. Teresa seems to have new BFF’s left and right now. The latest is her makeup artist. She has not one long term friend in her life. She uses people and then she is done with them!” says our insider. “All her other friends are long gone. They, like Jacqueline, see her for who she really is.”

Priscilla DiStasio told AllAboutTRH exclusively that all the claims are false:

“Teresa has great friends. I’m with her all the time and see her on the phone with friends she’s known for over 10 years. The one she has had for the longest time are her truest friends and will stick by her. I think these ‘sources’ are just making up stuff because they’re upset that Teresa is getting so big.”

Little Joey only got a slice of cake from the dessert menu with a cheap candle in it;
Melissa got a whole cake made special for her with fancy candles and all!