Did Penny Drossos Karagiorgis Sign a Contract for RHONJ Season 5? — She Knows Melissa Gorga’s Secrets (Updated 2/18/2013)

It appears that Penny Drossos Karagiorgis signed a contract (unpaid “person of interest”?) with Bravo on December 26, 2012. A source tells Fame-Whorgas that Penny has the real scoop on Melissa’s checkered past — she is a former friend of Melissa and knows all the key people and has the contacts, and she cares about Teresa and truly will be on her side… and she will be Melissa’s nemesis for sure.

According to TVFishbowl’s source, in one scene “a couple of cast members are on the phone with someone from the Gorga’s past. The man is on speaker phone and is singing like a ‘bird’.”

Who is Penny Drossos? 

Conversations From Twitter (Excerpt)
By Ilana Angel, Keeping It Real (The Jewish Journal)
June 7, 2012

Penny can be found on Twitter @PDKHair. She owns La Chateau Allure Salon in New Jersey and a lot of people think she should be a new cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She is a friend of Teresa’s, which should be reason enough to add her because it would be nice to see Teresa have a friend in the sea of bitter hags we are now watching.

Penny worked for many years as special education teacher, specializing in kids with autism. She loved her work but found that when she had her own children, she lost some of patience. At that point she decided to leave teaching and go into hairdressing. Just because she changed careers, she was unable to walk away from the students she loved so much.

Every Tuesday is Special Needs Day at Penny’s salon. She welcomes children and adults to the salon to get their hair done. They can enjoy the pampering and hang out in a safe and non-judgmental environment. Some of the “kids” who come are the same students Penny taught years ago. They are now young adults and Penny loves them now as she did then, completely.

Penny has been married to Johnny for 12 years.

A Warning to Teresa Giudice

Andy Cohen wants to bring you — not Melisssa Gorga — down, so tread carefully. Bravo will slice and dice the footage to present you as the vindictive, resentful and spiteful sister-in-law out to destroy your brother’s marriage.

After they splice and dice the footage, they’ll script and let Melissa rehearse the talking head interviews so she can come out the victim — with what Bravo hopes will be a best-selling advice book on how to have a ‘real and sexy’ marriage (Bravo gets a cut of the profits, so the timing of the announcement of this book deal and its publication slated for Fall 2013 is not a coincidence) — and you will come out the villain with the cheating husband and a ruined ‘brand’ that no other network will want.

Penny can bring up the dirt about Melissa on camera without you (if this is really what Bravo wants), so don’t be complicit in revealing her checkered past — let Bravo figure out how to do it without you and in a way to ensure Penny’s scenes won’t be left on the cutting room floor… again.

Remember, only a very small percentage of viewers follow the blogs, and Bravo knows this — this is why they can get away with distorting the truth and creating fake storylines.

The photos below are of Penny Drossos and John Karagiorgis (and Pete Giudice) from season 4. All shots of Penny in season 4 were left on the cutting room floor (the photos below, except for the one with Penny’s back in the shot, are from websites other than Bravo and were not in season 4 footage that aired on Bravo) even though she was the one who brought Bravo the season 4 finale at the Posche Fashion Show (according to a source, Penny and John are friends with Melissa’s former friends).

Melissa’s nemesis Penny Drossos (@PDKhair) held back on the dirt she has on Melissa’s checkered past so that she could get a contract with Bravo and air it all out on the show — this was the only way it could be blasted to all six million viewers (depending on the source — other sources report that figure to be 3.5 million).

Melissa and her sisters have been attacking Penny and her business on Twitter over the past two seasons. Recently, Melissa took a dig at Penny (without naming her) in her final blog for season 4 and her sister Kim Pirrella did as well:

“As you can see, there are many desperate people on Twitter begging to be on the show. None of them get cast. It’s not Bravo’s style. The more you want it, the less likely you are to get it.” – Melissa Gorga, October 16, 2012, Bravo Blog

“Its quite comical that @johnnythegrk banked on being cast on rhwnj even charging a new set of teeth for @pdkhair and BRAVO PASSED!! LMFAO” – Retweeted by Kim Pirrella, October 14, 2012 (during the premiere of part 3 of the reunion special)

“Penny has a long history with Melissa, and knew Melissa long before her housewife days. In fact, when Melissa was casted for RHONJ, she actually called Penny [who she was not on good terms with her at the time] to boast.” – anonymous e-mail published at StoopidHousewives.com

A Twitter follower alerted Penny to Melissa’s comment in her Bravo blog:

Ko @Keena620
@melissagorga threw a dig at @PDKhair and her hubby in her new blog. Penny plz call this bitch out
7:00 AM – 17 Oct 12

Ko Ko ‏@Keena620
@PDKhair she said there are many desperate ppl on Twitter begging to be on the show. Hmmm made me think of u. I wish bravo would cast u.
7:40 AM – 17 Oct 12

Here are Penny’s responses:

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Keena620 @melissagorga she did wt! Really Mel u want to go there! How did u meet Joe ? Bitch
7:32 AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos @PDKhair
@Keena620 @melissagorga when you came back didn’t you say he wasn’t your type! Go bitch u want to play lets play how’s Fred Caruso bitch
7:33AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos @PDKhair
@Keena620 @melissagorga tell everyone how you lied to him about ur first day you “taught” n you cried to him that it was too stressful
7:35AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos @PDKhair
@Keena620 @melissagorga joe felt bad for you n told u to quit n you worked for him does Joe know exactly who he married? I doubt he does
7:38AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Keena620 I’m not desperate she’s scared big difference.cause if I come on I don’t alone..
7:46 AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Keena620 YES the producers did come to my house in aug to interview me..
7:48 AM – 17 Oct 12

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Keena620 I try I’m far form perfect n I know it .. I’m human but I don’t but up a front I am who I am .Thank u honey for the heads up 2day
7:52 AM – 17 Oct 12

In December 2003, the Fred Caruso that Penny referred to in the tweet above was named as a defendant in a law suit for third degree aggravated assault, causing “significant bodily injury under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life in a reckless manner” at a club called Club XS in Seaside Heights, NJ. And in October 2006, Fred Caruso  from Clifton New Jersey was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy, retaliate against a witness and commit kidnapping:

“According to testimony presented at trial, on February 24, 2002, Van Cleve Ashley, age 38, of New Jersey, was sentenced to 34 years on February 8, 2007 for conspiring with Fred Caruso and Ramaine York to shoot to death Thomas D. Dixon, Jr. to prevent Dixon from appearing as a witness in the federal case of U.S. v. Fred Caruso and to retaliate against Dixon for providing law enforcement officers with information about Caruso’s criminal activities. Caruso provided Ashley with a semi-automatic pistol, a photograph of Dixon and directions to Dixon’s house. Caruso paid Ashley $10,000. Ashley then solicited the help of York, providing him with the gun and directions to Dixon’s house. York traveled from New Jersey to Maryland and shot Dixon multiple times. Dixon was flown to shock trauma where he remained hospitalized for months, but survived the attack.  Both Caruso and York had previously pled guilty to witness retaliation and testified at trial against Ashley. Judge Garbis sentenced Caruso to 163 months. York was sentenced in federal court in New Jersey to 10 years. United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Baltimore County Police Department for their investigative work.”

A source told Fame-Whorgas that:

“Fred Caruso was the main guy in the northeast to get whatever you needed: coke, X, K, etc. … and yes, Melissa knew him. She was the tag along.”

Penny Drossos has been tweeting Love Majewski. On October 3, 2012, Penny tweeted this to Love:

“We’re coming to Staten Island Friday night want to meet up ?”

In October 2012, a source told Fame-Whorgas that during the 4-5 years that Melissa Gorga dated Love’s friend Brian, she “lived” out of Love’s closet, “borrowing” her clothes because she liked nice things but couldn’t afford them (Love was Brian’s friend, and Melissa met Love through him). The source also said that Melissa was a “leach to everyone, and she even took advantage of Love’s driver.”

2/18/2013 UPDATE:

Bryan ‏(@bulldog_nj) said on January 20, 2013:

“@lisaslying @lovemajewski yes she’s great! We go back a long time. No I don’t think I have them pics lol but I know what u mean.”

When Penny mentioned Love’s name to Melissa Gorga at the Milania Hair Care launch party on February 18, 2013, Melissa acted as if she didn’t know who Penny was talking about. This was after rumors of Melissa cheating on Joe with Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen surfaced in January 2013.

Love Majewski is a new cast member on season 3 of VH1′s “Mob Wives”, starting Sunday, January 6, 2013. She was featured on season 1, episode 9 of the ID network show “I Married a Mobster” — here is a description of that episode (also see video of the episode below):

“Through Staten Island mob daughters like herself, Love Majewski meets Chris Paciello, a member of the Bonanno crime family, as well as Ray Merolle’s “The Untouchables,” the car-theft operation that inspired “Gone in 60 Seconds.” When Chris grows abusive, Love asks for Ray’s protection, becoming at once his personal property and accomplice to theft. Chris moves to Miami, but is eventually arrested for murdering a porn king’s wife, while Ray is convicted of more than 100 counts back in Staten Island. This leaves Love to live her life in limbo, trying to date normal guys but never fully escaping the FBI’s radar.”

Related:

• Pete Giudice Takes On Melissa Gorga and Her Posse; John Karagiorgis Backs Up Pete Giudice on Twitter
• RHONJ Season 5 Will Be All About Melissa Gorga’s Secrets; John Karagiorgis Says Melissa Gorga Went ‘From Ho to Housewife’
• Melissa Gorga and Jacqueline Laurita are Horrible, Vindictive, Manipulative Witches; More About Melissa from John Karagiorgis
• Ilana Angel of the Jewish Journal Interviews Penny Drossos Karagiorgis
• The Gorgas Say They Are ‘Party People’ and Melissa Is a ‘Fondler’
• Melissa Gorga Allegedly Cheated on Joe Before and After They Were Married

Are Season 5′s ‘Friends of Housewife’ Teresa Guidice Really Her Friends?

Bravo recruited three new “friends” — Kim DePaola (paid), Jennifer Dalton (paid) and Elvira Grau (unpaid?) — for Housewife Teresa Giudice to supposedly even the playing field in season 5, but are they really her friends?

Below is a photo of Jennifer Dalton fraternizing with the enemy: pictured are Kathy Wakile, Jennifer, Jennifer’s good friend Misa Hylton Brim, and Melissa Gorga.

Jennifer Dalton was featured on Bravo’s “Pregnant in Heels”.  Teresa was at her baby shower earlier in 2012, along with Lil Kim and Elvira Grau (see photo below). Jennifer is best friends with Lil Kim (a music industry connection which Melissa surely would like to cultivate), and Lil Kim is the godmother of her daughter Reign. Jennifer is presently a real estate agent with Sotheby’s.

Elvira Grau is owner of Space Odyssey where Teresa held parties for her children’s birthdays and where Bravo taped a Hurricane Sandy fundraising event on November 30, 2012. Pictured below are Jennifer and Misa at that fundraising event, which Joe and Melissa Gorga also attended (see photos at the end of this article) — Teresa and Kim D were also there.

We already know about Kim D’s shady dealings, and things are looking even more suspicious with the recent revelation that Jennifer Dalton’s good friend Misa Hylton Brim visited Melissa Gorga at her home on December 12, 2012 (in other words, Teresa’s new ‘friend’ Jennifer may have an alliance with Melissa that is unbeknownst to Teresa):

On Christmas day, Teresa tweeted a photo of herself with Elvira Grau and Jennifer Dalton (and Jennifer’s baby Reign):

Enjoying friends w/ my home made deserts! @partyelvira @flygirljennifer pic.twitter.com/B8vwnv0q

On Christmas day, Jennifer tweeted the same photo plus a photo of herself and her baby in front of Teresa’s Christmas tree:

@Teresa_Giudice @lil kim, Reigns first Christmas at godmommy Kim’s house and finished the night at Auntie Teresa’s! pic.twitter.com/ywXS6RxF

@Teresa_Giudice @PartyElvira had a great time tonight, great Christmas with Teresa’s amazing food!!!!! Still stuffed! pic.twitter.com/u94h3WEn

On Christmas day, Cherokee Rose Marie ‏(@KatStacksDeport) tweeted Teresa, warning her to “watch your back” because Jennifer was going to “stack her in the back” like the rest of them since Jennifer’s good friend Misa (Sean Comb’s ex and her baby’s daddy) had been at Melissa’s house two weeks earlier:

@Teresa_Giudice @PartyElvira @flygirljennifer , teresa watch ur back jennifer’s bestfriend is down with melissa, they took pics at her house

@flygirljennifer @Teresa_Giudice @PartyElvira yeah right jennifer here’s pic of ur bff misa at melissa’s crib http://pics.lockerz.com/s/268651838

@flygirljennifer @Teresa_Giudice jen and lil kim are misa’s friends, misa is puffy comb’s ex n baby mama, jen will back stab like the rest

Jennifer, on the defense, responded to Cherokee Rose Marie, saying she had just met Melissa but was a long-time friend of Teresa:

@KatStacksDeport @teresa_giudice @partyelvira 2nd Misa has NEVER styled Mellisa and Teresa is a long time friend ❤her! Just met Mellisa.

Jennifer also tweeted that Misa was at Melissa’s house because of her, and that Teresa knew about it:

@KatStacksDeport @teresa_giudice Misa was at mellisas because of me, which Teresa knows about. Watch and see, I brought Misa with me my fri

Jennifer also confirmed she is friends with both Lil Kim and Misa:

@KatStacksDeport @teresa_giudice @partyelvira again, Misa is not my BFF @lil Kim and Allison are! Misa is a good friend tho

@KatStacksDeport @teresa_giudice @partyelvira please get your facts straight! 1st I have two best friends @lil Kim and Allison.

Not sure what to make of these tweets from Christopher Manzo about Lil Kim back in February 2012:

Bravotv: First up is Ladies Night, and then a little Crush On You and rounding it all out with our personal fave, Magic Stick. @lilkim #nowplaying
Wed Feb 15 03:45PM

Christopher manzo: @bravotv @lilkim the jump off is where it’s at
Wed Feb 15 03:50PM

Bravotv: @chris_manzo @lilkim with Mr. Cheeks? Throoowwwbaaaccck! #nowplaying
Wed Feb 15 03:52PM

Jennifer’s best friend Lil Kim has been a guest on Andy Cohen’s WWHL show:

See shots of Lil’ Kim and Willie Geist getting their groove on with Andy Cohen at the Bravo Clubhouse:

http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-6/photos/show-shots/lil-kim-and-willie-geist

Lil’ Kim tells Andy what she thinks about Nicki Minaj:

http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-6/videos/battle-rap

Bravo hired “friends” for Teresa — Kim D and Jennifer Dalton — who already had connections to BravoTV, which makes you wonder where their allegiance lies (with Bravo and not Teresa).

Another one of Teresa’s friends for season 5 is Elvira Grau, owner of Spacy Odyssey (pictured above with Teresa and Jennifer and pictured below in the first photo on the left with both the Gorgas and Wakiles) — it seems she is not an official “friend of housewife”, which could mean she is a genuine friend to Teresa (since she is not paid or under contract to Bravo). However, you have to wonder why she was at Bravo’s Pregnant in Heels baby shower for Jennifer Dalton.

Elvira exclusively told RadarOnline.com on December 28, 2012, that she’s going to be squarely in Teresa’s camp if any of the other women want to cause trouble with her friend:

“We have been friends because we’re both comfortable with each other as we are, not jealous or insecure,” the party planner said about her relationship with Teresa.

“I would absolutely defend Teresa against the other woman,” Elvira told Fox News Correspondent Tom Murro.

“I have zero loyalty to anyone on the show except Teresa because I simply don’t know them,” New Correspondent Tom Murro tells us she revealed to him.

“We both have families that we love and that’s priority over anything else.”

“She’s been a great supporter of my business Space Odyssey and I’ve hosted all her girl’s parties!”

Hat Tips: Thank you FW readers haydaki and Jeannie5233 for the tips!

Bravo Will Use Creative Editing Again in Season 5 to Suggest Joe Giudice Is Cheating

From Anonymous on December 19, 2012 at Fame-Whorgas:

I heard from a person associated with persons on RHNJ that, in recent days, Teresa was filming at an event and Joe was not with her. Joe was apparently supposed to attend the event after he finished a job (supposedly, he was helping repair damage to homes inflicted by Hurricane Sandy.) Teresa called Joe from the event to see what time he would be arriving. Joe told Teresa he worked later than anticipated and wouldn’t be able to make it.

On this particular day, there was a camera crew following Joe while he was working (which would fall into place with the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts story arc). Shortly after the phone call, and unknown to Joe, the crew followed and filmed him entering a hotel supposedly to meet another woman… or at least that is what Bravo was trying to imply. I am told Teresa does NOT know this happened but Kim D is DEFINITELY aware. I hope none of this is true, but I fear it is. Sad.

Taking this information into consideration and the info from Fame and Chris Stark, it brings many, MANY questions to mind. Could this supposed “evidence” of Joe’s implied infidelities on film be helping Bravo promote the story arc of Teresa as the jealous and scorned wife who “attempts” (with the “help” of Kim D) to expose others marriage issues because she (Teresa) is having her own? Is this why the recent rumors of Joe and Teresa divorcing suddenly surfaced again???

During season 5, Bravo used the magic of editing, including subtitles and voice-overs, to create the illusion that Joe Giudice was talking to a mystery woman while in the vineyards in California. However, when asked, “Was Joe Giudice talking to a woman on the phone in Napa, did he forget to turn off his mic?,” a former RHONJ post production supervisor on September 17, 2012, responded:

“The call was 100% innocent. He called Teresa a c*** because he didn’t want to be there filming, and was taking it out on her. He had a legal mess at home he needed to deal with but was contractually obligated to be there.”

When asked by AllAboutTRH on October 10, 2012 if she ever told Jacqueline that Joe cheated on her, Teresa said:

“I never told Jacqueline any of that. If I had proof of Joe cheated on me, I wouldn’t be with him. I’m just not made that way. I know some people would stick with their husbands even if they did that but to each their own. It would be unfortunate but I would definitely not stay with Joe.”

Throughout season 4, a main story arc was that Joe Giudice was cheating on Teresa. Bravo chose to include footage all season long that would make viewers suspicious of Joe Giudice’s faithfulness to his wife, and episode 16 (the mysterious phone call, which was heavily advertised for two weeks prior to the scene airing) was the culmination of the infidelity story arc.

In season 4′s premiere episode, Joe Gorga brought up on camera the rumors of Joe Guidice cheating on Teresa, which was tied in with a private conversation Teresa had with her brother that ended with her reciprocating by telling him cheating rumors about Melissa.

In one of the first episodes of season 4, Teresa questioned Joe’s business meeting with a woman and discussed her concerns that Gia was hearing the tabloid rumors. And then again, in a later episode, Teresa asked Joe in whose car did he find his wallet. Of course, Andy Cohen on WWHL questioned Teresa about the phone call and then brought it up again to Joe Giudice during the season 4 reunion special.

Joe denied he was talking to a woman, and (as confirmed by the former post production supervisor) Bravo used creative editing and voice overs to create the illusion that Joe was talking to another women. During the season 4 reunion special, Joe admitted to making inappropriate comments about his wife, and said he apologized by buying her jewelry; however, he denied that he was talking to another woman.

Now with insiders saying that stories about Melissa cheating on Joe Gorga will be revealed in season 5 — soon after those insider leaks, Melissa announced that she is writing an advice book on how to have a hot, sexy and happy marriage — you have to wonder what the real story is behind Bravo’s calculating and  scheming in season 5.

Related:

• Bravo May Be Setting Up Teresa Giudice Again in Season 5
• Bravo Insider Says Andy Cohen Hates Teresa Giudice
• More Crafty Editing by Bravo Uncovered
• Melissa Gorga Lied in Her Voice-Over

Melissa Gorga Celebrated Christmas With Her Family, Not Her Husband’s Family Because She Told Teresa Giudice, “You’re Done With Me and You’re Done With My Children”

Andy sums it all up: “Kim D, it sounds like you knew what was going to go down. Teresa knew something was going to go down involving Melissa” [but she didn't know what]. Teresa goes back to brain-exploding screaming mode, yelling “I NEVER SAID YOU WERE A STRIPPER” so violently that her face turns bright red and her hairline rattles. “You’re done with me and you’re done with my children,” Melissa says, staring directly into Teresa’s eyes. “You’re so contrived. You learned a lot in that strip club,” Teresa spits back. Still, even at the height of her anger, she can’t bring herself to say cruel things to her brother. Through tears she says she loves him and his babies. – The Huffington Post, October 15, 2012, Recap of the Season 4 Reunion Special

After the PFS finale on September 27, 2011, in her talking head interview (season 4, episode episode 20: Strip Down Memory Lane) Teresa said her brother sent her a text message stating, “You’re dead to me.” During this on-camera Bravo interview, you can clearly see that Teresa has been dragged down well beyond her breaking point and is telling everyone, even her family, to f— off. “My conscience is clear because I had nothing to do with this setup. So if Melissa wants to ruin this family, let her do it.” Teresa added. “I don’t even care anymore, I just hate him.”

Melissa’s sister Lysa made sure to tweet that Melissa’s children spent Christmas with her and not the Giudices:

My ❤ #Antonia ————————————- Happy kids #Gino ————————— Happy kids #baby Joey

Christmas Greetings from the Giudices; Plus Merry Christmas to My Readers!

Here’s another photo from Teresa with her girls on December 23, 2012:

Plus, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays to my non-Christian readers), and I want to thank you all for your continued support… you are the reason I keep on blogging. You’re the best! – Grace, joy and peace to you all, Fame

God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith;

The warmth of Christmas, which is love;

The radiance of Christmas, which is purity;

The righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;

The belief in Christmas, which is truth;

The all of Christmas, which is Christ.

~Wilda English

 

 

 

 

Related:

Melissa Gorga’s Bravo Blogs

Christmas Greetings from the Gorgas; Melissa Gorga to Publish Advice Book About Marriage But Source Says Their Happy Marriage is a Facade

Joe Gorga told Us Weekly his New Year’s Resolution is a very simple one: “More kinky sex.”

Radar Online, via Tom Murro (a friend to everyone but the Giudices), released the Gorga’s Christmas card as an ‘exclusive’. The following is the RadarOnline story published on December 20, 2012:

Happy holidays Real Housewives of New Jersey style!

Melissa Gorga and her picture perfect family posed for their annual Christmas card recently, and RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained a copy of her portrayal of seasonal cheer.

On the card, the reality star is seen smiling broadly with hubby Joe and their three children Antonia, Gino and Joey Gorga and a cheerful message is included inside: “May your holidays sparkle with the love of family, warmth of good friends, and the happiness and laughter of children. Wishing you all the little joys of the season.”

One of the lucky recipients of Gorga’s missive of Holiday cheer was Huffington Post correspondent Tom Murro, who shared it exclusively with Radar.

As we previously reported, Teresa Giudice’s sister-in-law is back hard at work filming season 5 of the hit Bravo reality show, but she makes no mention of her celebrity status on the card, instead writing “Thank you Jesus” on the back.

Merry Christmas from Melissa Gorga and her family!

The way Joe is supporting me is so untouchable. I know he loves me and I thank him everyday for what he does for me. I can’t repay him with money, so I repay him by keeping his children immaculate, having dinner ready every night, having clean clothes for him everyday, and most importantly waiting on him. Since the day I married Joe, I have been waiting on him. He’s always working, and I don’t look to run out of the house or go shopping everyday or go out with my girlfriends. I give him the peace of mind that his wife is home and waiting on him. I don’t know how to express the relationship that Joe and I have. It’s hard to describe. I know there is no denying it, it’s real, it’s true. I know there are people that are going to try to break us down, and I know there are people who just don’t understand it, and therefore they make nasty comments about it… We would never do anything to hurt Teresa, we both truly love her, I mean that. We just can’t understand her. We never throw our relationship in her face, we never give her a reason to give us such a hard time. She was there from the day we met and knows what we have. I like to think she is happy for her little brother for finding a wife he loves and knowing that I love him just as much. It’s still so unclear to me why this bothers her. – Melissa Gorga, June 14, 2011, Bravo Blog ‘On Display’

Joe Gorga is vulgar and a misogynist. He is a horrible man and a thug. He’s a bully, a pig and doesn’t even treat his wife like a full, autonomous human being, but then his wife seems to think he bought her lock, stock and barrel when they got married and treats her relationship in a very transactional way – so no wonder he treats her like his wholly owned personal prostitute. – Kija, March 23, 2012, AllAboutTRH.com

I think it was pretty clear that Melissa wanted to be on the show: Danielle outed her and Bravo never denied that she was in contact with them. It was just sad that it took hurting her husband’s family and ruining friendships of 10 years for her to get her way. She has her ‘ fame’, she has Teresa’s friends, she has Joey hating his sister — I guess she has everything she wanted. She says she can sleep at night, well good for her. – Lena1, March 25, 2012, Reality Tea

Tom Murro at the Bravo party on April 4, 2012, with Joe and Melissa Gorga:

Melissa’s mother, Donna Marco, tweeted the sarcastic remark directed at Teresa about the Gorga’s Christmas card that was part of the headline to the RadarOnline article: “Wonder If Teresa Giudice Will Receive One?”. Plus she is actively promoting (see tweets below) the advice book on love and marriage, “Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage” (see Starcasm story below), that Melissa is co-writing, which is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2013 (most likely just in time for the season 5 finale).

“Respect and sex are the key to a happy marriage,” Melissa drunkenly tells Professional Cheerleader as her closeted husband expresses his repressed predilection for men that clashes with the old-school Italian mentality that he prides himself on. “Vacuum when he’s not around, fold the laundry, buy a fruit basket, ’cause that’s what a wifey doesssss,” says Melissa. She cheers up when she plays her own song and dances on a table. Someone brings out a cake for Greg, someone else pushes it into Chris’s face, and Jacqueline sticks stars on her boobs. Le fin. [Vulture.com, July 9, 2012]

According to Starcasm on December 19, 2012:

Melissa Gorga is the latest Housewife to sign a deal to write a book, but don’t worry Teresa Giudice, the only recipe Melissa is cooking up in her upcoming release is the recipe to a good marriage. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star will be teaming up with St. Martin’s Press (the same publisher who released Andy Cohen’s Most Talkative) to bring us Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage.

“I can’t tell you how many times Joe and I are approached by fans asking how they can have a marriage like ours,” Melissa tells Us Weekly of the idea for the book. ”A great marriage doesn’t just happen. It’s a job.” Also a job is keeping things hot with three kids around.

Melissa, who has been married for eight years, will teach readers “practical strategies on how to strengthen their marriage, amp up the passion, and the secrets that make my marriage as sexy and hot as it is warm and loving.”

Oddly enough, Melissa’s sister-in-law Teresa Giudice tried to break down their marriage during the last season of the show, telling co-stars that she had heard Joe was cheating on Melissa. At the time, however, there were actually rumors that her own husband (Joe Giudice) was cheating on her. Needless to say, one source claims Teresa is “gonna flip” over Melissa’s book deal.

In public, though Teresa is supportive of Melissa’s book deal, tweeting: “Congrats to my sis-in-law @melissagorga on her book deal! So happy for you! Kisses”.

Near the end of the video above, Melissa gives relationship advice and talks about her marriage: “The first five years with argued.”

According to an insider at Reality Tea on December 21, 2012:

Melissa Gorga is currently working on a self-help/advice book about having a healthy and happy marriage.

Well our source tells us this is a complete joke, because Melissa’s marriage to Poison Gorga isn’t so happy at all!

“This is another fake, sick, and sad attempt to ‘out do’ her sister in law. Melissa and Joe have created this whole ‘perfect marriage’ image so they can cash in on it,” our source shares. “They are so desperate to earn a dollar they will do anything. Melissa and Joe love money. They are obsessed with it. “

Apparently the Gorgas are no better off than the Giudices are!

“Dig into their marriage a little. Ask those who really know them how their marriage. Melissa is opening up herself and her marriage to a LOT of skeletons,” the source advises. “They will for sure come FLYING out of the closet when this nonsense book comes out.”

And just a sample of how things are behind closed doors in the Gorga’s temporary mansion?

“I wonder if she will talk in her book about how her husband has always controlled how much she ate, even pregnant because he wouldn’t allow her to ‘get fat’ as he put it. When she was pregnant he would push food away from her and tell her that’s enough,” our source alleges! “I have also seen my fair share of fights between those two.”

There have been a TON of rumors surrounding Melissa’s marriage, but so far the Gorgas have maintained a happy facade. Who knows what the truth is, but knowing Bravo as we do if there is any truth to these rumors they will find a way to worm their way out.

Our source claims that besides money Melissa’s motivation for the book is a storyline – and also to try and outdo Teresa Giudice! The release date for Melissa’s book apparently coincides with the planned airing of RHONJ season 5 (Fall, 2013).

The Gorgas are lost in scripted reality and think they are the characters that Bravo has defined them to be: the young, sexy couple with the hot marriage and happy family.

Furthermore, the Gorgas are using the Christmas holiday to promote their ‘Thank You Jesus’ and ‘Wifey’ t-shirts, which they sell online. And Joe, in his normal pubescent way, tweeted some Christmas cheers (see photos below).

Plus $5.95 for shipping and handling.

Kim D is Jacqueline Laurita’s Friend Not Teresa Giudice’s; Teresa’s Storyline for Season 5 is That She is Trying to Breakup the Manzo and Gorga Marriages

According to Chris Stark’s (@stark3923) source on December 4, 2012:

Last night at the filming for the Posche Fashion Show, they roped off several spots at different times so Kim, Teresa, Penny, etc. could have their “set up chats”. My friend could not hear what exactly was said but someone was upset, and this happened a few times. Later they saw field producer Todd go after Penny and chase Penny outside to her car. My friend followed and could see but not hear… Something went down that made Penny LEAVE. They said Penny was mic’d. Conversations involved Bravo payments to Penny and Kim. Conversations involved Albert cheating. Conversation involved Melissa cheating with bulldog.

Per Todd in production, Kim DePaola, with the help of Penny Drossos, is being paid to expose Albert Manzo and Melissa as cheaters, and the edit will make Teresa look bad again. Teresa needs to stop trusting Kim D because she is not her true honest friend. Kim D is using Teresa for a storyline — her sole purpose is another “bring Teresa down story arc.” Teresa’s storyline is about her relentlessness” in trying to destroy Melissa Gorga and in her attempts to destroy Caroline Manzo by exposing Albert as a cheater. Kim D told Bravo she could “deliver” and make this whole Melissa cheating/Albert cheating blow up in Teresa’s face… again. The truth will never come out because it’s all a fake story line… again. Penny does not want to sell out Teresa to Bravo — it is Kim D not Penny who is being paid and has a major motive. Penny wants to help Teresa but Kim D and the Bravo producers are in cahoots. Teresa will look like she is trying to bring Melissa down, and now also Caroline and her marriage, out of spite and revenge. Caroline has a contract with Bravo, and her sons have a separate contract with Bravo, and Bravo will not let Caroline or her family look bad at all. Bravo is filming and having Kim D and Penny go up to Teresa and say things like: “Do you want to know about your brother’s wife?”… and tell her that Caroline Manzo’s husband cheated on her, and that Penny knows all the scoop on Melissa and Albert through the salon that Robert Polumbo used to own.

The Posche Fashion Show was held at the Brownstone on October 2, 2012, but a second “holiday” show was held on December 3, 2012 at another venue, the Bottagra, so that it could be taped for season 5 of RHONJ.

The only cast member to attend the season 5 holiday PFS held on December 3, 2012, was Teresa — this is because Bravo asked Kim D to approach Teresa on camera to tell her about Melissa being a cheater. Teresa, the good employee, is cooperating with Bravo. Her storyline, whether she knows it or not, is that she is out to breakup Joe and Melissa’s marriage. This is how season 4 ended, and Bravo is continuing the storyline even though more than a year has passed since the PFS season 4 finale where Bravo setup Teresa to take the fall for outing Melissa as a stripper [it was Kim D who did that, but she couldn't have done it without Penny Drossos, who is the one that knows the people from Melissa's past -- see photo below of Penny, Jennifer Dalton and Teresa from the season 5 PFS taped on December 3, 2012].

In season 5, Teresa will continue to be on the outs with her brother and SIL, as well as Jacqueline and Caroline, although Caroline asserts that she will be civil toward Teresa. However, to stir up drama between Teresa and Caroline, and to make Teresa look like the bad guy while Caroline is trying to be civil, Bravo is having Kim D out Albert as a cheater by bringing up this topic to Teresa on camera. To get the conversation on camera, Bravo has to have one of the housewives broach the subject (or a ‘friend of a housewife’ bring up the topic on camera to the official housewife).

Kim D is really Jacqueline’s friend — both admitted they talk every morning for an hour or more. However, in season 5, Kim D will be presented as Teresa’s friend, with the two of them out to expose Melissa’s secrets.

Bravo cleverly setup Kim D as Teresa’s friend for the season, knowing they could use Kim D to put the blame on Teresa for seeking revenge on Melissa and Caroline (just like they used Kim D to put the blame on Teresa for the setup at the season 4 PFS finale).

Bravo doesn’t need Teresa to out Melissa or Albert — they could have Kim D bring up the topic in front of any of the other housewives — but they want to characterize Teresa as vengeful. Kim D could have brought up these cheating accusations on camera in Jacqueline’s presence since she is better friends with Jacqueline than she is Teresa — just like Kim D brought up the accusations about Melissa being a former stripper in Teresa’s presence.

But Bravo is featuring Kim D as Teresa’s friend rather than Jacqueline’s. All the photos from events show Teresa with Kim D — Jacqueline and Caroline didn’t even attend the holiday PFS. Jacqueline and Caroline also didn’t attend the Hurricane Sandy fundraising event at Space Odyssey which everyone else, including Kim D, attended.

After what the cast did to Teresa and Juicy in S3, S4 and the S4 reunion (and in their blogs and tabloid interviews) — accusing Juicy of cheating on her — it’s understandable that she would want to expose Melissa as the real cheater, but Teresa will definitely be portrayed as the vengeful SIL trying to break up her brother’s marriage. It’s all for the ratings, for sure.

Melissa always claims to be the one making the effort and that’s she tired of trying with Teresa, but her blogs from season 3 say differently.

In Melissa’s very first Bravo blog, No Fakers, on May 16, 2011, she said:

I wanted nothing more than to have her as my third big sister. I tried really hard in the beginning with her, but she was impossible. She was always insulting me or putting me down. And when I would get upset she would say, “God, you’re so sensitive.” No, I just want to be respected, that’s all. You will see this play out as the season goes on. Again, I will say that I wanted nothing more than for her to be a big sister to me. Wishful thinking?

According to a Fame-Whorgas’ source:

When Melissa and Joe were first married, Teresa tried with Melissa but Melissa would come to Salon La Chateau Allure and badmouth Teresa, and she would talk about how she avoided Teresa’s calls and how she made excuses not to hang out with Teresa, and she would always complain about her.

Teresa said she tried to have a relationship with Melissa, even making her Gabriella’s godmother, but Melissa didn’t reciprocate — apparently she didn’t need another sister since she has two blood sisters already. Teresa wanted Melissa to treat her like a sister, but Melissa had no intention of doing that.

During episode 6 of season 3:

Teresa in her TH: “We’re going down this crooked road because of the poison his wife’s given him.”

Teresa to Joe: “She’s a cold person… I’m not saying she’s a bad person. She just pushed me away and I got away.”

During the premiere of season 3, at Melissa’s home, she tells her sister Lysa, while she is helping the family get ready:

“Teresa never had sisters, so she doesn’t know how to be a sister,” Melissa says.

During season 3, there is a very memorable exchange between Teresa and Melissa:

Melissa, talking to Lauren about her problems with her brothers, says, “I would die without my sisters, die.”

Teresa, clutching a big glass of wine, overhears this and says, “I got married and it was like, ‘No more brother’.”

Melissa: “You have a sister, I’m over here. Hello, I’m your sister.”

Teresa: “Well, yeah, you always said, ‘I have sisters.’”

Melissa: “You can be my sister too.”

Teresa: “I’ll do it then.”

Melissa: “Wake up and smell the coffee.”

Teresa: “You wake up and smell the coffee because I tried.”

HairLikeCher said on December 9, 2012 at Fame-Whorgas:

Teresa is no dummy. She’s not an intellectual, but the woman is by no means dumb. There is no way she would willingly allow herself to be the so-called sacrificial lamb for a THIRD season if it bothered her to do so. Or unless she is being handsomely rewarded for it. If it does truly happen again, I’m going to have a difficult time mustering up sympathy for her. It goes back to the “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” philosophy. And it can be applied to both Teresa with regard to the other four and Teresa’s fans with regard to Teresa (if she is and has been going along with this the whole time). I have more thoughts on this but I’ll put it in a separate post…

Teresa may be seeking a little revenge after the very personal details, true or not, that Bravo and her cast mates put on camera about her life for more than two seasons, but will it backfire on her?

Related:

• Pete Giudice Takes On Melissa Gorga and Her Posse
• Melissa Gorga and the Rest of the Cast Spread Cheating Rumors About Joe Giudice
• Melissa Gorga Screams at Teresa Giudice (Who Never Claimed to be a Victim): ‘You Don’t Get to Play Victim Here! I’m the Victim! Get It Straight!’
• Jacqueline Was the First One to Put the Blame on Teresa Giudice for the PFS Setup
• Caroline Is Trying to Breakup Teresa’s Family
• Caroline Spreads Spiteful Rumors About Teresa’s Marriage
• Kim D Doesn’t Clear the Air (Bravo Video from Reunion 4 Part 3)
  Kim D tries to clear things up about what happened at the fashion show but it just adds fuel to the fire.