A Question for Patti Stanger — Do You Think Joe Gorga Should Leave Melissa for Cheating on Him?

From Bravo’s The Dish:

During her Watch What Happens Live special on Valentine’s Day, Patti Stanger was doling out love advice for Bravo couples. In true Patti fashion, words were hardly minced, and when it came to Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe, Patti said that she thought Teresa should consider dumping Joe. In fact, here’s what she said, verbatim:

“Ugh. Teresa, you know that I got your back, you know that I love you, but this is a bad dude. Get rid of him — and call me.”

Needless to say, Teresa isn’t exactly thrilled with The Millionaire Matchmaker’s humble opinion, and on Friday she decided to hit back on Twitter. With a seemingly calm and loving demeanor, Teresa tweeted:

“Last night @pattistanger with @bravoandy all relationships are a work in progress. One can only judge by walking in someone’s shoes. XOXO”

Patti was quick to respond, replying directly to the tweet saying that she was only hoping for the best for Teresa and the family:

“@Teresa_Giudice @bravoandy I love u n want the best for u n the kids.”

Now why would Andy ask Patti what she thought of Teresa’s marriage — the heavily edited scene in the vineyard was from a year and a half ago (September 2011)?

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, speaking to a cousin 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.”

Of course, Andy Cohen did not ask Patti what she thought about the Life & Style COVER story with the headline “Melissa Cheated on Joe!,” which came out the day before, February 13, 2013.

“Melissa went out to dinner at Sushi Lounge, a local restaurant, and left early to go hook up with Bulldog.” – Source for Life & Style Magazine, ‘Melissa Cheated on Joe!”, February 13, 2013

“Bulldog’s real name is Brian Bowen, who is her ex boyfriend & she met with him in Sushi Lounge parking lot [in 2009]” … Their friends who were with them at the Lounge witnessed them hooking up in the car… the car was rockin’! (not an exact quote, but paraphrased). – Source to Fame-Whorgas, October & December 2012

“A scene was filmed at the season 5 Holiday PFS on December 3, 2012, where Kim D and Penny approached Teresa with information about Melissa’s infidelity, and Teresa agreed to a phone call with someone (not Bryan) who confirmed that Melissa cheated on Joe multiple times after they were married.” – Source to Fame-Whorgas, October & December 2012

“Penny Drossos-Karagiorgis, Teresa’ friend and a salon owner, is responsible for getting Bulldog to spread his story.” – Source for Life & Style Magazine, ‘Melissa Cheated on Joe!”, February 13, 2013

No woman has ever come forward alleging Joe cheated on Teresa, yet there are strong allegations against Melissa; however, the Andy Cohen machine (Us Weekly, Wendy Williams, Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa, Kathy Griffin, Patti Stanger, etc.) wants to stifle the truth about that.

The following are January 2013 tweets from Melissa’s ex, Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen (@bulldog_nj), who she had an extramarital affair with:

“I don’t have to look in her mirror or live with her. She has to do that all by herself. I know the TRUTH & so does she.”

“Follow the arrows it will all ad up! I have nothing to gain or lose.. Didn’t even wanna be involved in this.”

“So I get the phone call today that she says she’s not worried about me making it on the show because my tmor is back and I will be dead.”

“They’re hoping I will just go away ‘NOW’ or like she said, Die from my tumor. We’ll I’m not and I am ALIVE TODAY! Never wake a sleeping Giant!”

“Just so this clear, I’m not trying to make anyone believe anything. I just speak the truth! It’s how I roll.   “

“I am in to good of a place in Life, they can say whatever they want about me far far away.”

[I live close to the sister, all they want is fame! They have nothing worth noting] “@krafte63 1st off, u just said I was in with them, now u say they have nothing worth nothing. Wrong, they have Children! U shouldn’t go there!”

“She can’t make me look bad cause I have made mistakes in life and I own up to them. I am not perfect, who is!?I can look myself in the mirror.”

[She won't meet you on a show. She will "leak" bs]  She won’t cause I can say too much. I’m the one who has all the answers to everyone’s questions, the TRUTH.”

“I have to say I have chewed tougher steaks then anyone that has every been on the show rhwnj #justsaying. If the time comes I will keep it real, that is a promise.”

“Some things are right some are wrong. I don’t have to proof anything to anyone, but if this keeps up, the best is yet to come & I haven’t even gotten started…always be yourself.”

“Right now there thinking how dare he lol, but it’s ok when you do the dirty work to others right!? lol no one knows better than I do.”

“It’s ok, she’s so desperate to keep her fake image & fake fame, that’s the level she is going to. I’m all good! Xo.”

“Let me set something straight I don’t Hate anyone, it’s not in my heart TODAY! Like I said if confronted I will just tell the TRUTH! “

“Man talk about the possibility of the “perfect storm” coming… Hmmm I just found some interesting pictures with dates on them.. Hmmm.”

Patti made matters worse by later tweeting (at 4:25 PM on February 15, 2013):

“When a man doesnt work is in trouble with the law, talks to other woman n gets callin his wife a biotch, should a woman stay?”

Some of Patti’s Twitter followers gave her a piece of their minds about her comments regarding Joe and Teresa’s marriage, to which she responded in typical Bravo fashion (her responses are in italics):

Patti Stanger ‏@pattistanger
“@JennaDeVine: @FauxRealityEnt @pattistanger Richie 4 making that horrid comment bout Kathy smelling like fish!” love kathie, so real.

LoveMontana ‏@IIlvMontana
@pattistanger @Teresa_Giudice @BravoAndy you are a very mean oldmaid might be better to clam it you are making it worse phoney

Patti Stanger ‏@pattistanger
“@FauxRealityEnt So why didn’t @pattistanger have the balls to tell #ManzoBoys and Caro to cut the cord already!” not my place.

Patti Stanger ‏@pattistanger
“@Dorisrocky: @girl0nFlRE @pattistanger @Teresa_Giudice @BravoAndy that is why you are single bitch!!” not single sweetie catch the f up.

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.”

Related:

• Life & Style Magazine Reports (Cover Story) on Melissa Gorga’s Extra-Marital Affair with Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen
• Teresa Giudice Takes Phone Call from Melissa Gorga’s Past — Caller Claims Melissa Cheated on Joe
• Andy Cohen Wants to Make Melissa Gorga the New Star of the Show and Is Setting Up Teresa Giudice to Take the Fall for Outing Melissa as a Cheater
• Melissa Gorga Allegedly Cheated on Joe Before and After They Were Married
• Melissa Gorga to Publish Advice Book About Marriage But Source Says Their Happy Marriage is a Facade
• Bravo Will Use Creative Editing Again in Season 5 to Suggest Joe Giudice Is Cheating
• Did Joe Giudice Get Caught Cheating on Teresa?; Caroline Manzo Sells Spiteful Rumors About Teresa Guidice’s Marriage to the Tabloids
• Melissa Gorga and the Rest of the Cast Spread Cheating Rumors About Joe Giudice
• WWHL Season 8: Wendy Williams explains why she thinks Teresa Giudice should leave reality TV
• @plainviewsue’s Rant About Wendy Williams at Lynn’s Family Blog on February 15, 2013

[The whole Marco clan was retweeting the RumorFix article blaming Teresa for Melissa's cheating scandal]

This is the summation from RumorFix blog:

Talk show host Wendy Williams has quickly come to the defense of one of her favorite Housewives.

On Friday, Wendy opened her show with a rant against the Bravo network’s Real Housewives of New Jersey. Williams took a stand and defended Melissa Gorga who was called out for cheating on her husband, Joe, in this week’s Life&Style.

The outspoken host made it clear that she does not believe the accusations against Melissa and sharply warned Bravo that RHONJ producers are gonna have to “do better than this or just shut down the [Real Houswives] franchise.”

Wendy went on to point her finger at Melissa’s enemies on the show, Teresa Giudice and Kim D. She called them “troublemakers” and said the the whole plot line to destroy Melissa is “very tiring” and that it’s time for producers to “come up with newer and fresh material!”

So let me get this straight Wendy…………it’s perfectly fine to disect Teresa’s marriage but once it comes to your beloved Melissa, now Bravo is going too far???????????

She doesn’t believe the accusations. That’s okay. Her opinion. But to call out Teresa as the one doing this is just plain wrong.

This, again, is why I go crazy with NJ & defend Teresa. Teresa’s the troublemaker. Teresa is out to destroy the family.

In MY opinion, it has been Melissa all along. But Wendy Williams, Kelly Ripa, all of the WWHL guests that Bravo books…………they are all against Teresa. Saying she should leave the show.

My rant is done!!!

The Sleeping ‘Bulldog’, Bryan Bowen, Has Been Awakened; Joe Gorga Sold His Parents’ Home Out from Under Them

The Sleeping ‘Bulldog’ Has Been Awakened

Melissa Gorga’s ex Bryan, AKA “Bulldog”, never asked to be involved in this but, as evidenced by his recent tweets, he has made it very clear that he stands for the truth. Here are some of Bryan’s (@bulldog_nj) tweets:

“So I get the phone call today that she says she’s not worried about me making it on the show because my tumor is back and I will be dead.”

“They’re hoping I will just go away ‘NOW’ or like she said, Die from my tumor. We’ll I’m not and I am ALIVE TODAY! Never wake a sleeping Giant!”

“I am back and fourth in NYU great hospital and I have one of the best surgeons in the world. God is in my life, I’ll be just fine “

“Didn’t kill me the 1st time, it’s not gonna kill me this time. I am blessed. I was 24 hours away from being paralyzed & blind.” pic.twitter.com/Hu9erHyF

“The ink on my body explains my story Demons of the past & The Angels of Today that r in my Life! It doesn’t come off & it doesn’t change.”

“Just so this clear, I’m not trying to make anyone believe anything. I just speak the truth! It’s how I roll. “

“Believe in yourself, that’s all that matters.”

“I don’t have to look in her mirror or live with her. She has to do that all by herself. I know the TRUTH & so does she.”

“I am in to good of a place in Life, they can say whatever they want about me far far away.”

“She can’t make me look bad cause I have made mistakes in life and I own up to them. I am not perfect, who is!?I can look myself in the mirror.”

[She won't meet you on a show. She will "leak" bs]  She won’t cause I can say too much. I’m the one who has all the answers to everyone’s questions, the TRUTH.”

“I have to say I have chewed tougher steaks then anyone that has every been on the show rhwnj #justsaying. If the time comes I will keep it real, that is a promise. Some things are right some are wrong.”

“I don’t have to proof anything to anyone, but if this keeps up, the best is yet to come & I haven’t even gotten started…always be yourself.”

“Man I always believed in karma but NOW I REALLY BELIEVE!! LOL, ya did it to yourself.”

“Gods puts people in your life for a reason, and removes them for a better reason. thank god!”

“Right now there thinking how dare he lol, but it’s ok when you do the dirty work to others right!? lol no one knows better than I do.. “

“It’s ok, she’s so desperate to keep her fake image & fake fame, that’s the level she is going to. I’m all good! Xo.”

“I get it, your sisters have your back. I have a sister 2 & we would die for each other, but when 1 of us is wrong, we don’t cosign each others BS.”

“UR family is suppose 2b the people that teach u right from wrong, not support & encourage bad behavior!”

“Maybe if u go on realty TV you should not act as if this were a movie and hurt people doing it.”

“I guess it’s coming out after a year of dealing with this BS that I tried so hard to avoid. I turned people away & changed my number 3 times.”

“Follow the arrows it will all ad up! I have nothing to gain or lose… Didn’t even wanna be involved in this.”

“The Fighter in me will always Be! Never will go away… Guess you took my kindness for weakness. #selfmade”

“Well considering they claim I’m broke, lets do it lol. They said I wanna ride her coattails, ok, u rode mine long enough.”

“I might have to appear just cause I know now that it’s killing them.”

“That pic u have of her and the dog ‘gucci’ saddens me. She gave him up when she moved in with Joe. She loved him but $ more.”

“I remember the Friday nite u said 2 me, stop seeing other girls or I will marry that millionaire. 3 months Lata you were married Lol.”

“I bought her that cross, it was kind of like giving an exorcism. Lol I tried to help her.”

“What’s funny is she would always tell me her brother in law is a lot like me ‘juicy’ then when I saw him on TV I saw why. He don’t put on act.”

No bro, you broke up with her 10, I mean 7,  shit 5 yrs ago. BAHAHAHAHA lmao: “I just got that haha”

“Her definition of Jesus is $, that’s why she always says, Thank u Jesus. sad”

“Funny how all the plotting yas do is behind closed doors and very quietly public now. Hmmm funny… Still 10 steps ahead.”

“Let me set something straight I don’t Hate anyone, it’s not in my heart TODAY! Like I said if confronted I will just tell the TRUTH! “

“So I hear the new attack on me will be that I am ‘mentally disabled’ cause of my surgery, if I speak lol, that I don’t know what I’m saying.”

“Addiction is also not something to attack people on. So sad! For the record, I live a sober life Today by my own choice!”

“Melissa was this bear in front of your house lol.” pic.twitter.com/wB1YVFJ8

“Man talk about the possibility of the “perfect storm” coming… Hmmm I just found some interesting pictures with dates on them.. Hmmm”

“Really!? really!? lol Keep talking… I will keep exposing ya 3 hamsters.” pic.twitter.com/8CSG004r

“Now you r doctors too, right!? Teacher, singer, stripped, actress… C’mon, give it a rest already & define ‘cokehead’, people suffer from addiction”

“Remember I never said she was a stripper or not a stripper, I do know but I have not stated yet. Facts “

Note: Fame-Whorgas sometimes adds spaces and punctuation and corrects typos in tweets to make them easier to read.

We have witnessed the sweeping force and influence that is Bravo, with its far-reaching tentacles within the entertainment industry, touching talk shows such as Wendy Williams, Kelly Ripa, Kathy Griffin, and Anderson Cooper, as well as tabloids such as Us Weekly. We hope that Bryan finds a good public relations agent and that he heeds the warnings and accepts the words of support offered by FW readers at the link here — we have his back!

Joe Gorga Sold His Parents’ Home Out from Under Them

In February 2001, while using his parents’ home at 281 Maitland Ave. in Paterson, NJ, as his primary address (he may have been still living at home), 27-year old Joe Gorga bought a lot in Franklin Lakes for $345,000 with the intention of one day building a custom home on it (probably to flip for profit).

Fifteen months later, on May 15, 2002, Joe bought a home to use as his primary residence at 259 Black Oak Ridge Road in Wayne, NJ, for $510,000 (instrument #2002056041*) — he took out a $408,000 mortgage on the home in his name only with NJ Lenders Corp. (instrument #2002056042*), which means his down payment was $102,000.

Almost a year later, in March 2003, Joe first met Melissa Marco during Spring Break in Cancun (she was 24; he was 29) — they hung out and partied as a group, but she wasn’t interested in him because he was too short and not her type. Upon returning home to New Jersey, Joe pursued her and visited her while she worked at Lookers Gentlemen’s Club, but she didn’t want anything to do with him.

Determined to win over Melissa by impressing her with wealth, Joe decided to build a 5,576 SF custom home on the Franklin Lakes lot he purchased more than two years earlier, in early 2001.

Joe needed his parents help, so three months after Joe first met Melissa, on June 19, 2003, his parents sold their home in Paterson, NJ, for $256,000 (instrument #2003079517*) and moved into Joe’s home at 259 Black Oak Ridge Road — this is the home Joe Gorga talked about in season 4, the one he later sold out from under them.

During season 4, Joe Gorga said that he owned the house that his parents lived in, but then sold it, and now is paying their rent while he looks for a little ranch house for them. In the episode where Joe and Teresa go to therapy together, Joe talks about an article saying that he took money from their mom, and that Teresa and Juicy are building a house — or garage apartment — for them. In the stairwell of the therapist’s building, we hear audio of Joe telling Teresa that the tabloid sh*t has to stop, and her claiming that she didn’t put anything out there, and him yelling at her not to lie. And then Joe yells, “You guys want to move ‘em into that f*cking shack that you built. He don’t want to move there!” And then Teresa says that Joe should buy their parents a house, and what’s the big deal since he’s doing so well. If she had the money, she says, she would f*cking give it to them. And then Joe calls her out on her expensive purse before yelling that she doesn’t f*cking get it. [Source]

Joe completed construction on the Franklin Lakes home at 149 Pulis Avenue in 2003; impressed by the home, Melissa began dating Joe in October of that year. This is the home Melissa was referring to when Teresa claims she said:

“I wasn’t stupid like my sisters; of course when I saw his house I was going to jump on that shit.”

In December 2003, a couple months after they started dating, Melissa moved into Joe’s Franklin Lakes home.

“That pic u have of her and the dog ‘gucci’ saddens me. She gave him up when she moved in with Joe. She loved him but $ more.” – Melissa’s ex boyfriend, Bryan, January 25, 2013, Twitter (@bulldog_nj)

Eight months later, in August 2004, Melissa married Joe.

“I remember the Friday nite u said 2 me, stop seeing other girls or I will marry that millionaire. 3 months Lata you were married Lol.” – Melissa’s ex boyfriend, Bryan, January 25, 2013, Twitter (@bulldog_nj)

“What’s funny is she would always tell me her brother in law is a lot like me ‘juicy’ then when I saw him on TV I saw why. He don’t put on act.” – Melissa’s ex boyfriend, Bryan, January 24, 2013, Twitter (@bulldog_nj)

Less than a year later, on May 5, 2005, with the value of his homes in Franklin Lakes and Wayne skyrocketing because of the real estate bubble, Joe and Melissa purchased a ‘shore house’ in Toms River, NJ, for $450,000.

A little more than a year later, on August 7, 2006, at the peak of the real estate bubble, Joe sold their Franklin Lakes home for $2.45 million, making a significant profit ($1 million+).

On October 11, 2007, they purchased a very modest home at 491 Summer Street in Paterson, NJ for $170,000. It is unclear if they lived there or rented a home somewhere else, content to have money in the bank. Melissa said that she and Joe rented a home while he was building the mansion in Montville — the mortgage document for their construction loan listed their address as 35 Gravel Hill Road, Kinnelon, NJ.

Everything changed in 2007 when Teresa was cast on RHONJ. For 11 months before filming began in 2008, Teresa mulled over the decision to join the cast or not (as explained by Andy Cohen on the June 17, 2012, episode of WWHL — she kept dropping in and out). During this time, unlike Teresa, Melissa and Joe were very anxious to join the show. She and Joe began looking for an estate lot to buy near Teresa so they could be close to her and hopefully be taped along with her, living an upper-class lifestyle.

Teresa Giudice Can Handle Criticism But Melissa Gorga Can’t: Teresa to Appear at Bridal Expo as Tabloids Continue to Spread Cheating Allegations About Her Husband

Melissa is receiving positive press, with stories as innocuous as her tweeting congratulations to NeNe for being at the Golden Globes award show, yet the tabloids are still printing the same ole negative stories about Joe Giudice’s alleged infidelity, which supports the theory that Bravo is going to use creative editing AGAIN in season 5 to paint Joe Giudice as a cheater, while rumors have been circulating that Melissa Gorga is the real cheater.

The following is the latest story from RadarOnline — notice that the source and the tabloid are making strong accusations about the Giudice’s marriage rather than mere allegations:

• Teresa Giudice’s marriage to Joe Giudice has been on the rocks for a while
• She’s going to dish on the good times in her marriage, not the bad
• She isn’t planning to say anything about their problems
• She doesn’t ever want to reveal the problems in their marriage
• Joe has been accused of cheating on Teresa multiple times
• Joe even viciously called the mother of his four children the c-word on camera
• She is not going to admit that anything is wrong

What Marriage Problems? Teresa Giudice Giving Advice To Brides Despite Joe’s Cheating Allegations

RadarOnline
Jan 15, 2013

Teresa Giudice’s marriage to Joe Giudice has been on the rocks for a while but that isn’t stopping her from giving advice to brides-to-be, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned!

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star is making an appearance Tuesday night at the Coral House on Milburn Lake’s First Annual Brides of LI Expo and she’s going to dish on the good times in her marriage, not the bad!

“Teresa is speaking and she’s going to talk about how to have a happy marriage, how to be a good wife,” a source exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

“She isn’t planning to say anything bad about Joe, or any of their problems. She doesn’t ever want to reveal the problems in their marriage, and she certainly isn’t going to it in front of a whole room of hopeful brides.”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Joe has been accused of cheating on Teresa multiple times, and even viciously called the mother of his four children the c-word on camera!

“Teresa knows that she has a marriage that isn’t perfect, but she isn’t going to let on about that at a bridal event!”

On the reunion show for season four of RHONJ Jacqueline Laurita said that Teresa admitted to her that Joe cheated on his wife, but Teresa adamantly denied her accusation.

“A bridal expo is the last place Teresa plans to air her dirty laundry,” the source said.

“She is going to keep it positive and talk about her strong marriage, her children, and not admit that anything is wrong!”

Melissa can’t handle it when she gets negative criticism. Melissa is fine with bloggers as long as they favor her — when they don’t favor her, she gets upset and claims it is Teresa feeding information to them.

In the past few days, since the Reality Tea story about Melissa’s workout DVD, Melissa has been answering tweets and launching Twitter wars with bloggers, calling out Mary at Reality TV and tweeting that AllAboutTRH is a joke:

@melissagorga @Realitytea U need to correct allabouttrh they have some ridiculous stuff about u!! – Ty Turner ‏(@TyTurner92), January 14, 2013, Twitter

@TyTurner92 @Realitytea could care less about that one… Such a joke. – Melissa Gorga ‏(@melissagorga), January 14, 2013, Twitter

“This seems like the first time Melissa has been answering tweets regarding her lies… she must be feeling the pressure or seeing that no one is buying her BS anymore and getting desperate.” – Roger Thatteous, January 15, 2013, Fame-Whorgas

“Melissa is beginning to feel she is untouchable – above it all – and too comfortable – really dumb and is consistent with a narcissistic personality. She had better watch out – if you bite the hand – the hand will come back that much harder and knock you right off that pedestal. How many times has Teresa said that she would never insult or say anything negative about the viewers of the show whether they hated her or were her fans – basically, ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you’. Teresa never addresses negativity about her and always remains positive. It reminds me of Kathy’s tweet calling Teresa’s fans ‘the army of idiots’. That was pretty much the kiss of death for her and the beginning of her downfall. You don’t insult viewers and should never insult bloggers because they really do have an influence over viewers/readers as well.” – Jeannie5233, January 16, 2013, Fame-Whorgas

Melissa must be realizing that people are seeing through her lies. A narcissistic sociopath can’t take criticism, unlike a sociopath, who could care less what other people think.

A narcissistic sociopath is someone with a combination of narcissistic personality disorder and definitive behavioral signs of sociopathy. People with narcissism are characterized by their excessive and persistent need for others’ admiration and positive reinforcement. They generally have grandiose opinions of themselves and believe they are superior to other people. Narcissists are also frequently convinced that they are above the normal responsibilities and obligations of everyday life, so they usually have significant difficulties maintaining employment or relationships as a result. The narcissistic sociopath has this type of personality along with a noticeable lack of regard for the rights of others and a tendency to regularly violate those rights. One noted difference between a narcissistic sociopath and people with narcissism alone is that the narcissist with the sociopathy reacts strongly and sometimes even violently to negative feedback. True sociopaths generally do not respond to criticism or care what others may think of them. A narcissistic sociopath is unable to tolerate criticism and needs constant praise, as well as deference from other people. Many with this condition present themselves in the best light possible and are able to easily charm others to gain their trust. [Source]

Sources are saying that Melissa announced on Twitter that she is coming out with a workout DVD to beat Teresa to the punch (Teresa had mentioned that she was thinking of doing a workout DVD to accompany the release of her next cookbook). FW reader Sackem pointed out that Melissa is trying to beat Teresa to the punch again by announcing she is writing the book on marriage right before Teresa is due to appear at a wedding expo (Brides of LI Expo).

“OK, so remember some quote along the way to do with the workout video being an attempt to one up Teresa because Missy’s trying to beat her to the punch – that it has alot to do with competition, as Teresa was thinking about releasing a DVD with a cookbook. WELL, wouldn’t it make it interesting for Melissa to announce she is writing the book on marriage right before Teresa is due to appear at a wedding expo? According to Radar online: ‘Teresa is speaking and she’s going to talk about how to have a happy marriage, how to be a good wife,’ at the Brides of LI Expo this week. If the show is in production, I wonder if this event will be covered. I have no idea how far in advance Teresa is booked – this is the only thing in her schedule on her website – BUT I doubt it would be a week before. I also understand you don’t get a book deal overnight either, but is it all a random coincidence? Surely these are the types of events Missy should be doing as PR and wouldn’t Bravo be aware of their availability for shooting – there is such thing as a shooting schedule (this I know because I’m in the game). I mean this is the thing that got the Manzo/Lauritas offside with Teresa, that she was quick to pick up extra business – is Missy trying to use the same tact? All totally random conjecture from a viewer – I’m no expert here! I have absolutely no evidence, just suspicion! – Sackem, January 16, 2013, Fame-Whorgas

FW reader and Twitter sleuth Brittany, you’ve done a great job addressing Melissa’s lies and giving a shout out to FW on her Twitter — please stay strong and don’t buy into Melissa’s BS:

Teresa Giudice Takes Phone Call from Melissa Gorga’s Past — Caller Claims Melissa Cheated on Joe

Based on topics brought up at the season 4 reunion, it looks like Bravo is going to reveal Melissa’s secrets (at least some of them) in season 5. However, based on information from insiders, it looks like Bravo Andy is going to use Teresa to reveal those secrets … just the way they used Teresa in season 4 to reveal Melissa’s secret that she worked as a ‘dancer’ at Lookers.

According to a former post production supervisor for RHONJ, the Posche Fashion Show (PFS) season 4 finale was packed with people from Melissa’s past all saying she ‘danced’, but all of that was left on the cutting room floor; and Melissa still to this day denies she ever ‘danced’ and continues to blame Teresa for setting her up (when Teresa had nothing to do with it and was simply Bravo’s pawn) — and the majority of viewers seem to believe this because of the way Bravo edited the final episode (plus Melissa’s coverage in print media such as Us Weekly is positive — no stories about shoplifting, stripping, cheating, etc. or stories about her alleged bisexuality).

In season 5, Bravo had Kim D and Penny Drosso bring up Melissa’s alleged cheating to Teresa, but this time Teresa knowingly and willingly went along with it — Bravo is plotting it so that Teresa will be blamed and Melissa again will deny the accusations.

According to an inside source, a scene was filmed at the season 5 Holiday PFS on December 3, 2012, where Kim D and Penny approached Teresa with information about Melissa’s infidelity, and Teresa agreed to a phone call with someone who confirmed that Melissa cheated on Joe multiple times after they were married. However, Bravo will edit it so that Melissa again can successfully deny the allegations and again can successfully blame Teresa for trying to ruin Melissa’s marriage and attack her character. Jacqueline, Caroline, Melissa and Kathy weren’t at the PFS by design, so how Bravo introduces this scene to them is a mystery for now, but Teresa certainly will be attacked by the cast for being part of it.

Bravo can edit the footage to make it seem like Melissa is innocent of cheating on Joe and that Teresa is simply out for revenge and trying to destroy her brother’s happy marriage because her marriage is so unhappy (with other footage implying that the real cheater is Joe Giudice).

Why would Bravo do this? Is it because Andy hates the Giudices? It seems like he does because they are the ones who have been portrayed in the most negative light consistently for two seasons, while Melissa has been able to deny everything and pretend she and Joe are the perfect couple. With Melissa’s advice book on marriage backing up that storyline, it is unlikely that Bravo will let Melissa’s fake image be completely tarnished in season 5… maybe they decided to wait until season 6 when Teresa is no longer on the show (season 5 may very well be her last season — there are rumors that she is getting a spinoff) to expose Melissa, because without Teresa, Melissa doesn’t have much of a storyline — and then maybe in season 6 they will do to Melissa what they spent three seasons doing to Teresa.

That’s how things are looking now, but Bravo could change everything using editing and production tricks like scences out of sequence, voice overs, crafted dialogue, and coached confessionals/monologues. Let’s hope Teresa reads the blogs and protects herself as much as possible from Bravo’s manipulation.

Had Teresa left the show after season 4, Bravo would have had no choice but to go after Melissa (and, of course, wouldn’t have been able to use Teresa to do it), because other than playing the victimized sister-in-law, Melissa’s only other storyline is that of the obedient wife in a happy marriage (who wants to be a pop star on the side) — and this storyline is weak at best.

Andy Cohen Wants to Make Melissa Gorga the New Star of the Show and Is Setting Up Teresa Giudice to Take the Fall for Outing Melissa as a Cheater

Melissa socializes with Us Weekly employees and has been featured in the publication numerous times (with one cover story, although it was about Teresa) — no other Housewife from any of the franchises has had the coverage that Melissa Gorga gets from this tabloid, even though she has only been on the show for two seasons.

Chris Stark (@stark3923) contacted several bloggers, including Fame-Whorgas, with the theory that Bravo is using Us Weekly to massively promote Melissa Gorga, with the goal of replacing her as the star of RHONJ. Her theory has weight when you look at the many favorable articles about Melissa in Us Weekly (see links at the end of this article), even now when she has nothing to promote. As Chris Stark points out, RHONJ is between seasons, yet Melissa is still being featured in Us Weekly and other tabloids while Housewives from other shows currently airing are not receiving any press. And Teresa, the bona fide star of RHONJ, basically has had no press since October — a virtual press black out for Teresa — yet Sirens Media is planting articles about Melissa to support storylines for season 5, currently filming.

According to Chris Stark:

“Us Weekly’s articles are a story arc in season 5 filming and a huge Sirens Media plant to boost Melissa’s book sales when her book comes out in the Fall (Melissa’s book publisher is the same as Andy Cohen’s).

“In the Fall, Melissa will do a massive media tour to promote her book. The episodes about her perfect marriage, which they are now filming, will air around the same time as the book comes out. And while on tour we will be seeing Melissa on RHONJ as a housewife who cooks and cleans and cares for kids, all while her hubby works hard — and he can do so because he has the safety and security knowing his wife is home cooking and tending to his three kids. Plus we’ll see more on their hot and heavy sex life. Bla bla.

“The point is, Siren Media is planting the Us Weekly articles — profiles of Melissa three weeks in a row so Teresa can see them, and then she becomes jealous of Melissa and enraged, which is her story arc for season 5. Season 5 is filming now but will be airing when Melissa’s book comes out in the Fall — RHONJ season 5 is an infomercial for Melissa’s book, in my opinion.”

Melissa was featured in the red carpet “Who Wore it Best” section of Us Weekly twice in December, where A-list celebrities are also mentioned.

It is no coincidence that she has been photographed wearing dresses worn by other Housewives.

She also was featured in the Buzz-o-meter section of the December 24th and January 7th issues of Us Weekly.

And she was featured in the January 7th issue of Star wearing her swimsuit.

At the end of season 4, all Andy Cohen’s cronies — Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark, Wendy Williams and Anderson Cooper — were saying that Teresa needs to get off reality TV. And In Touch magazine (which used to be Teresa’s tabloid of choice) ran a story with Melissa saying the same thing. Andy is planting seeds in the viewers heads that it’s time for Teresa to go — essentially Teresa is being ousted to make room for Andy’s new star Melissa.

What Bravo fails to realize about Teresa’s success is this: although plucked from obscurity like all the other cast members, Teresa became a star in her own right because of her charisma. Simply being cast does not guarantee you fame and fortune; the viewers decide that…Teresa gained her fans on her own merit. Bravo can’t expect to make Melissa Gorga the new star of the series by shoving her down the viewers’ throats.

Andy Cohen hates Teresa; however, she is the star of the show so he can’t justify firing her. Instead, he must convince the viewers that Teresa is the villain of the show — vindictive, spiteful, ruthless. Andy wants to turn the fans against her (which he and the producers, along with the cast, failed to do for the past two seasons) and ruin her brand (to make it so no other network will want her).

The following quote from an October 11, 2012, Celeb Dirty Laundry article perfectly demonstrates the image of Teresa that Bravo and the press want to convey to the viewers, and it will be the main story arc for season 5:

“Could this be Teresa Giudice’s final attempt to reveal and revile Melissa Gorga’s shady past? She wants the world to know that her sister-in-law was allegedly not only a stripper but also a thief! … With this new and useful information, could Teresa finally show her younger brother, Joe Gorga, that the woman he married isn’t who she says she is? Well it seems that Teresa is determined to dig up 33-year-old Melissa’s past, and show her true colors and stop at nothing to achieve that. Their sister-in-law bond has been broken and most likely will never be repaired. Melissa also stated at last Sunday’s Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion Part 2 that she purposely moved away so she wouldn’t have to live near Teresa or her children. Or did Melissa really move because she is threatened by Teresa, who is uncovering her scandalous past? Only time will tell OR until a new story is released.”

Unbeknownst to Teresa, her season 5 storyline (continued from last season) is about her relentless pursuit to breakup the Gorga marriage and assassinate Melissa’s character, and her vengeful attempt to destroy Caroline Manzo by exposing Albert as a cheater. Bravo, with their crafting editing, will ensure that Teresa fails, and the producers will continue to portray Joe Giudice as a cheater while portraying the Gorgas as the real and sexy couple with the happy marriage. And while season 5 is airing Melissa will be busy promoting her advice book on marriage (“Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage”), which Us Weekly announced on December 19, 2012 (no surprise there!).

The same publisher who released Andy Cohen’s book “Most Talkative” is publishing Melissa’s advice book on marriage, so it seems highly unlikely during season 5 that Andy is going to portray Melissa and her marriage as flawed since he’s trying to sell books about how real and happy her marriage is. Bravo is going to edit the Gorga marriage as one to be envied and emulated (and edit the footage to show Melissa being unjustly attacked by her sister-in-law) — they’ve invested too much in her Bravo character and the image of her perfect marriage to let any of the cast or the media tear it down.

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… 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.” 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 Melissa was cheating on Joe. 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. – Starcasm, December 19, 2012

According to Chris Stark (‏@stark3923) on December 5, 2012:

Bravo is setting Teresa up again for a huge fall. Kim D is being paid to expose Caroline and Mel but the edit will make Teresa look bad again. They are getting the victim and benevolent edit. Teresa is getting the hateful, evil, revengeful edit. Kim told Bravo she can “deliver” Teresa and make this whole Mel cheating, Albert Manzo cheating, blow up in her face… again. Kim is being paid to approach Teresa and leak gossip about Melissa/Albert. Teresa will look like she tried to bring poor Melissa down, and now she’s going to look like she’s trying to bring down Caroline and her marriage out of spite and revenge. Caroline will get the Mother Teresa edit and Teresa will get the nasty, jealous, revenge edit.

Bravo wants to supplant Teresa and push Melissa into her spotlight. Why Melissa? Maybe because she is the perfect Bravo employee: she is a narcissistic sociopath and a pathological liar who will do whatever Bravo tells her to do, including lie, for her 15 minutes of fame, plus Andy seems to get pleasure out of Joe’s sexual antics.

Andy’s favoritism with the Gorgas would explain why he never calls out Melissa on her claims that she topped the iTunes charts when, in fact, her iTunes sales have been dismal. Melissa buys Twitter followers and Facebook fans, so she doesn’t actually have a fan base of 600,000+ as suggested by her Twitter account. If she did, her iTunes sales wouldn’t be so weak — her songs aren’t selling on iTunes because real fans buy stuff, fake followers don’t.

Bravo is using the power of persuasion — through creative editing, scripted and rehearsed talking head interviews, staged drama, censored comments on Bravo’s Housewives blogs, rigged WWHL polls, and Us Weekly — to manipulate the viewers. Andy also uses his talk show buddies — Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa and Wendy Williams — to do his bidding.

The following are techniques for manipulation using the powers of persuasion, some of which Bravo is using with the RHONJ viewers:

A simple change in framing — leading people to think of their evaluations in terms of whom they oppose instead of whom they support — leads to stronger, more resistant opinions. Negative information frequently has a more powerful influence than positive messages. So if you want to sway someone when they choose between two options, a good tactic is to be negative about the option you don’t want them to pick.

A number of studies have revealed that the more reasons people are asked to come up with in support of an idea, the less value they ascribe to each. Generally it is easier to think of two reasons for believing something rather than eight. This finding has some clear practical implications. If you want to persuade people by getting them to think positively about your message, idea, product or whatever, ask them to generate just a few positive thoughts — three at most — because that’s easy and they’ll feel confident about their positive thoughts. Conversely, next time you’re in an argument, avoid the temptation to spin the “give me one good reason” line; it’ll only strengthen your adversary’s hand.

People equate certain kinds of speech with lack of credibility. In particular, hesitant phrases such as “I mean”, “you know” and “isn’t it?” reduced a speaker’s power. But no one had looked at the exact relationship between style and content. The researchers asked 118 undergraduates to read a transcript of a testimonial about a scanner. In one version, the speaker used hesitations like “I mean” and “ummm”; in the other, he used none. If you want to be persuasive, don’t stumble, pause or use language that shows hesitation. And for goodness sake, don’t give your listeners time to think about what you’re really saying.

If anger is focused on someone else’s misdeeds or to a perceived injustice, it makes people feel empowered. Anger can be constructively harnessed given the right conditions. First, people have to be convinced that the issue is relevant to them, that it affects them or their children or their community, and then hammer home the point. Once you have got people roiled up, you can offer them a way to remedy the situation. When those feelings of anger are accompanied by the feeling that there is a solution to this problem, then the message is more likely to be persuasive.

Resistance means that very persuasive arguments can backfire. If you want to change people’s attitudes, it’s good to have strong arguments. But if they manage to resist your message, they might become more certain of the very attitudes you want to change. How to overcome this deadlock? Present positions closer to your target’s views, then move them towards your goal a little at a time. You could also try charming them by boosting their self-esteem. When people feel good about themselves, they are more open to challenging messages.

Melissa likes to use flattery to persuade others and lure them over to her side. Just read her Bravo blogs to see just how she does it. And she reiterates her main points over and over again (both in her blogs and her talking head interviews) to convince the fans that what she says is the truth (believing in the theory that if you repeat it enough, it becomes the truth).

Just imagine the boot-licking and brown-nosing she is now doing with the new cast and new producers (she did this with the old producers) to win them over to her side.

The following are some quotes from Melissa’s Bravo blogs (in chronological order), which she used over the past two years to build her case, and storyline, that Teresa is the victimizer and she is the real victim:

“I hope God watches over our marriage through all of this and keeps us strong. This family is my life, my reason for living. I am nothing without Joe and my children!”

“The issue is what she says about my marriage and my loyalty to my husband.”

“First, where did these rumors about my marriage with Joe start? … People weren’t buying her good, supportive sister act.”

“Does she think that if my marriage goes badly hers will get better? Does she think that if she puts the negative attention on me then it will not be on her?”

“You can throw dirt in my face a couple times and I will take it, but DON’T, mess with my family, DON’T mess with my children’s lives, and DON’T mess with my marriage. That is where I will NEVER back down.”

“We have three beautiful children together and are a family. It’s called respect, and I’m not sure Teresa ever will understand that she doesn’t have to like me, but she has to respect my marriage to her brother and keep her “rumors” to herself.”

“Teresa obviously hasn’t learned her lesson because in last week’s blog she continues to talk about the rumors she hears about my marriage. Nothing has changed with her, she is just better at getting others to do and say what she can’t so she looks innocent.”

“She won’t let up and I don’t know how she can look at herself in the mirror at this point. This is her baby brother’s marriage. All I can do is pray for her, and when she is ready to let up, I will talk to her about it then without an audience.”

“I’ve had multiple chances to talk about her personal issues, the bankruptcy, the marriage rumors, etc. and I don’t. How can she not see that?”

“I’m sorry Teresa has such an issue with me, but it’s time she moves on and gets over it like she said she has.”

“I think Teresa needs to realize that this is not her show, it’s Bravo’s. The name of the show is The Real Housewives of New Jersey, not The Teresa Show.”

“What you will see if you pay attention is that Teresa is trying to take me down every chance she gets. She is attacking my character, my marriage, my looks.”

“I know I’m never going to get her to totally change the way she treats me, but as long as she backs off my marriage, we can do this.”

“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.”

“I put my all into my marriage and show Joe respect — I respect him as a father and as a husband more than words can say. We are so blessed and I am grateful. He’s truly the love of my life! … I’m not going to get into the phone call we saw Joe have. I didn’t like it when Teresa made accusations about my marriage, so I’m not going to do it to hers. They have four daughters that need to be protected from this, so I will leave it to Joe and Teresa to explain it. How they choose to live within their marriage has nothing to do with any of us. I was very upset when I watched the episode, and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. We may have our differences, but I would never want this to happen to her.”

“I want to be respected, and I will never let anyone disrespect me, but I am willing to let things slide if that’s what it’s going to take.”

“Teresa and I may never see eye to eye, but I know how much he loves her and wants his family back. I don’t think we will ever be perfect, but I hope to at least get to a place where we can respect each other and have the kids together more and spend Sundays together as a family.”

“I guess the more years I spent with Joe and the more children we had, I realized I wanted to be respected and started to fight back. But during the holidays, I made a promise to myself that I was going to try and not make a big issue out of it anymore. I’m no saint. It’s hard to ignore when someone is trying to constantly cut you down and make you feel inferior to them, but there is love there as well, and I don’t want to lose sight of it.”

“I said it in my first blog on Bravo and it remains true to this day. Teresa likes to be the center of attention. Be beneath her or get the hell out of her way. I refuse to let her walk all over me, disrespect me or my family, and that’s the real issue.”

“I will say I got a sick feeling in my stomach when Caroline said she’s been in the car with Teresa and heard Teresa bashing Joe and me to her mother.”

“Then to tell Caroline that I was a copycat, a stripper, gold digger, whore, and wanted to be her?

“It is terrible to go around and try to ruin someone’s character. It’s just not right.”

“The sooner she stops trying to hurt other people, the sooner her own life will get better. It’s not fair to do these things and lie to all of us constantly.”

“I tried everything I possibly could to fix the relationship between Teresa and me and Joe. It was going really well. I did this for family. I did this for my husband. It is now clear that she tried to poison all the ladies’ and the public’s minds against Kathy and me and got them to feel sorry for her. But now the truth is coming out.”

“We have worked really hard to make a beautiful family of our own and give our children a healthy and happy lifestyle. I will not let anyone, family or not, try to break that. We are giving our all to her and Joe, and I deserve the same from her. Hopefully, she will reciprocate and we can keep this good thing going.”

“We made a promise to move forward, and that’s exactly what I did. You will soon see that wasn’t the case for Teresa.”

“The next two episodes are really telling and you will understand why we are all at the place we are today. Stay tuned for a wild ride.”

“What I love most about this scene is Teresa looks like she has stood in front of a mirror and practiced what face she was going to make for the last two weeks. For a second she actually looks confused, I think she forgot which face she was going to use, then in typical Teresa ah ha fashion she remembered and went with it. Pretty good, pretty good. But your family knows you all too well, sister. Then it cuts to a one-on-one of Teresa saying, “I heard rumors that Melissa was a dancer and now this just confirms it.” Back to the salon, Kim looks like a pig in sh– and Teresa takes the chance to say, “Please don’t ever talk about my family.” I guess only she and her husband can call me a gold-digging, raccoon-faced, lip-synching, fame whore, leave-my-husband-for-a-richer-man kind of girl. But not the creepy, fake PR guy. OH NO! Watching the episode at this point I’m now chuckling. Are they serious? This is the worst acting I have ever seen.”

“I was feeling really genuine about my relationship with Teresa, and I never in a million years thought I was going to get ambushed the way I did. I was completely taken off guard. This is just mean. There is so much more I want to say, but I have to wait until next week’s episode airs.”

“I live my life by three words: trust, loyalty, and respect. I have forgiven and forgotten many things, but I will not let anyone, whether it is an aunt, cousin, sister, mother — I don’t care who it is — ruin my family. I am a mother and a wife, and that comes first with me. I have to protect my family, and if that means staying away from negativity, then that’s what I will do. I would do the same if it was my own sister.”

“Do I still think Teresa set me up? Yes. It was proven in the footage when Angelo said Teresa knew, because he also said “Kim and Teresa wanted me to do this thing.” Come on, everyone, lets be reasonable, there were a lot of things falling in both of their laps that day. The hair salon was just too convenient that day. Why couldn’t Teresa call me in between the hair salon and the fashion show? Give me a warning of what Kim was doing? The heart pounding, the blinks, the nervousness. Then Kim D. comes to the reunion and admits Teresa knew it was a set up for me. It’s all right there, and honestly I know in my heart what she was doing. It’s written all over her face.”

Melissa’s storyline in season 5 will be the same: Teresa is trying to destroy my marriage and assassinate my character while I’ve done everything I can to save the Gorgas.

Bravo staff and The Real Housewives cast know very well that Andy hates Teresa, which is why they were so emboldened in their quest to take her down the past two seasons… and this is sure to continue in season 5, although more subtly.

The following are many of the articles about Melissa in Us Weekly: they are all positive on her behalf, unlike what you see about Teresa (even in her magazine of choice, In Touch):

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

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?

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