
RumorFix spoke exclusively to the man in the middle, Joe Gorga, who says, “It’s a dirty situation right now.” He says the women agreed to do another season of RHONJ together, but, “they are not in a good place.” Joe tells us fans will see pictures of Melissa and Teresa posing together, but they are only doing photo ops (like one for a Milania Hair Care event on February 18) for the show. “We’re family,” an emotional Joe tells RumorFix exclusively. “She’s my blood, my sister … My heart is always open for her. When she’s really ready, without any of the bulls**t, I’m waiting for her.” – Joe Gorga Exclusive: Melissa Gorga & Teresa Giudice Did Not Make Up!, February 20, 2013, RumorFix
Teresa Giudice, Joe Giudice, Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga attended the Milania Professional Hair Care Launch Party at Stone House at Stirling Ridge on February 18, 2013 in Warren, New Jersey (Kim D, Penny Drossos, Jennifer Dalton and Priscialla DiStasio also attended; the Wakiles, Manzos and Lauritas did not attend). The Giudices and Gorgas were photographed together with smiles on their faces, although Melissa’s smile looks forced. Click here for more photos.
“#confirmations just heard from @Teresa_Giudice all is good w her joe and Melissa now!! Yay!! #rhonj” – Mr. Housewife @realmrhousewife, February 16, 2013, Twitter
With Melissa’s past coming back to haunt her, the two families are presenting a united front, but there never will be lasting peace in the Gorga family as long as Melissa is a part of it. Just the other day the Marco clan was retweeting the RumorFix article that blamed Teresa for Melissa’s cheating scandal.
“Wendy Williams Goes Off on ‘Jersey Housewives’ – Wait til you hear what she said! READ HERE: RumorFix
http://bit.ly/VVFeTg
” – Retweeted by Melissa Gorga, February 15, 2013
Jersey_Girl posted a comment at Fame-Whorgas on February 20, 2013, describing what happened at the Milania launch party — I talked to my source, and the source confirms what Jersey_Girl said. Here is Jersey_Girl’s comment:
“I was at the event with Penny’s party and can say Penny served the Gorgas with plenty. Joe and Melissa were scared to say a word. No, Mario wasn’t there as a bodyguard — that was said as a Danielle Staub joke. Mario is High School friends with Penny and Johnny and was there with his girlfriend. We all jumped in the limo and went to event from Penny’s house. Actually joked about Mario playing bodyguard.
“There was plenty of action at the event and Penny was in control. Melissa and Joe shit when Penny went up to them. Funny thing was they kept complaining about Johnny’s twitter. It was hilarious.
“Yea, there was a reconciliation, but you’ll never guess with who.
“There were no pictures of Penny with the others because Penny refused to take picturess with any of them except the pictures she took with us, her real friends. They tried to ambush Penny and once she opened her mouth they all backed up because Penny had others at the event ready to jump in at any time. Penny was ready for everyone, and they realized it when they saw the faces behind her ready to jump in. They all looked like deers in headlights and shit the floor. Lol.”
My source says the reconciliation was not between Melissa and Teresa or between the two Joes. Apparently, the producers wanted Melissa and Joe to confront Penny about the phone call she placed to Mike (a friend of Bryan Bowen‘s and Penny’s husband, John), who told Teresa that Melissa cheated on Joe with Bryan for five or six years, starting almost from the beginning of her marriage. But Penny knew a confrontation was planned so she had people there at every table, some (including an old boyfriend and an old girlfriend of Melissa’s) who could confirm what Mike told Teresa during the phone call at the Holiday Posche Fashion Show on December 3, 2012, and this is why Melissa chickened out. The producers told Penny to go up to Melissa and Joe, and when she did, Teresa came in the middle of them and begged Penny to quash it with Melissa. Penny agreed to a reconciliation as long as Melissa and her minions stopped with the threats and outbreaks on Twitter against Penny’s family… and if she reneges on the promise, the game is on!
So my source tells a different story than the source for AllThingsRH, whose insider told her:
Bravo DID film the event! The plan for the evening was that Joe Gorga was going to confront Penny Drossos about the cheating scandal surrounding Bryan “Bulldog” Bowen and his wife, Melissa. Joe and Melissa were also going to attempt to make peace with Teresa at the launch. “When Joe was going to confront Penny, Teresa was going to confirm that Penny was the one that told her about Bulldog and Penny was going to be portrayed as the desperate trouble maker who is trying to do anything to get on TV,” our insider reveals. Our source reveals that when Joe went to approach Penny, he chickened out! “When Joe went up to Penny she was waiting to blast him, because she had her body-builder friend, Mario, there with her to protect her. Instead he asked where her husband Johnny The Greek was,” our source explains, and Penny told Joe that Johnny was working. “So even though Penny was basically ordered by Bravo to be at the event, their plans for the set up failed!” Who was going to set who up this time? “It was a double cross,” our insider explains.
Recently on Twitter, Pete Giudice and some of Teresa’s fans started tweeting with @QueenzofMedia, and defending @franksabean (who Pete and Sheila Giudice follow and tweet). This shift occurred right after Bryan Bowen, provoked by QoM (they posted about his assault charges and his brain tumor surgery and then brought his parents into the mess), tweeted about the alleged rape charge against Joe Gorga when he was in college (apparently there is no record of any charge). Bryan quickly deleted the tweet, and it probably would have gone virtually unnoticed had AllAboutTRH not published a story about it.
Remember, Bryan didn’t sign up for this and isn’t being paid by Bravo to air his dirty laundry (he is a private citizen) — the Gorgas and Giudices signed contracts agreeing to give up their privacy (they are ‘public figures’) in exchange for fame, the perks that come with being a ‘celebrity’, a Bravo paycheck, and the opportunity to market products on the Bravo network and the Bravo website via their blogs (and on their own personal websites).

The following are the tweets right after Byran’s tweet at 2:53 PM on February 4, 2013 (the one he quickly deleted).
Bryan @bulldog_nj
1000% FACT!
2:54 PM – 4 Feb 13
Pete Giudice @PeteGiudice
@franksabean include me in the convo too bro. They don’t know jack.
1 Favorite
Skylar & Grace
6:57 PM – 4 Feb 13
Pete Giudice @PeteGiudice
@franksabean @sunshine1335 @fauxrealityent she won’t call because she’s a chicken. Afraid To call out her buddy.
2 Favorites
BethWalt77 Skylar & Grace Just Georgia
6:58 PM – 4 Feb 13
Pete Giudice @PeteGiudice
@franksabean @johnnythegrk @pdkhair I can say the phone calls were made and Frank was the one who made peace happen. Dat chick is full of it
5 Favorites
BethWalt77 Skylar & Grace TRACEY HURT AllAboutTRhwfan not a puppet
7:00 PM – 4 Feb 13
RosangelaRoy @roeroy1020
@PeteGiudice yea u tell them Pete
Retweeted by Pete Giudice
7:01 PM – 4 Feb 13
Pete Giudice @PeteGiudice
@QueenzOfMedia lol. Hog wash when you
post lies based on one sided stories. I know Frank and he don’t talk crap. I got his back 100%.
6:26 AM – 5 Feb 13
Skylar & Grace @QueenzOfMedia
@AsianPosh1 @PeteGiudice i heart you poshumz
AsianPosh @AsianPosh1
@PeteGiudice @QueenzOfMedia Thank you for keeping us all informed! We are not sheep! At least a few of us! #Truth
Retweeted by Pete Giudice
6:39 AM – 5 Feb 13
Frankie Beans @franksabean Protected account
@franksabean’s account is protected.
Skylar & Grace @QueenzOfMedia
@PeteGiudice <— loving pete right now
Skylar & Grace @QueenzOfMedia
@PeteGiudice speaking of hog, I want some sausages!
Pete Giudice @PeteGiudice
@QueenzOfMedia get me your address and I’ll send you a few when their ready.
7:03 AM – 5 Feb 13

According to @FauxRealityEnt, RHONJ storylines are now being dictated by Twitter for damage control and spin. Also according to Faux, who supposedly attended the Milania Hair Care launch party, someone named Mario Petris (@MarioPetris) was at the party while Bravo was taping, and the entire night was a discussion about Twitter.
“@JohnnyTheGrk I hope everything went well with @PDKhair at the launch =D.” – Sunshine (@Sunshine1335), February 19, 2013, Twitter
“@Sunshine1335 @PDKhair She came back in one piece. Lol” – John Karagiorgis (@JohnnyTheGrk), February 19, 2013, Twitter
“Great night penny was safe lol @JohnnyTheGrk” – Mario Petris (@MarioPetris), February 19, 2013, Twitter

The following are tweets from/to Faux about how Twitter is dictating RHONJ storylines.