Penny Drossos Karagiorgis Tapes Scene with Joe and Melissa Gorga; Joe Gorga Defends Melissa Against Cheating Allegations; Teresa Giudice Calls Truce with Melissa Gorga; Joe and Teresa Giudice Double Date with Chris and Jacqueline Laurita

Angela ‏@angelacalce80
@JohnnyTheGrk say it aint so.. You and ur wife are now team melissa and joe

John Karagiorgis ‏@JohnnyTheGrk
@angelacalce80 It Ain’t So!!!
2:33 p.m. – Mar 3, 2013

On February 28, 2013, Joe and Melissa were photographed having a conversation with Penny Drossos, which suggested a reconciliation was in progress. In the photo above from Bergen.com, Penny is seen talking to the Gorgas at Chakra in Paramus. According to Bergen.com, “Melissa Gorga and her husband Joe Gorga stopped by with a few friends while filming a scene for the upcoming season of RHONJ.” [Click here for more photos from the event.]

A source told Fame-Whorgas that during the Bravo-arranged meeting Penny had with Joe and Melissa Gorga at Chakra in Paramus on February 28, 2013, Joe and Melissa were making accusations against Teresa in an attempt to get Penny to say that Teresa was complicit in arranging the phone call at the Holiday Posche Fashion on December 3, 2012, the call where a friend of Penny’s tells Teresa that he witnessed Melissa cheating on Joe Gorga. According to my source, Joe and Melissa told Penny that Teresa is calling her a stalker, and Penny, trying to protect Teresa while also defending herself against the accusations, took out her cell phone to show Joe that she has Teresa’s home phone number, cell number and text messages between them – Penny’s husband John communicated via text with Teresa during her run on the Celebrity Apprentice because he made a donation, and Teresa and Penny would communicate via text about event schedules and invitations. In addition, my source said Penny told Joe and Melissa that she’ll have to take up the accusations with Teressa; and, based on hearsay on Twitter, “it’s deemed accurate that Teresa called her a stalker, and Penny won’t stand for false accusations.”

Also, in a conversation that Penny had with Teresa about a week earlier, on February 18 at the Milania Hair Care launch party, Teresa asked Penny in front of Joe and Melissa, “Are we friends?” to which Penny replied, “We are cordial.” Teresa asked her what she meant, and Penny explained that they don’t go to each others homes, etc. and added, “We are acquaintances.” Teresa responded by saying, “Like when you come to my events,” and Penny interrupted her and said, “No, Teresa, when I come to the events you invite me to.” It seems that Teresa was trying to prove to Joe and Melissa that she was not speaking to Penny other than at the events Penny attended for season 5 but, according to my source, it can be proven that Teresa is misleading Joe and Melissa as well as others.

On February 27, 2013, Life & Style reported, exclusively, that Joe Gorga is defending his wife against the cheating allegations. About Byran ‘Bulldog’ Bowen,’ the magazine reports that Joe said: “Ha, ha, ha” and explained, “If there were skeletons in my closet I would never have gone on the show.” He also told Life & Style: “The poor girl keeps getting all this abuse for no reason. They find a good mom with a good image, and it’s like, ‘How can we take her down’?” [It is odd that he said “my” closet instead of “my wife’s closet” since the cheating rumors are about her, not him.]

On February 28, 2013, Starcasm reported that Teresa Guidice and Melissa Gorga called a truce and that Joe Gorga is ready to move on too. Teresa was quoted as saying: “Everything is good” and “you have to let things go.” According to their source: “The two attended a cast retreat in Lake George, NY were they hashed things out and agreed to put the past in the past for the sake of their family — especially their children.” [The cast trip to Lake George was February 10-12, 2013 — click here for the season 5 shooting schedule.]

However, on February 15, 2013, just days after the cast returned from their trip to Lake George where they supposedly worked out their differences, Melissa retweeted the RumorFix article that blamed Teresa for Melissa’s cheating scandal:

Furthermore, the February 28th Starcasm story contradicts a story by RumorFix on February 20, 2013. Acccording to RumorFix, they spoke exclusively to Joe Gorga, who said: “It’s a dirty situation right now.” He also said the women agreed to do another season of RHONJ together, but “they are not in a good place.” Joe stated that fans will see pictures of Melissa and Teresa posing together, but they are only doing photo ops for the show. “We’re family,” an emotional Joe told RumorFix. “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.”

On a related topic, according to RadarOnline, Teresa and Joe Giudice recently double dated with Jacqueline and Chris Laurita, but it may all have been for show since it was taped by Bravo. Their source said: “Teresa knows what makes for good TV, and that is fighting. She’s been trying to get more people to be friendlier to her this season, but she knows she has to bring the drama for the ratings, and she’s definitely planning on doing that this season.”

Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen is Not the ‘Mike’ Who Talked on the Phone to Teresa Giudice at the Holiday PFS on December 3, 2012

A source told Fame-Whorgas: “All the stuff about Bryan and Love being friends and her hating Mel are very true. Bryan did not sell any stories, but they have been talking to his friends, and more of his friends will be coming forward because they are tired of what the Marcos are trying to do to Bryan. I think no one came forward because Melissa was pretty much a joke around TR (Toms River); but now that she is trying to hurt people (outside of Teresa’s family), people are getting angry.”

Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen’s identity was revealed here at Fame-Whorgas on January 16, 2013. According to a source, he is Melissa Gorga’s ex boyfriend whom she lived with for two to three years before moving in with Joe Gorga in October 2003 (the source says she lived with some girlfriends for a few months before moving in with Joe).

According to the source, he is not the person Penny Drossos called and who Teresa Giudice talked to on the phone at the Holiday PFS on December 3, 2013, as reported by RadarOnline — their source is wrong and intentionally misrepresenting facts. My source says Bryan has not been filmed and Penny has never spoken to him on the phone or on camera.

My source confirms that the person Penny called and Teresa talked to about Melissa’s alleged infidelity is named Mike (his real name), a good friend to both Byran and Penny’s husband, John Karagiorgis. When Penny asked Bryan if she could call him from the Holiday Posche Fashion Show on December 3, 2013, he said, “No,” and told her to ask Mike instead because “he’s crazy enough to do it.” According to my source, Mike was one of the friends at the Sushi Lounge the night Melissa hooked up with Bryan in a car in the parking lot, and their friends (Melissa’s and Bryan’s), who were there that night, witnessed it. It was because of witnesses that the Sushi Lounge story made its way around the internet… witnesses came forward, not Bryan.

Bryan denies that he was the person Teresa talked to on the phone on December 3, 2012:

“@jenbradleylopez @fauxrealityent I have a best friend name mike if that’s what they’re confusing it with lol and he could careless lol” – Bryan Bowen ‏(@bulldog_nj), February 11, 2013, Twitter

Clarifying whether he has agreed to appear on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, on February 5, 2013, Bryan told CYInterview:

“No it’s not true, not at all. As a matter of fact, I have not even spoken to any of the producers. So it’s news to me.”

On whether he would like to be on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Bryan told CYInterview:

“I have no plans on being on the show. I guess, however, you know if the circumstances are right for me, I gotta believe I’d consider it.”

Based on a recent Twitter exchange between John Karagiorgis and Bryan Bowen, it is easy to deduce that the person Penny called and Teresa talked to was someone named Mike Chick. A source told Fame-Whorgas that Mike’s last name is not Chick — Chick is a nickname. The source also said Mike requested that his last name not be disclosed. Here is the Twitter conversation where John Karagiorgis mentions Mike Chick to Bryan:

John Karagiorgis ‏@JohnnyTheGrk
@bulldog_nj Careful, now she’s reciting her song lyrics. Btw, I saw Crazy Mike Chick. He finds this hilarious & says what up. Lol
24 Jan 13

Bryan ‏@bulldog_nj
@JohnnyTheGrk lol what’s that nut up to? He knows what time it was back then and is now lol
24 Jan 13

John Karagiorgis ‏@JohnnyTheGrk
@bulldog_nj Still a fukin nut. He was hacky sacking gum. Gum kept hitting floor & his crazy ass still chewed it. Lol
24 Jan 13

John Karagiorgis ‏@JohnnyTheGrk
@bulldog_nj He also said “Tell him I’m in”. LMFAO
24 Jan 13

Here are two blog comments about ‘Mike C’ that were posted long before the phone call to Mike was taped by Bravo on December 3, 2012:

“Are you f*cking kidding me Melissa? Does this advice [include] meeting your ex at Sushi Lounge 2 years ago? Or your other ex’s in Bayonne or Lyndhurst? Dying for explanation! But we’ll get that when your skank ass is exposed by Penny & Johnny and don’t you worry, we’re all lining up. Tommy, Vinny, Mike C, Freddy C, and that’s just naming a few.” – ‘The Source’, April 9, 2012, AllAboutTRH

“Those photos are going to be coming out soon, you know, the ones of her with her ex, while she was married to Joe Gorga. The photos could be with one of the boys from Bayonne, another ex in Lyndhurst, Tommy, Butch/Bulldog, Brian, Ronald aka Gus, MikeC, Freddy, Vinny, or how about ‘group sex pics’ during spring break, OR how about someone that hasn’t been named yet, haha. There is plenty more that hasn’t been put out there yet. Mel has nothing to worry about right………..LOL.” – JanShe, May 30, 2012, AllAboutTRH

Giudices Distance Themselves from Penny and John Karagiorgis; Giudices and Gorgas Present a United Front at Teresa’s Milania Hair Care Launch Party

Starting February 4, 2013, Pete Giudice and some of Teresa Giudice’s fans started tweeting @QueenzOfMedia (QOM), a known “enemy” of the Giudices and a big supporter of Melissa and her clan. It was also at this time that Teresa started following QOM on Twitter.

On February 5, 2013, FW was alerted that QOM was asking around on Twitter about who “Fame” is. Then on February 28, 2013, QOM commented for the first time on FW, threatening to have WordPress take down my blogs (particularly, the one where John Karagiorgis backs up Pete Giudice on Twitter). Plus, QOM made sure to let me know that they had “developed a friendly relationship with the Giudice family and personal friends.”

“@bulldog_nj and one more sincere comment, ask yourself why the Giudices have distanced themselves from @johnnythegrk …think about it.” – Skylar & Grace (‏@QueenzOfMedia), February 8, 2013, Twitter

“I have developed a friendly relationship with the Giudice family and personal friends so your continued use of my twitter feed to generate content for your blog Must Stop!…. I suggest you remove all content involving me.” – Grace Alexis (@QueenzOfMedia), February 28, 2013, Fame-Whorgas

This shift occurred right after Bryan “Bulldog” Bowen, provoked by QOM (they posted about his assault charges and his brain tumor surgery and then brought his parents into the mess), tweeted on February 4, 2013 about the alleged rape charges and John Karagiorgis, also provoked by QOM (tweets too numerous to include in this blog), tweeted on February 2, 2013: “Talking about priors with man to man altercations, let’s talk about who assaulted women.” Bryan quickly deleted his 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) including tweets about @franksabean (who Pete and Sheila Giudice follow and tweet – see “Frank” to Teresa’s right in the photo above).

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.