Teresa Giudice plotted to reveal Melissa Gorga's stripper past at Posche fashion show

Teresa Giudice plotted to reveal Melissa Gorga’s stripper past at Posche fashion show

Sep, 29, 2011 | AUTHOR: Asa Hawks; | Related : Joe Gorga, Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice

Teresa Giudice allegedly invited a male stripper to accuse Melissa Gorga of being a stripper

The Real Housewives of New Jersey Twitter fallout continues after the Posche Fashion Show Wednesday night during which some major drama went down! From what we can gather Teresa “set up” Melissa Gorga resulting in a bathroom confrontation and a lot of riled feathers.

(Click here to catch up on what we know so far, including Jacqueline Laurita’s tweets from earlier today.)

(UPDATE - More revealed about Gorgagate, including Jacqueline’s role in releasing the Joe Giudice and mystery woman photo to Radar Online and what Jacqueline’s former manager at Lookers Gentlemen’s Club has to say about the whole thing!)

Adding to the confusion in trying to understand what happened is the fact that the Jersey ladies are in the middle of filming their reunion special, and as such were tied up most of the day yesterday, delaying their ability to respond on Twitter.

On a side note, how ridiculous is it that Bravo bumped up the filming of Season 4 (as we mentioned in a previous article, they started earlier than planned so as to not miss out on the unresolved tensions among the cast members – ie, Teresa and her family.) to before the Season 3 Reunion?!? So now everyone is up in arms about something they can’t even talk about at the reunion? They have to pretend to still be upset about things that happened months and months ago? Anyways…

After her marathon session recording the Reunion Special Teresa Giudice was finally able to respond to the all the hubbub surrounding the fashion show:

On my way home… Loooong day. Wow has Twitter gone crazy.

Wow have some people gone crazy… #sadforthem.

I don’t even wanna go there b/c I don’t fight on twitter not w/ fans, not haters, not w/ mean RTs & def not w/ a friend (ahem) or my family! But the rumors are getting ridiculous.

Let’s get this straight: I LOVE my WHOLE family. Would never do anything to hurt them. xx.

THIS is exactly why I didn’t want my family on the show–people come out of nowhere to try & hurt you. I don’t want my family hurt. Ever.

Breaks my heart that anyone would believe I would be part of something to hurt my family. Fame can mess with your mind. Family is forever.xx.

And for the record: I don’t believe MG was a stripper but I wouldn’t care anyway. (I have lots of ex-stripper friends… ahem…).

She’s the mother of my niece & nephews & part of my family. You’ll see how I defend her in S4. xx #lovemybrother #lovemyfamily

Sorry, it’s NOT true. But you’ll all have to turn in to Season 4 of RHONJ to see what really happens (the truth is actually way scarier…)

Remember when I was supposedly punched in the face? Now supposedly Jacq slapped me. And I hired a male stripper to expose Melissa… LMAO

You know Bravo loves it when bloggers make up crazy stories to get people excited about the show. Aren’t we exciting enough w/o the lies?

Pay particular note to her tweet “And for the record: I don’t believe MG was a stripper but I wouldn’t care anyway. (I have lots of ex-stripper friends… ahem…).” If Teresa had accused Melissa Gorga of being a stripper then it would explain this Twitter exchange between Melissa and husband Joe Gorga yesterday:

Melissa Gorga: Fact: I was never a stripper… But have nothing against them.

Joe Gorga: @melissagorga Im so disappointed of the news can u find out how to become one please!!!

This is purely speculation, albeit “educated” speculation, but I’m imagining Teresa found out something about Melissa’s past and went into the fashion show with her guns loaded. (Anyone else having Danielle Staub drama flashbacks?)

Melissa Gorga before she was one of The Real Hosuewives of New Jersey
^ Melissa Gorga “Before They Were Housewives” photo from Bravo

Lynn N Chicago from The “I Hate Jill Zarin” Blog says she “spoke with a Bravo insider this morning and got all the details, look for the whole ugly story on RumorFix sometime this afternoon.” So hang in there, we may have some clarity soon!

UPDATE! I didn’t even get to publish the post and we already have the scoop!

According to LynnNChicago via RumorFix.com Teresa Giudice and Kim DePaola invited a male stripper to attend the fashion show who would confront Melissa Gorga and claim she used to be a stripper. From RumorFix:

Teresa confronted Melissa in the ladies room pretending to be concerned and telling Melissa that she was worried about her because this man was telling everyone that he was a witness to Melissa’s stripping days. Melissa immediately saw right through Teresa’s game and an argument ensued then escalated when Teresa told Melissa that Danielle Staub was on her way to the Posche show to confront Melissa, this was another lie that Teresa made up to try to rattle Melissa. Melissa decided to call her husband.

I’m told that Teresa “Freaked Out” and panicked knowing that her brother was on his way and that he would not be happy with Teresa’s latest stunt. The young man that Teresa and Kim D hired to confront Melissa immediately bolted the Fashion Show as soon as he heard Joe Gorga was on his way, the husbands weren’t supposed to be part of the deal and he had no intention of being confronted by Joe G.

UPDATE 2 - Naughty But Nice Rob from HuffPost Celebrity has a slightly different spin with more juicy details about what went down at the Posche Fashion Show:

Bravo’s surprise at the fashion show was for Melissa: her ex-boss at Lookers, the strip club she used to work at. No one knew him, no one knew he was coming — although, of course Bravo had a microphone on him — and Melissa ran away from him and refused to film with him,” a witness at the taping tells me. “The producers made Teresa talk to him to ‘hear him out,’ so his accusations would be aired on camera, but Teresa stopped him mid-story and told him to not talk about her family and left.

So it was Bravo and not Teresa who set the whole thing up! (According to Rob’s source.)

Well, there you go! Oh, and while Teresa was at the show stirring up drama, her husband was photographed at a T.G.I. Fridays with a “woman who was NOT Teresa having a drink in a booth by the bar,” according to an eyewitness who shared a photo of the Joe and the mystery woman with RadarOnline.

“They were drinking martinis and when the woman finished hers she took a sip out of Joe’s glass too. They looked like they were having a good time together and laughing with each other.”

After a waiter brought them wet naps the woman opened hers and “wiped Joe’s hands off with hers,” Erin said. “It was really intimate to see her touching his hands like that.

“They looked very comfortable and cozy together.”

The woman was reportedly brunette and looked to be in her late 20s to early 30s. Lawd have mercy! It’s drama overload yet again in Jersey!

JOE’S “MISTRESS” UPDATE - Naughty But Nice Rob from HuffPost Celebrity has implied it was Jacqueline Laurita who “leaked” the photo of Joe and his mystery date after the broo-ha-ha at the fashion show went down! Rob also goes on to say the encounter was no surprise to Teresa and that the mystery woman was a family friend with a boyfriend. “The girl has a boyfriend, and I’m pretty sure Joe wouldn’t carry on a big affair at TGI Fridays in Clifton,” one of Teresa’s friends tells Rob.

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jessica

One Teresa is a big fat liar the only reason why she didn’t want her family on the show. Is because she didn’t want to share the spotlight with her family.

Two I don’t understand why Kim G felt the need too setup Melissa when Melissa and Joe has been nothing but be kind to her. I think that Teresa was planning this for a long time. I think Teresa wanted to embarrassed Melissa so she would leave the show.

I think Melissa was not a stripper and I think this information. Was feed to Teresa and instead of Teresa calling Melissa and Joe. And letting them know that someone is spreading lies about Melissa she choose to run with this so called information to confront Melissa and it backfired on her.

Three even if Melissa was a stripper in her past she is a mother and wife now. I think that Teresa is jealous envy’s of Melissa I think that Teresa has wanted to try and get Melissa out of Joe life. For a while now and She thought that this information was Golden ticket and completely blow up in her face.

Now she just has one friend in her corner I think that for while fans were on team Teresa until you saw more episodes. And you started to see Teresa true colors I don’t understand how in one breathe she can claim family is everything to her. But yet she try everything she can to publicly embrassed her sister in law.

And if Joe is cheating on Teresa I don’t feel sorry for her. Teresa sat by and defending her husband when he threated to break her brother jaw and called him a bunch of gay slurs. On national television I only feel sorry for her daughters

And By way trying to public embrassed your sister in law and cousin continually take shots at them on your blogs and interviews. Is not trying to mend the fences it is just making it worst and if Teresa is not careful. Andy will get rid of her like he did with Jill,Kelly and Alex from the housewives of new york.

I’m not saying Kathy and Melissa are innocents but at least they would never stoop that low like Teresa just did. And I’m not buying that Melissa or her husband ever contact Danielle I think they got on the show. Because Bravo did their research and knew that Teresa was having problems with her family and I’m pretty it is well known around town about Teresa family issues.
- http://www.njhousewives.blogspot.com Housewifehater
  
  Being an escort, hooker, exotic-dancer, skank…whatever you want to call it, is one thing.
  But any mother who has those kind-of secrets, like Danielle for instance, who would go on television, and offer to share her “real life”, with the public, is a horrible mother in my opinion. Because it will become public. Because your children will be teased about this in school. Obviously, being “on Display” is more important to Melissa than her children.
  (and MOST “reality” people)
  Did Teresa force Melissa to be on her show? (yeah-it was Teresa’s show first)
  If Melissa wanted to sing and dance, why did she have to use Teresa, especially if she is talented?
  So ridic-acting like Teresa was responsible from preventing the public from seeing such great talent as Melissa and Joe-ha ha ha. Do you really think anyone is falling for that garbage?
  IF they were so entertaining, why did they have to barge-in on Teresa’s deal?
  And if they really wanted to be in show-biz so badly, they should have stayed-away from that Housewife mess. So sad that they blame Teresa for NOT getting them in the show, and now when they get what they wanted they blame her for that too.
  Teresa was, “winning” this whole season. Were the people who post here watching the same show that I was? Can’t you see the story that Bravo edited it to be?
  Mel and Joe act like prostitute whores, clowns, and try to make Teresa look bad, and then then the media rips them to pieces.
  Are they going to blame Bravo for editing it that way? They should because that’s what it looked like to me.
  - whatever
    
    wow what an ignorant and mindless idiot you are! You are supporting the biatch that is evil, fraudulent, mean, selfish and explains away all the fraudulent things her ugly rotund husband did? Did you ever live in a home that was lived in by somebody else because your idol, this ugly biatch said it is nasty to live in other people’s homes while stealing other people’s money on the side. Did you see how she covered up her husband forging his partner’s signature. She said if her husband didn’t admit to it, they would have been fine. Yeah, the courts and the law of this land are that simple – if you don’t admit to a crime that you committed you are safe. How dumb are you to be on the side of this nasty, fraudulent, ignorant, stupid, ugly couple? I feel sorry for your family/children if you have any. There used to be a time when people in general would stay away from thieves and criminals, now people like you want to be their fans. What does that tell about you?
    - Kasi
      
      Now to be fair……I have grown to not like Teresa anymore either. I used to quite like her but have found her to be a caddy bitch and when she says that blood is thicker than water I tend to roll my eyes. She ahs been more that rude to Melissa in episodes where she most certainly should not be and I am embarrassed for her for her actions. But, as I understand it, Teresa’s husband was told by his partner to sign his signature for him (like his always did if one were busy and the other couldn’t be there) so Joe signed his partners signature and the deal went bad, and now the partner is looking for a way out of the bad deal. I can certainly see how the is not quite fair. Yes you should always do things the legal way, but if this has always been the practice of the two partners, then it is unfair for one partner to say “you forged my signature” just because it turned into a bad business deal. I do not agree with that VERY MUCH. But let me re-aderate that I hate the way Teresa has been acting this season, I do not like it at all-but I do see where she and her husband are coming from in the business aspect of it. Tell me non of you have done the same and signed for your boss when they knew you were doing it or when it was easier for you to do it at the time so they wouldn’t have to make an extra trip or whatever…..
      - John
        
        Honesty and integrity are not part of any business plan these people have. Signatures must be notarized by a notary to be valid, Powers of attorney (if recorded) must be signed as “x, Power of Attorney for “Y”, and finally all parties in a contract are given a copy, or certified copy, of the document.
        
        Normal business practice is if entire assembly is not present at the same time and no POA is recorded, is for the parties to go and sign at a time convenient for that person, along with a notary.
      - SonnySky
        
        I also find there is a lot of cattiness in NJ with people more so than other places in the country.
        
        But you should be more fair than to carry on about one bankruptcy when Chris Laurita is being sued and charged with pocketing money from his bankruptcy instead of paying his creditors.
J

You say that the Gorga’s would not stoop to “that” level, Well, allow me to remind you that they already did stoop to “that” level when they joined the show behind Theresa’s back. Yeah, there is no real love lost there, on either side.
- anne_000
  
  @ J – I don’t see why it’s ‘stooping to a low level’ if other people join the show. Is Teresa the boss or producer or something? Does she own this show? She’s just an employee, nothing more. She knows it’s her employers’ choice to hire anybody they want. If she can’t handle that, then she needs a reality check about her position in the Bravo food chain. Also, it’s OK if Bravo wants to hire Kathy & Melissa. It’s not as if the ladies signed a contract with Teresa saying they have to have her permission.
  
  Really, you’re making it sound like Teresa thinks she’s the ruler of the world or something.
  - Wa Wa Wa WHAT!
    
    Hi anne_ooo – I completely agree…Teresa’s show, gtfoh…since when…
    
    I don’t beleive that Tre knew that Joe was dining with another woman either…I call Bullshit!
    
    If Bravo did know about the ‘set-up’ then Teresa did as well…so I’m not buying the ‘she defended Melissa’…Teresa is a hater of Melissa…and I’m a hater of Teresa…lol
    
    Funny how today – all of a sudden Teresa’s fan club ‘Rob’ writes a ‘story’ to defend Teresa. (cough bullshit cough)
Vanessa

Melissa and joe had every right to go on the show Teresa does not own bravo the real housewives of new jersey. Does not belong to Teresa
- http://www.njhousewives.blogspot.com Housewifehater
  
  Looks like Mel’s sisters are busy today! If I have a job does that mean that my whole family is entitled to barge-in?
  Sorry ladies, but it is very clear that Teresa was there first.
  The story that Teresa tried to hide the Gorgas is silly and spread by team-Gorga.
  From the way that I see it, Teresa is WINNING!
  If the Gorgas wanted family peace they would chill-out.
  Instead they go on Bravo and cause drama with their own family.
  For fame and money. And then have the nerve to blame Teresa when Bravo does what they do to everyone. Build someone up to tear them down.
  THAT is what the Gorgas signed-up for. What made them think it would be different for them?
  The only “set-up” that was done, was by the Gorga’s to themselves.
  Go cry about it.
  - whatever
    
    @housewifehater – A normal, decent, intelligent person would die if they were you, with the way you are defending a stupid, ugly, selfish, evil, conniving woman and her fraudulent rotund husband. Do you even know about their BK history? They stole from other people, destroyed other people’s lives, livelihood, businesses and still live in that ugly mansion after filing for 11million dollar debt. The ugly biatch said it is nasty to live in other people’s homes. She can’t say “ingredients”. She can’t make a complete English sentence. She is jealous of everybody and everything. It is not Teresa’s show. Who are you to declare that? People like you are causing our society to decay.
    - Kasi
      
      People are struggling in this world….I had to file for bankruptcy and didn’t include my house in it. Does that make me someone who steals from other people? Please get your facts straight about bankruptcy before bashing on other people who have to file for it because of their unfortunate events in their lives. Maybe Teresa and Joe, even though they make more money than we do, can file for bankruptcy and keep their million dollar home. They are on a much bigger playing field, money wise, than any of use are. They can still keep their million dollar home even though they are claiming bankruptcy. I make 70 thousand a year (of course nothing compared to them) and claimed bankruptcy and was still able to keep my home. I think everyone needs to do their homework on what exactly claiming bankruptcy means before slamming Teresa and Joe for keeping their home while being in a bankruptcy. Do your homework people before slamming someone for ANY financial problems and what they decide to do with them!!! And learn what EXACTLY filing for bankruptcy means before you slam someone else for what they do in theirs.
      - John
        
        If you enter into any form of borrowing or contract to perform and do not perform you are in breach, written or verbal. If you do not pay, it is tantamount to keeping that which is not yours. The party not receiving the agreed upon funds or services is at a loss due to your non-performance. You could have included your home in the bankruptcy procedure and made it less damaging then you did. Somehow in your twisted logic, or those seeking bankruptcy protection, they feel they are owed another chance at someone else’s expense. The government or the courts do not give the filer public funds, but the funds of the victims
    - SonnySky
      
      Yea it is Teresa’s show she has the highest ratings and fans.
- SonnySky
  
  They went on cause they are jealous of Teresa and to purposely cause trouble and trouble they caused right from the beginning. Joe Gorga was to have said that he was going to destroy Teresa. I agree with Joe Guidice that Teresa should go on with out them in her life cause they are nothing but trouble and have been since he had married her.
  
  Lot of talk about Joe and Melissa out there and Melissa’s sisters and none of its good. What is true I don’t know but one thing for sure those that know them all say the same so where there is smoke there is fire.
rosie

This show is trash and these ladies (it’s a stretch to call them ladies)are a laughing stock. I watch all of the other Bravo housewife shows except New Jeresy, New York, and Miami.
kia

I think bravo is about to ax some people off of hwonj and I hope its theresa like theresa but tired of her drama she keeps on and on and they need to get rid of kimg I wish jac would stay going to miss her
Lisa

Joe Giudice was not at a bar during the fashion show..he WAS at the fashion show with Teresa and there are photos to prove it. Also, ‘that’ photo has been show before a year or two ago…old news!
catdoc

I liked Melissa in the beginning. I thought she was down-to-earth, happy being domesticated. But it became clear that she was doing the show to promote her singing career, which is a joke. The gratuitous sex and money references became tiresome. I thought the whole you-never-invited-us-to-your-book-signing was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. I think Teresa knows Melissa better than Melissa would like to admit. If there was a New Jersey society to climb, Melissa would be a social climber.

For me, the bottom line is that Melissa and Joe G. started the fight at the christening of his son. There’s no denying it.