Rachel Fuda accused Teresa Giudice of being a gaslighter after she called her husband, John, “the biggest drug dealer” during the Season 14 premiere of “Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
“This is manipulation and gaslighting at its peak. You’re kidding me,” Fuda, 33, snapped while speaking to Page Six’s Evan Real and Danny Murphy during the live taping of “Virtual Reali-Tea” Thursday at Chelsea Table & Stage in New York.
“So you add fuel to the fire and then you turn around and say, ‘But I think he’s a great father and a great husband,'” she added. Giudice, 51, attempted to douse the flames of her drug dealing accusation during Sunday’s “RHONJ” episode by complimenting John’s parenting.
“You can’t pass judgment on anyone. He is my husband. He’s fantastic,” Rachel continued.
“He’s a fantastic father and he’s a successful businessman who has built his life the way it is now and you’re taking his life away and you’re manipulating his story.”
Further defending her husband, she added: “I’m proud of him. I’m proud of his accomplishments and I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished as a family.
John, 37, also spoke with Page Six during the live taping of “Virtual Reali-Tea” and expressed his bewilderment that Giudice would drag his name through the mud.
“I’m really disgusted by her actions because I think she went through that,” he explained. “So she should know, putting me a university letter, what a waste it is given I’m looking after three children and my wife. Why would you want to hit my business? I’m not a main character.
Giudice’s problem with Rachel and John began after the latter accused Giudice’s husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, of hiring a private investigator to look into her past during the ‘RHONJ’ Season 13 reunion , broadcast in May 2023.
Ruelas claimed in the season 13 finale that one of his “best friends” and “one of the most famous private detectives in the country,” Bo Dietl, willingly brought him information on “everyone » in the casting.
However, he later claimed he lied about the entire situation during an episode of “Watch What Happens Live.”
“I was at the end of my rope,” he explains. “It was a long season.”
Additionally, Dietl exclusively told Page Six that he has “never done any investigative work against ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ cast members.”
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Relations between Giudice, Ruelas, and the Fudas appear to deteriorate throughout season 14, despite Giudice’s attempt to lighten things up following her remarks about John.
The cold open of the season premiere showed Rachel yelling at Giudice to leave her husband’s name out of her “hot dog-lipped mouth.”
Fans can watch the drama unfold every Sunday on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.
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