RHONJ: Joe Gorga Reveals He Maxed Out 3 of Teresa Giudice’s Credit Cards To Start Landscaping Business

RHONJ's Joe Gorga and Teresa Giudice

RHONJ’s Joe Gorga made a shocking revelation about just how much his sister, Teresa Giudice, helped him in order to start his own business after high school. Get all the details.

It’s no secret that RHONJ’s Joe Gorga and Teresa Giudice are on the outs. Over the years the siblings have had their fair share of family drama and ups and downs.

However, it wasn’t always that way.

While Joe Gorga and his wife, Melissa Gorga, often like to paint RHONJ OG Teresa Giudice as this evil person on and off the series, the New Jersey developer seems to forget how much his older sister helped him get where he is today – in more than one way.

Joe and Melissa Gorga

Not only did Teresa pave the way for Joe and Melissa Gorga to join the Real Housewives of New Jersey on her coattails and garner much fame and success as a result, she also helped her little brother become a dare I say it – a successful businessman and entrepreneur. That success if debatable to some but in this instance lets give Joe the credit he may or may not deserve.

In an unearthed clip of Joe Gorga appearing on the Unplugged With Eraldo and Daryn, the RHONJ businessman reveals that he maxed out three of his sisters credit cards to start his landscaping business after high school.

Teresa Giudice takes photo with Melissa and Joe Gorga

Joe said:

“My parents couldn’t pay for college. They didn’t have any money. I started working for a landscaper. 6 months later, I opened my own business. I just opened my own business.

I went out and I took a loan on my sister’s credit card, Teresa Gorga at the time. I said so I said to my sister I had no one else. I said to my sister, she just started making it in life. You know? She had 3 credit cards. I think, like, $5,000 each. I said, ‘I wanna buy this little landscaping business?’ And she as my older sister, she backed me up. I maxed out all three credit cards, and I went and bought this, you know, Sanford and Son beat up equipment, old truck, 1970 truck, and I went to work.”

Check out the clip below!

Joe, his wife Melissa, and Teresa are all set to star on season 14 of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, which premieres on Bravo in May.

As always, stay glued to AllAboutTRH for the latest, greatest, and most exclusive Real Housewives of New Jersey tea on the internet!

Season 14 of RHONJ premieres Sunday, May 5 at 8 p.m. ET.

Thoughts on this all? Sound off in the comments!

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116 comments

Yazmean April 16, 2024 - 4:17 pm
I don't think that anyone denies that Teresa and her brother Joe were close at one time. Not all siblings would do that for each other. I'm not going to even comment about the family because they're all wrong but the writing on this article... biased and one-sided much?
Alice April 16, 2024 - 9:23 am
I think there will come a time when Joe and Melissa will get a divorce, because he will choose his sister over the person who caused their feud. The cousins will be reunited in the best way once all the Gorga children are away from their parents and their problems.
Zap It April 16, 2024 - 10:46 am
It's too bad when children are involved. The cousins were close once.
675309 April 16, 2024 - 1:07 pm
Oh no. She would have obviously been a witch to anyone he married because he was no longer all hers to dote on only her and the parents and as she said at the reunion, to "honor" her! Him having a family meant he wasn't at her beck and call so what use was he to her. She finally let it out that she wants nothing to do with HIM because she thought her knight in rusty armor was all she needed to take care of her! (Big mistake). The kids are old enough to drive and see each other and the parents are gone so no need to play nice. She showed how much she hates him for years (enough to publicly try to destroy his marriage more than once!) and finally he gets it and accepts it. He is lucky Melissa put up with the sister in law from hell as well as she did. IMO
Yazmean April 16, 2024 - 5:45 pm
Alice, are you married? Would you choose your family over your spouse, no matter what? I don't think any one person is right in this situation, but there is definitely one that comes across worse, and it isn't Melissa, from what I have watched on tv. Do you personally know these people or have insight that others are not privy to?
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 6:02 pm
You know, now that I think about it, we haven't seen any pictures of the felon and the Lobster's sister, Veronica together. They used to post so many pictures together and now nothing. Also, with as much time as the felon and the lobster have been spending in California, they haven't met up with Dina and her husband. The felon said they were still on good terms, but only a fool would believe that. Me thinks those stories about Louie trying to screw Dina's husband over business-wise are very true.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 6:15 pm
Oh yes, it was something bad between the husband and Luis. It may have even been something like he told her there is no way I'm going to spend time with that garbage and neither are you. He had reason to be protective of her. She dumped Teresa and it was a smart move.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 6:54 pm
Word on the curb is that he wanted Dina's husband to invest in a business. Dina's husband was smart enough to decline and I think that's what caused the rift. They all know that Luis is shady and that he is not a legit businessman. Jennifer and her husband know it too, but Jennifer wants to keep that Jersey paycheck, so she turns a blind eye. Same with Dolores.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 7:27 pm
Yes, I remember that. He probably didn't appreciate the sales pitch and maybe Luis or Teresa had a hissy. I think Jennifer Aydin is waiting in the wings to take over when Teresa is finally fired. Like you said though, she does want the paycheck since she's never had her own before! Dolores, absolutely.
Yazmean April 16, 2024 - 5:49 pm
Invest in those stupid, cheap pizza ovens that he stole from Joe Gorga? Wasn't that supposed to be a family thing between Joe and Teresa and Ewey went rouge? Screwey Ewey will be the nail in her coffin.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 8:03 pm
What a great interview with Melissa! She says she has something big coming up! She looks beautiful and I love her style! Unlike her evil SIL, Melissa looks like a woman! https://newjersey.news12.com/be-well-melissa-gorga-on-balancing-life-on-reality-television-and-her-business
holy cannoli April 15, 2024 - 5:22 pm
I have such a hard time trying to read comments on this site anymore , only the articles that have a lot of comments on them. I start reading them , then it jumps back to the beginning of the thread.?????. So freakin frustrating. After a while I give up.?????. Anyone else have issues? I read and post with my phone.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:31 pm
It's an issue on phones and on laptops. I do believe it's a discus issue not a site issue. I never have these issues on reality tea or radar online.
holy cannoli April 15, 2024 - 6:03 pm
Same, never an issue on other sites
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 6:51 pm
I have seen a lot of people over on Realitu Blurb say they use the browser duck duck go and that they have no issues.
holy cannoli April 15, 2024 - 6:59 pm
Thanks.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 7:00 pm
You're welcome.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 7:32 pm
Yes, I have, too. I have to get brave enough.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 7:45 pm
Same.
Zap It April 16, 2024 - 10:43 am
I can't use duck duck go for this site. It doesn't show the comment section. Only Chrome.
Dr. Who? April 16, 2024 - 11:08 am
That's odd. There are a lot of people who use it over at the blurb and they only have good things to say about it.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 5:38 pm
Do you allow ads? I have the same problem on RB because I finally allowed ads because I couldn't comment otherwise. I block them on this site although I notice they are pushing to allow ads.
Zap It April 16, 2024 - 10:42 am
That is frustrating. I haven't experienced that but I can see the comment sections if I use a browser other than Chrome.
holy cannoli April 16, 2024 - 10:48 am
Thank you.
Zap It April 16, 2024 - 3:09 pm
Apologies...I CAN'T see the comment section if I use a browser other than Chrome. Oops.
Yazmean April 16, 2024 - 5:51 pm
Yes. All of the sites I frequent give me issues because of the stupid ads.
Marc April 15, 2024 - 3:36 pm
The little man should be ashamed of himself for the way he treated his sister, the disgusting way he treats her. Messy and the little man owe everything they got to Teresa.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 11:19 am
Ms Marco must not be there. Her husband spoke about a nice moment between he and his sister and there was no-one to stop him. Let that sink in.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 2:37 pm
Yeah I agree definitely.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 12:46 pm
I did some searching and this video is from Five Years ago. Before they were on bad terms. This proves that, even in the beginning, there were good thingabout Teresa’s character that the Gorgas try to deny. And better yet, Teresa has never outted him for it. What else is he hiding?
675309 April 15, 2024 - 1:35 pm
BS. Joe Gorga doesn't have anything to do with this site turning it into an article five years later, if that is true. You are obviously irritated at the site (and make no sense) because this is at least the second time recently an article here didn't fit your narrative. IMO!
Ross April 15, 2024 - 2:47 pm
Girl, my point is that the video does not correspond to his emotions toward Teresa from the past to the present. The evidence I’ve presented is more evidence than you could ever find so BS yourself. & I’m as cool as a cucumber bc I’m the one with abounding objective evidence. All of my articles have proven true and NONE of yours have.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 2:50 pm
If you want to go to my thoughts on the video please let me know because I haven’t even touched on that with you yet.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:19 pm
Now you are talking to yourself? I sure as heck don't care about your thoughts on the video beyond your input already. Ayahuasca today?
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:38 pm
??
Ross April 15, 2024 - 9:33 pm
Absolutely not, you’re always curious about my POV. Just making sure you had the opportunity.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 3:35 pm
Girl, you really do sound like Luis. (Not a compliment, BTW.)
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 3:54 pm
It's got to be him. No person in their right mind would defend that creep other than himself and his simian wife - for now. I can't wait for the divorce and then she goes on to pen a tell all, via a ghost writer of course. That might finally get me to read one or ghost written books.
675309 April 16, 2024 - 2:00 pm
If the divorce is really ugly or violent (hopefully not) they may get a "spinoff" on some crime drama show. I could picture one of the daughters turning on Teresa in a decade or so and doing a "mommy dearest" memoir.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 9:41 pm
Lol, okay let’s go with that.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 8:37 am
That's nice of him to give her credit for helping him by loaning him money decades ago when he was still a teenager. Of course that was before he got married. No doubt he'll be doing the same when she is fired and the divorce begins. It will be a lot more than $15,000 and he probably won't get it back. IMO
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 8:47 am
This article actually makes him look good! And this story came out years and years ago, so why the rehash? I think we both know the answer. Oh, Ross has lost his marbles. I don't believe that's his mother posting I believe it's him. Notice he was quiet all weekend. They were at Coachella so he was occupied.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 9:23 am
Yes it does. Maybe it is Luis when in an altered state. ? I thought Iris because the person seems old and is more focused on them keeping her income than the usual troll types that claim they get upset when Teresa is bad mouthed. I got one reply from them 8 hours ago from now. My question was "why are you so defensive of them and what is in it for you?"
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 9:27 am
With all the spinning Ross does, I'm more inclined believe it is the lobster himself.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 9:30 am
There have been times when it is written just like he talks. They also don't focus on the actual discussion when losing the debate and just go in circles, which he does. Yech. That is creepy to think about. Rhoda is convinced it is him, too. Another clue it is one of them is it never comments on other shows as far as I've seen. Yes, there are a lot of hints in my way too many, too long discussions with him as I think back.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 9:59 am
You hit the nail on the head. The way this person writes is exactly the way the lobster speaks. Always spinning things to fit there narrative.
ARIANA April 15, 2024 - 12:32 pm
He misses his sister! So sad.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 12:40 pm
Oh no no. This video was from five years ago.
Zap It April 15, 2024 - 1:17 pm
But I agree that on some level he misses her.
book7175 April 15, 2024 - 11:59 am
Slow news day? Digging up interviews from years ago that only highlight the close relationship that Teresa and Joe had at one time.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 12:41 pm
About as good at your desperate attempts to malign another human being.
book7175 April 15, 2024 - 1:48 pm
Okay, sure lol.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 1:57 pm
He or she has been losing it for days. It will be rough for him/her when the season airs and the pressure is on and there is some maligning of those trashy people who choose to be on trashy TV. Ha!
675309 April 15, 2024 - 2:31 pm
Read much? Or should I say, comprehend much?
Ross April 15, 2024 - 3:01 pm
Irrelevant.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 11:20 am
He takes her credit cards then tries to take her job. Let that sink in.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 12:41 pm
Woah
675309 April 15, 2024 - 1:59 pm
She let him use them as a loan to start a business after he graduated high school and like he said, it was a loan. Try and read. Let that sink in.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 3:49 pm
Fredo's three favorite words are Gimme Gimme Gimme. He used her credit cards and he is still using her. His fame comes first.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:24 pm
So 30 years ago as a teen or close to it, she lets him use her credit cards as a loan to start a business. So what. No doubt he has paid her back times 10+, especially since she was in prison almost a year and the loser husband in prison 4 years!! "Let that sink in".
September24 April 15, 2024 - 4:37 pm
And over 10 years ago he came on the show behind her back and badmouthing her and ruining their relationship. Go get your own job Fredo. If she has good credit he wants money. If she is on a hit show he wants on too. Coattail rider.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:38 pm
That makes no sense.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:32 pm
Zero, but then again this is a person who talks to themselves on a regular basis on these threads. ??
675309 April 15, 2024 - 5:36 pm
(I'm trying not to mention that. At least it isn't 10 one sentence comments out of 10 or 11 total comments like it used to be....)
Ross April 15, 2024 - 10:09 pm
It makes perfect sense. 10+ years they got on the show badmouthing Teresa. Instead of Joe borrowing money, go and get your money through saving from your own job. Lastly he copies everything she does. What about that do you not understand?
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 10:29 pm
What about Louser the Lobster being the creepiest of all creepers don't you understand? Now go put on Nonno' s pajamas and get some ??.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 10:50 pm
That has nothing to do with Louie. That’s what I, but you, should understand. Especially from a person who said it makes zero sense. You’ll do anything to say that line about Louie, won’t you.
Ross April 15, 2024 - 10:02 pm
So she cared enough about him to do it. That’s the point. He hasn’t paid Teresa money, in fact she stated that he wouldn't pay her money.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 1:54 pm
It sounds like she willingly turned over her credit cards, so he didn't take them. And, let us not forget that she more than made up for that $15,000 by going on to steal 13 million.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 3:51 pm
No-one is denying they were her credit cards that she let him use to fund himself. He's still using her. If she has better credit he says what about me. He doesn't do for himself.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:33 pm
No he isn't. She was a year and a half older and had a job so she had 3 (!) credit cards. He just graduated high school. Boy things have changed since her net worth is consistently across the board listed at only $500,000 (which is pathetic for someone her age and known income) and his is at $3,000,000. That is kind of low but he is always trying to start new businesses!
September24 April 15, 2024 - 4:38 pm
He wouldn't have any new businesses to start if he didn't sell out his sister to get on her show. His fame comes first.
Ginger Snap April 15, 2024 - 5:29 pm
It’s not her show. If the Gorga’s weren’t on she would of been let go years ago. It gave her a storyline and money. Time for the clowns and Tre to get over it. Why doesn’t Tre blame Bravo for hiring them? Stupid and petty.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:34 pm
We know the felon won't blame Bravo because she knows in her dark heart that without the Gorgas she has no storyline. When The Lobster leaves her, then she will have a storyline.
September24 April 16, 2024 - 6:54 am
Because they came on the show very underhanded and bad-mouthed her from day one. That animosity falls on them not Bravo.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:32 pm
Like Ginger said it's not her freaking show.
September24 April 16, 2024 - 6:57 am
She's the longest employee of RHONJ so it kind of is her show.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:55 pm
"Her show"?? It revolved around Caroline Manzo. Teresa was added as the village idiot type. You know, like when she said stupid stuff and they'd laugh at her or roll their eyes? Many times she'd play along and think she was cute being so clueless or getting her words mixed up. But she showed her nasty side right away, for example saying on camera she heard a rumor that one of the other's husbands had sex with her mother! That was shocking and showed how trashy she was. Why do that? It was either one of the twins or the other one that was on the first or second year. Let that sink in.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 5:14 pm
Her show refers to her place of employment. He came on the show behind her back and badmouthing her from day one. All he had to do was find a job without skulking around his sisters place of employment.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 6:25 pm
Her bosses went to her brother and SIL to hire for the show. Word is, what gave them the idea to hire them was Danielle talking about how much she hates her brother at a reunion, which must have been the first or second one. So why wouldn't they take a job like that for the same reason she did? Was Caroline whining for 14 years or at all because after Teresa got on the show, they had a falling out because her and Joe Giudice sold stories to the tabloids trashing her. Joe admitted they sold stories about family and co-workers, "because they give us money". She did the same with her brother and even made up rumors or repeated them that were lies in order to destroy his marriage and get off the show. What kind of person defends trash like that.
Tim April 15, 2024 - 11:36 pm
It was the first reunion, Danielle made a comment about how Teresa disliked her brother and sister in law so much that she had not even met her youngest nephew yet and she went batshit crazy and tried to attack Danielle and told her how dare she bring her brother and sister in law up. Once Bravo saw what kind of reaction she had to that it was inevitable that they'd hire them.
675309 April 16, 2024 - 6:23 am
Thank you. So she got them on the show and she can also thank Danielle and Bravo! And to this day, NJ is the only one where the house husbands get paid an appearance few.
marlin April 15, 2024 - 10:55 am
Joe Guidice helped Joe Gorga and Richie Wakele get started with their businesses. Say what you will about Joe Guidice, he has a good heart and always took care of family. He was better to Theresas parents than Joe Gorga.
Zap It April 15, 2024 - 12:31 pm
I agree except Joe Guidice wasn't very nice to Teresa. But he was good to her brother and parents.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 3:55 pm
Juicy is way better person than the felon or Luis could ever be and that speaks volumes
Zap It April 15, 2024 - 10:02 am
Teresa and Joe were very close when they grew up. She doted on him. What changed? Melissa Gorga. Melissa wanted to be on TV. She's in love with herself and desperately wanted to be on that show. So, she created a riff between Joe and his sister which was attractive to Bravo and they got hired. Sad how people can marry into a family and rip it apart.
HousewifeVeteran April 15, 2024 - 2:00 pm
How can you say that when Joe & the Felon have both said that the Felon didn't like any of the girls he dated and chased away the fiancee Joe had prior to meeting Melissa. The family animosity started when Joe Guidice started trying to make Joe look bad to his parents, before the baby's christening.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 2:14 pm
Truth!
675309 April 15, 2024 - 2:07 pm
Teresa didn't like the competition of a baby brother but made the best of it by him being her devoted lapdog always at her beck and call. When he wasn't her 100% "soldier" by marrying someone (anyone), all the sicko sibling rivalry, jealousy, hate and competition came out of her. He'd be hurt and mad but always placate her in the end. When he dared have a boy or two, that was it for her because she and Joe spent a lot of money(that they didn't pay) for Audriana to be a boy! (Note: Over a decade later, she was finally forced to pay the fertility clinic what they owed.) Having a boy and then getting on the show was too much. A normal, loving sister would be happy about them getting on the show to have the opportunity she had. This is based on what I've read and IMO.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 2:17 pm
More truth!
675309 April 15, 2024 - 2:14 pm
What changed was by him marrying someone, he wasn't her 100% dedicated, loyal lapdog! All the sibling rivalry she had took over. She even clarified it at the reunion when she told him their parents demanded they honor them (no matter what). She was telling him he wasn't honoring her enough and therefore she dumped him because she thought she found a man to take care of her.
Sharona April 15, 2024 - 3:24 pm
Just ask Meghan Markle.
Zap It April 16, 2024 - 10:45 am
Oh wow...the perfect example. So sad.
holy cannoli April 15, 2024 - 9:01 am
I don’t remember ever reading about this before- it’s a nice story Joey told. I do hope at some point Joey and Teresa will be able to communicate again. Life is too short., make it work you guys.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 9:35 am
Yes, when he and Melissa come to her rescue when she is getting divorced or fired, whichever is first, she'll accept their caring.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 11:22 am
Tre and her brother could have spoken by now. But Ms Marco gets in the way. You can tell she isn't there with him while he is telling this story otherwise she would have shut him down. Classic Ms Marco.
ARIANA April 15, 2024 - 12:32 pm
correct!
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 2:18 pm
You don't know that Melissa doesn't want him to speak to the felon. That's just conjecture on your part.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 3:57 pm
It's fact. Watch any reunion - Ms Marco shuts down all conversations between the two. Even Andy has to tell her to stop interfering.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 5:02 pm
Andy had to tell them both to shut up which was only the last reunion anyway. She didn't hold back for a change. Any other one he had to yell at Teresa. One time he did and she shoved him.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:35 pm
Exactly! It was good to see Melissa finally stick up for herself against that felon.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:25 pm
He's old enough to do it he wants. If he wanted to talk to his sister he would.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 5:28 pm
Only if the cameras are around and the pay is good. He has a threshold to make that happen and it isn't a genuine one.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 5:30 pm
His sister is nothing but trouble and misery. He's right to stay away from that felon.
September24 April 16, 2024 - 6:55 am
Then he should have left the show for entire freedom of her.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 2:28 pm
I think Joe finally got it through his head that his sister hates him and no longer has use for him and that him trying to have a relationship with her is futile and stupid . She made it clear she doesn't want one with him since she found her knight in rusty armor. The parents are gone and the kids are older so why be around someone that hates him and his wife? Not only that but she continually tries to hurt him by lying about his wife! Remember the vitriol Luis showed toward him last season? That scene was the first time I saw Teresa as not a despicable person. She was upset that Luis went on and on trashing HER brother and tried to get him to stop. At the end of the reunion he made it clear he'd be there if she really needed him. That is a good person. Melissa also agreed that she'd go along with "what the family wanted". That, too is a good person.
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 3:00 pm
Knight in rusty armor!!! Hahahaha!
675309 April 15, 2024 - 3:26 pm
I came up with that his first partial season! Ha!
Dr. Who? April 15, 2024 - 3:37 pm
It's great!
September24 April 15, 2024 - 4:04 pm
That's the smell of desperation from the hag marco clan. Trying to sound genuine isn't their strong suit.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 4:14 pm
What? There is nothing about Melissa's relatives or Melissa in the article.
September24 April 15, 2024 - 5:15 pm
You brought them up in your last paragraph.
675309 April 15, 2024 - 5:31 pm
No I didn't. You just like saying that when it means nothing apparently. I stated a fact that at the last reunion Joe said he'd be there for Teresa if something happened and she needed him after Andy asked. Then he asked Melissa and she said she'd go along with whatever the family (her family-Joe) wanted. That has nothing to do with "smell of desperation from the hag marco clan" which sounds stupid for you and the troll to repeat over and over when it means nothing.
Yazmean April 16, 2024 - 4:18 pm
What show have you been watching?
BC April 19, 2024 - 10:00 pm
I doubt they'll reconcile. They'll take their feud to the grave, it's in their DNA (particularly Teresa's!). Just look at their father and his sister - there's a certain type of Italian that knows how to carry a family feud forever.
September24 April 20, 2024 - 7:04 am
No way. They will reconcile. As for the Dad and the Aunt...the Aunt should have apologized. Just like the brother should do.
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