Jacqueline Laurita said “court records” proved that Joe Gorga — along with Jackie Goldschneider and Margaret Josephs — “were involved” with Luis Ruelas’ ex-girlfriend amid her legal issues with Luis.
On the latest season of Real Housewives of New Jersey, Luis, who’s married to Joe’s sister Teresa Giudice, revealed his legal disputes with the ex. At the time, Teresa said court records proved that Margaret was communicating with the ex (and Jackie later admitted it), but Teresa didn’t reveal that her brother was also involved. The ex was allegedly trying to get castmates to expose dirt on Luis.
In the finale, an angry Luis expressed his wish that Margaret and her son – who purportedly claimed that Luis called him at work to get dirt on Margaret – would ‘suffer.’ Fans were outraged by Luis’ comment.
On the AllAboutTRH podcast, Jacqueline seemingly defended Luis over the controversial scene.
“Being on the show, I’ve said horrible things too at the heat of the moment when you’re angry at someone and you’re screaming and you’re just so fed up,” said Jacqueline, via @rhonj_fact_vs_lies_ on Instagram. “And I think he was just so fed up in the moment.”
“[He was angry] because they had court records showing that Margaret was involved, and her brother [Joe] was involved and Jackie was involved,” she went on. “And they knew this the whole time.”
In a past interview for BravoTV, Jackie slammed Margaret’s suggestion in the finale that Jackie was the mastermind behind the communication with Luis’ ex.
“Margaret thought that she was going to dismiss her culpability by putting it all on me, but the truth is that once my [feud] with Teresa was over, I stopped speaking to that ex. So I hadn’t spoken to her in years,” Jackie shared at the time. “And then I was like, ‘F**k it.’ I’m gonna admit it, and if Teresa doesn’t want to be my friend anymore, I get it.”
In the same interview, Teresa shared that she “already knew” about Jackie’s involvement, and she “didn’t even flinch” as Margaret ‘exposed’ it.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is reportedly on hiatus, and the fate of the cast is unknown.
