Teresa Giudice took aim at Heather McDonald on a recent episode of her podcast, slamming the comedian for talking poorly about her and her husband, Luis Ruelas.
As she applauded Kelly Dodd, 49, for having her back against Heather, 54, and pointed out that Luis, 50, had spent thousands on Heather and their friends during a trip to St. Barths, the 52-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star shared her thoughts on people who judge and looked back at some family drama involving the former fiancée of her brother, Joe Gorga, 50.
“I love how Kelly had my back because with Heather McDonald, because she was talking sh*t about me,” Teresa revealed on the May 1 episode of Turning the Tables. “I called Kelly. I was like, ‘I can’t believe Heather was talking sh*t about Luis and I.’”
According to Teresa, Heather didn’t have an issue with Luis when he was dropping thousands on them at Nikki Beach.
“Luis was great then, when Luis picked up the tab at Nikki Beach in St. Barths. Because when you go to Nikki Beach, the tab’s usually between five to $10,000 because they bring out all bottles of champagne and everything, and Luis did pick up the tab that day with no hesitation,” she recalled. “We hung out and had a great time and she was loving Luis, of course, because he picked up the tab … to talk sh*t afterwards, it was f*cked up. It really was.”
After telling Kelly that she couldn’t believe Heather was spewing negativity about Luis, Teresa said Kelly contacted Heather, asking, “‘Why are you talking sh*t about Luis and Teresa?'” And in response, Heather reportedly said, “‘I had Teresa’s back.’”
“No, you didn’t, girl. No, you did not,” Teresa replied on her podcast. “You don’t say sh*t about my husband. Okay? That’s it. I unfollowed her on Instagram, she’s another person that’s out, [I] want nothing to do with her.”
In recent years, Teresa and Luis have faced plenty of backlash over their courtship, Luis’ controversial past, and most recently, the millions they owe in back taxes. But as noted by Teresa, she wishes people wouldn’t always go after what they see publicly.
“There’s a lot of things that are left out, unfortunately. So do me a favor, please, everyone out there, do not judge. Judging is the worst quality anyone could possibly have,” she stated. “No one should judge anybody.”
Looking back at her childhood, Teresa admitted that she was judgmental, likely due to her upbringing.
“Growing up with Italian parents, Italian parents are very judgy. I remember my brother’s first fiancée, her father went away, her father went away to jail,” she shared. “We were all like, ‘Oh my God.’ They were just not used to that. They just weren’t around it. You hear jail, right away, it’s like a scary thing.”
“His first fiancée was in my wedding. Anyway, her father went away, so they had to postpone the wedding two years … My parents were like, ‘Oh my God,’” Teresa continued. “And the thing was not that they were judging, they just weren’t used to that world … In a way, my parents were scared for my brother. They didn’t know if my brother was gonna get involved.”
Ironically, years later, it was Teresa and her ex-husband, Joe Giudice, who ended up behind bars due to a series of financial crimes.
“Look what happened to me all these years later, how life turns,” she reflected.
