THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY -- Season:8 -- Pictured: (l-r) Margaret Josephs, Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, Siggy Flicker -- (Photo by: Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo)

The Real Housewives of New Jersey News Roundup: Next Season Storylines, Lawsuit Updates And More

There’s never a dull a moment for the cast of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, at least when it comes to legal messes and the like. Although the latest legal issues may not be enough to keep the show interesting for the upcoming season, IF there is an upcoming season at all. We have all the latest news bits – including some speculation on the state of the show and/or storylines of season 9.

In Jersey news that likely won’t be featured on the show, Melissa Gorga and Andy Cohen are hoping a judge will toss out the $30 million case that was filed against them by Melissa’s former business partner, Jackie Beard Robinson. According to The Blast, paperwork was filed this week, requesting the case be put to arbitration or at the very least, moved to New York. “the defendants claim that Robinson signed two separate contracts when she appeared on The Real Housewives of New Jersey and those contracts require claims such as this one to go to arbitration. So, Andy and Melissa’s legal teams are asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit and compel the parties to go to arbitration.” We’ll have to see if anything comes of this whole crazy situation. If there’s one thing we can always count on Jersey for – it’s legal problems!

In other Jersey news, there are several reports that Bravo was considering cancelling the show because they’re having a hell of a time coming up with interesting storylines for the next season. As much as I love a good rumor, this one is pretty doubtful because, despite viewer grumblings, the ratings and viewer numbers were steady this season and there are Bravo shows that do MUCH worse and they keep those shows around far longer than they should. Jersey isn’t going anywhere for a while, in my opinion. At least not until Juicy gets out of prison and has to film from Italy.

There does seem to be a little bit of truth to the reports that the show may be struggling a bit to find its big storylines for next season. One storyline that is reportedly being tossed around involves Teresa Giudice participating in a fitness competition ala Tamra Judge on RHOC. Teresa has been essentially living at the gym lately and has been sharing tons of videos and photos on Instagram. I’m hoping this trend of recycling storylines on each of the franchises dies off very, very soon.

Our source also shared that the show is struggling “because the current cast all get along with the exception of Danielle and Dolores, but nobody cares about that drama.” Our source also alleges that Caroline Manzo and Jacqueline Laurita‘s return is not a done deal yet and the hold up is over money. Isn’t it always? Rumor has it they won’t come cheap – and who can blame them? You need a lot of money to squirrel away for those future therapy visits.

Will they shoot Danielle Staub‘s wedding to spice things up? She has expressed an interest in filming it and that could make for several interesting storylines – the bachelorette parties, the bridesmaids clashing, the wedding planning and who knows what else they’d cook up!

Here are some videos and photos Teresa has shared of her gym dedication (and the impressive results).

 

TELL US – IS RHONJ GOING TO BE A SNOOZE NEXT SEASON? WILL YOU STILL TUNE IN? DO YOU WANT TO SEE DANIELLE’S WEDDING? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE NEXT SEASON?

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