Somehow, weâre more than a dozen episodes into Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 13 and we still have yet to see the actual final blow-up between Teresa Giudice and Joe Gorga. The seeds have been planted for the Melissa Gorga cheating rumor to rock the group, but itâs sure been a slow ride to get there. Thankfully, Danielle Cabral was more than ready to spill the beans when the time was ârightâ.
The latest RHONJ episode took place a week before Tre and Luis Ruelasâ big day. MelGo was trying to maintain peace at that point by attending Treâs bridal shower, but the tension only continued to grow. Here are five of the main takeaways from the latest RHONJ episode âMesses and Bridesmaids Dresses.â
Danielle is a ticking time bomb
Ever since Jennifer Aydin told Danielle about the Melissa gossip from Margaret Josephsâ arsenal, she was on edge. The long plane ride home from Ireland gave her even more time to stew on the secret. Danielle felt obligated as a woman and a friend of Melissa to let her know about Margeâs dirty little secret. She put herself in Melissaâs shoes and would want to know the truth. She couldnât hold it in and spilled the beans to her mom and husband, who agreed that Danielle should ironically be a rat.
Danielle self-proclaimed that she was a ânew womanâ after the Ireland trip Danielle 2.0 apparently will pick her battles and choose her friends wisely. However, she couldnât resist almost immediately poking at Rachel Fuda once they were forced to be in the same room. Itâs no surprise that Danielle is swayed by flashy chaos â itâs her brand.
Dolores doesnât fall for Frankâs tears
Dolores Catania and Frank Catania finally met up for a one-on-one conversation about the changing dynamics of their divorced bestiesâ relationship. Dolo wasnât at all excited to have a serious conversation, but Paul Connell urged her to do so. She reflected that throughout the 30+ years, theyâve known each other, Dolo and Frank have never had a serious emotional conversation. âThis has never been how we do things,â Dolo explained in a confessional. âI donât think we ever even told our kids we were divorced.â This explains A LOT about Doloâs demeanor but also shows that Paul really is pulling out her softie side.
Frank goes right into it trying to get Dolores back to their family of four, even though both of them are in serious relationships. Frank was particularly upset that he felt like Dolo never answered his calls anymore. He cried when thinking about how he always gets the urge to call his late mother but canât. Nowadays, he calls Dolo in those situations. âNot only did I lose my mother but I lost basically my best friend,â Frank said. Dolores rightfully stayed firm in her boundaries but assured Frank that their family is going nowhere. âYou canât throw 30 years away,â she said. It seemed like some true resolution for this passive-aggressive behavior between the Catanias. Hopefully Frank realized that he needed to back off a bit and let his ex-wife blossom.
Jennifer Aydin is partying her pain away
Jennifer Aydin took her duties as Treâs bridesmaid seriously. She teamed up with Treâs four dorters this episode to throw an epic âsurpriseâ bridal shower (that Tre wore an almost too appropriate bridal gown too). While Jennifer was clearly having a blast helping her friendâs big day come together, it came at the same time she was dealing with some issues in her marriage.
Jennifer and Bill Aydin sat down to talk about her trip to Ireland. Mainly, Jennifer was upset that her kids kept calling her for their needs when Bill was at home. Jennifer suggested the two go back to therapy as she still felt as though Bill wasnât meeting her halfway. Bill shot down the idea. âI think maybe youâre the one who has more of the issues and more of the complaints,â Bill said. Oh brother, this man obviously could use a trip to the love doctor aka Olivia Aydin. It made me sad to see Jennifer so gung-ho about love when itâs clear Bill wasnât being the best husband he can be.
Luisâs facade begins to fade
Melissa came back from Ireland ready to be done with Tre. She made an eerie statement about wanting to just get through the wedding day before, in the words of Tre, cutting the cancer out. âIt took me 18 years to say no,â MelGo said. Unfortunately, we know that ânoâ couldnât wait until after Tre made it down the aisle.
One of the wildest moments in a relatively tame episode of RHONJ was Luisâs hot mic. Tre and her girls were driving to the bridal shower when Luis called to make plans about ANOTHER pre-wedding dinner for later in the week. While on speaker phone, Luis proclaimed he was inviting all of Treâs cast members aside from MelGo and Joe. Even Margaret and Jackie Goldschneider made Luisâs list over Treâs only brother. Tre quickly let Louie know she was filming at the moment and he shut his mouth real quick. âYou have to invite everyone. You canât do some and not others,â Tre said the rehearsed line through gritted teeth. Iâm always a sucker for a little fourth-wall breaking, and this moment totally revealed a lot about Tre and Luisâs dynamic.
Tre takes chosen family to the next level
Tre was in love love love with her bridal shower extravaganza hosted by Jennifer. The party had everything â Tre-tinis, Henna, and, for some reason, Ashley Darby. Melissa walked into the party unenthusiastically, and even her nieces like Gia Giudice werenât that keen on having to play nice. MelGo spent some time getting acquainted with Luisâs sisters, whom she feels Tre replaced her with. Sheâs sad to have to âwalk on eggshellsâ at a family party. I get MelGoâs emotions but wasnât she the one who just said she was going to play it stone-faced until the wedding? Itâs a little messy to go around the party talking about yourself when you know youâre micâd up.
Tre gave a speech at the event thanking everyone. She called out specific members of her chosen family like her sister-in-law from California and her friends who arenât reality TV stars. To no surprise, Melissa didnât get a shout-out and, for some reason, people were still surprised. Treâs made it clear MelGo gets NO mentions in her speeches at this time, why are we shocked? âIt feels very intentional and if I was Melissa, I would feel like I was not really wanted,â Margaret said. Weâve hit the one-week countdown to Treâs wedding in the show and letâs hope these episodes start getting a little more action-packed.
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