Real Housewives of New Jersey

Joe Gorga is experiencing a reinvention of sorts. He’s been on Real Housewives of New Jersey for years now, first introduced to us as Teresa Giudice’s brother and now better known as husband to Melissa Gorga. But he brings a lot to the show on his own, despite a somewhat bumpy start. Let us not forget the Christening from hell where he called his sister “garbage” then cried to his dad outside. Then there was the infamous physical fight between Joe and brother-in-law Joe Giudice, where they fought so hard that Joe’s spray-on hair rubbed right off. In recent years, it’s been the treatment of Melissa, from investing large sums of money into a pizza joint without telling her, to making fun of her efforts to start her own boutique, even calling her earnings “crumbs”.

But it looks like our small-minded, little Joe is all grown up and if you aren’t following him on Instagram, run, don’t walk to hit that follow button right now. Why? For starters, he has started a series of photos of him in various poses, with the text of some very deep quotes. Quotes like “I may not be the fittest I may not be the srongest but I’ll be damned if I’m not try my hardest”. I left that as a direct quote without fixing what I think he actually meant to say on purpose, all for your reading pleasure.

After each deep thought, he uses a goldmine of hashtags, most notably #growwithgorga. As if that wasn’t enough, Joe has written a book, done some stand up comedy (yes, really) and even started a speaking tour, actually called Grow With Gorga, that “brings together the leading minds in real estate investing, lending and developing for training, enlightenment, and motivation” according to the website.