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Jacqueline Laurita claims Melissa and Joe Gorga attempted to outbid Kathy and Richie Wakile on their new home.
Months after Melissa, 45, confirmed Kathy, 58, and Richie had moved into a home on their street, the 54-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey alum revealed that the Gorgas attempted to buy the property for themselves as she spoke of Melissa’s public statements about hoping for a reconciliation between them.
“When Kathy was trying to get into her house, the new house that they’re building, [the Gorgas] knew that they had an offer on the house and they tried to outbid them,” Jacqueline revealed on the September 9 episode of the AllAboutTRH podcast.
Although Melissa has suggested she’s open to making amends, Jacqueline slammed her for her past treatment of Kathy on RHONJ, accusing her of “gaslighting” her former castmate.
“[Melissa] even said to Kathy, ‘Oh you should bring up blah blah blah.’ And then Kathy tried to bring it up on camera and Melissa shut her down, and was like, ‘Listen, Teresa and I are good right now.’ And like gaslighted her,” Jacqueline revealed. “It’s stuff like that. That’s the kind of stuff she does.”
As for why Kathy won’t move forward with Melissa, Jacqueline suggested that Melissa only expressed a desire to do so because she thought it would help convince producers to include her in the upcoming 15th season of RHONJ.
“I think it was convenient of [Melissa] saying that. I think she was like, ‘Oh what’s a way to secure my spot on the season since they’re going to have to make a decision between Teresa Giudice and I? Maybe I can make up with Kathy and them,'” Jacqueline suspected. “But the way she treated Kathy was so bad, like she would get Kathy worked up behind the scenes and then gaslight her on camera. Then the second she didn’t have use for Kathy anymore, she like completely dumped her. And then she went publicly and was like, ‘Oh, they’re just jealous that we’re still on the show and they’re not.’ Like you say that about someone you care about…Then she changes the narrative later to say, ‘Oh, we stopped talking to them because Teresa wanted us to.’”
“If that were the case, if that were true, you would have given your cousin, who’s always been there for you, the respect of a phone call to say, ‘Hey, we’re trying to work on our relationship with Teresa and a little tension if we’re, you know, we love you, but, you know, let’s take a break for a little bit while we’re filming and while we’re trying to work things out,'” she continued. “But it wasn’t true. And that’s why she completely ignored Kathy and, you know, changed her narrative from, ‘You’re just jealous that we’re on the show.’ And then to think that Kathy is going to jump at the chance of being her friend. It’s insulting.”
Also on the podcast, Jacqueline reacted to Joe, 50, suggesting that Richie was “bitter” about being fired by Bravo.
“Are you delusional? Why would they want anything to do with them after all the stuff they’ve said about them publicly?” she wondered. “When the Wakiles have kept their mouth shut, they haven’t said anything about them publicly. They keep to themselves and not say anything. And the Gorgas are the ones that keep throwing these little seeds out there about the Wakiles, and then all of a sudden, expect them to jump and, you know, be your friend.”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is currently on pause.
