Teresa Giudice says she expects to return to ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey” despite the rumors of a cast shakeup for season 15.
During an appearance on the “Bonded by Bravo” podcast in February 2025, Giudice told hosts Amy D’Aulerio and Jenna Dominello that she is still waiting for the word from Bravo, but made it clear it only makes sense to continue with the show she started in 2009.
“Of course I’m going to go back,” she said. “Oh my gosh I started it, so I feel like like, you know, there’s still a lot in me. So yeah, definitely I would go back.”
As for updates from Bravo, she added, “I heard it’s coming soon. Like, because I think they can’t, you know, they have to let you know, like, what’s the status like with the whole employment thing, right?”
Giudice previously told “AllAboutTRH” podcast hosts Roxanne Bahri and Shantel Butras that she is confident of her return. “Listen, they have to have the OG back, they have to, you know,” she said in December. “They can’t just let it end that way, so they have to. I mean, it’s inevitable.”
Teresa Giudice Only Talks to 3 Other RHONJ Cast Members
In addition to Giudice, the 14th season of RHONJ starred Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania, Jennifer Aydin, Danielle Cabral, and Rachel Fuda, and “friends” Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler
Giudice told the “Bonded by Bravo host” she only has three friendships remaining from the cast. “Dolores, Jennifer, Jackie Goldschneider and that’s it,” she said. “The rest, they lied.”
Giudice said she had hoped that newcomer Fuda would have a “mind of her own” when she joined RHONJ in season 13. She expressed disappointment in Cabral for playing “both sides of the fence” after bringing her on to the show as her friend.
Giudice also shared that she wished viewers could see more of her home life with her husband, Louie Ruelas, and their combined six kids. “Louis’s amazing, and see, that’s what America didn’t get to see, that part of Louie,” she said, noting that some of the other cast members made her husband out to be the “bad guy.”
Teresa Giudice Said She Won’t Ever Film With Melissa & Joe Gorga Again
GettyLuis Ruelas, Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga, and Teresa Giudice. /Getty
Fans are waiting to see if Giudice and /or her estranged sister-in-law Gorga will both return to RHONJ. During an appearance on “Live! With Kelly and Mark” in July 2024, Giudice pointed out that she “started the show.” “When Bravo wants me to leave, that’s when I’ll leave,” she added, noting that she was “there first.”
In a separate interview on Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, Giudice stated that she won’t film with her brother or sister-in-law again. “Never again,” she vowed to Ripa. “First of all, to me, family is so sacred. I’m all about ‘The Godfather’ movie. You never go against the family. I live by that, I stand by that, I’m a loyal person.”
In January 2025 she told PIX11’s “New York Living” that her break from her estranged family members is “permanent.”
