In a sneak preview for an upcoming episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey dropped Friday, Teresa and Joe Giudice’s marital troubles are on full display.
Before announcing their separation in December 2019, the 47-year-old opted not to share a bed with her estranged husband while vising him for the first time since he was deported to Italy.
In the tense exchange at her hotel, Teresa questions if he was ‘expecting’ that she would let him into her bed, which took an awkward turn.
Awkward: In the tense exchange at her hotel, Teresa questions if he was ‘expecting’ that she would let him into her bed
‘I mean, we got 20 years in our marriage,’ Joe replies after she suggests he stays with one of their daughters.
‘We haven’t been together in almost four years, so it’s kinda weird,’ the reality star explained while unpacking her suitcase. ‘I don’t know. It’s been a long time, you know? You need to slow it down.’
The former childhood sweethearts looked exhausted, as Joe held his face and made a crestfallen expression.
Broken marriage: In a sneak preview for an upcoming episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey dropped Friday, Teresa and Joe Giudice’s marital troubles are on full display.
‘I mean, we got 20 years in our marriage,’ Joe tells his wife after she suggests he stays with one of their daughters
Upon his departure he plead with Teresa saying, ‘Listen, by the end of this trip, things could change. Who the hell knows?’
The clip posted to BravoTV shows the struggling pair navigating life before his final deportation appeal, while living on another continent from daughters Gia, 19, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11.
While filming took place before their public decision to part ways, Teresa revealed their separation was a long time in the making.
Making it work: The pair share daughters Gia, 19, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11
Too far: The clip posted to BravoTV.com, shows the reality TV veterans navigating life before his final deportation appeal, which has forced him to live in Italy away from his family
‘I’ve known for like a long time,’ the Bravo beauty told PeopleTV late last month. ‘Just because we’ve been apart for so long. Like, we’ve been apart for a really long time.’
She added: ‘It’s just been a build-up…but I do wish him well and I just want him to be happy.’
Teresa spoke to the outlet along with pal Dolores Catania amid a new Real Housewives of New Jersey episode in which she revealed to her brother Joe Gorga that it was ‘hurtful to hear’ Joe Giudice say, ‘I feel nothing for you.’
‘I’ve known for like a long time,’ the Bravo beauty told PeopleTV late last month. ‘Just because we’ve been apart for so long. Like, we’ve been apart for a really long time’
She told People the remark, which Joe made while behind bars, ‘I think where he was, he was really angry, just because of the situation and everything. And I think he just took out a lot on me.’
On the show, Teresa told her brother that her estranged husband told her that he wouldn’t be mad if she found somebody else.
Teresa also said she told both Joe and her daughters that for the sake of them, she would happily support Joe in any new relationship he begins.
Girls first: Teresa said she told both Joe and her daughters that for the sake of them, she would happily support Joe in any new relationship he begins
‘I even told the girls … and him this,’ she said. ‘When [he’s] with someone, I’ll even come and hang out with you with her and with our daughters because I want to make it good.
She added: ‘I want to make it good for my daughters because if I’m good with it, then they’ll be good with it.’
Teresa made clear she and Joe remain on fond and cordial terms.
Co-parenting: The pair remain on cordial terms and Joe even included her in a throwback picture wishing his daughters a Happy Valentine’s Day
‘I will always have a special place for him in my heart,’ she said. ‘He texts me all the time that I love you. I adore you. You’re the best wife, best mother.’
She continued: ‘We want the best for each other, I want him to be happy. He wants me to be happy. And that’s it. We’re going to be the best parents we could to our four daughters.’
The pair both faced 2014 convictions in connection with mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud.