His marriage to reality star Teresa Giudice ended after he moved to Italy while appealing a deportation decision in the courts.
Joe Giudice opened up about his efforts and said he ‘failed’ in his marriage in an Instagram post shared Saturday.
The 47-year-old convicted felon also seemed to accuse The Real Housewives Of New Jersey of editing his scenes in a misleading manner to make him seem like a villain.
Owning up: Joe Giudice, 47, opened up about his efforts and said he ‘failed’ in his marriage to Teresa Giudice, 47, in an Instagram post shared Saturday; pictured in 2013
Joe’s post included a montage of family photos with a scratchy film filter.
‘No matter how much energy and time I devoted to trying it failed. I did my best and put all efforts into making this a great experience for my family,’ he began.
‘I did try to address issues in the relationship that bothered me throughout the years in return [camera emoji] portrayed it as Criticism!’
The former reality fixture ended his post on a determined note as he pledged to stay away from bad influenced.
‘My key role was to always to be a great father and husband not the ♂. Today I [see], I can’t allow others to keep lingering toxins and undesirable demands around me. I choose to have a solid foundation with strong and inspiring people around me in [Italy],’ he wrote, adding the hashtags ‘#inspire, #strong, #energy, #toxicpeople, #devote, #livingmybestlife, #relationshipgoals, #italy and #bestlifenow.’
Shots fired: Joe wrote that he ‘put all efforts into making this a great experience for my family,’ though he accused The Real Housewives Of New Jersey of editing the show to make him look bad; pictured in 2013 with his family
Family reunion: In the season 10 finale of RHONJ, Teresa visited Joe in Italy, where he’s living while he appeals a deportation order
Different person: Teresa, 47, told her husband that she became a different person while he was in custody, and he later said he knew their marriage was over that night
Joe post about his failed marriage was likely inspired by Wednesday night’s season 10 finale of RHONJ.
During the episode, Teresa and her daughters visited Joe in Sala Consilina, Italy, where he voluntarily moved to find work as he appeals a deportation decision.
Though the whole family seemed to be getting along as they explored Italy earlier in the day, his wife wasn’t interested in his advances once they returned to the hotel.
‘I mean, we’ve got 20 years in our marriage,’ he told her after hinting that he hoped they’d sleep together that night.
Too soon: ‘I mean, we’ve got 20 years in our marriage,’ he told her after hinting that he hoped they’d sleep together that night
The end: On her final night in Italy, Teresa made it clear their marriage wouldn’t work with them living in different countries, and she blamed him for not accepting responsibility for their felony convictions; pictured in 2013
But for Teresa, they’d been apart too long and their relationship had suffered too much to simply pick up where they left off.
‘All right Joe, listen, we haven’t been together in almost four years, so it’s like, kind of weird, right?’ Teresa said. ‘I don’t know, I mean, it’s been a long time, you know? You need to like, slow it down.’
Complicating matters were rumors of Joe’s cheating that made their way back to Teresa, along with reports of unflattering comments he made about her.
Not a good look: Rumors of Joe’s infidelities while away from his family certainly didn’t help matters; shown in 2015
She also looked for her husband to take more of the blame for their fraud convictions, though she didn’t appear to accept much of a role in their crimes.
Joe later called the scene ‘My AHA moment,’ the point at which he knew their marriage couldn’t be saved.
On her final night in Italy, Teresa confront Joe about ending their marriage.
‘A lot’s happened. We live in two different countries,’ she said, though the two ended their evening with a hug.
Safe: Joe Giudice and his family were confirmed safe following an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Italy
Earlier this week, Joe’s family lawyer confirmed that he and his family were safe following an Italian outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
He confirmed to People that ‘there is no heightened concern regarding Joe being in Italy.’
‘The family is praying for all those affected with the coronavirus,’ he added.