Gia Giudice (left) and Teresa Giudice with Luis Ruelas.Photo: Manny Carabel/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
During Tuesday’s episode of the Bravo hit, Louie remained under the microscope as the group continued to question his past in front of — and behind — Teresa’s back.
Among their concerns were theleaked videoshowing Louie shirtless with other men ata warrior campapologizing for his behaviors, as well as allegations that he beat his former fiancée in front of their kids.
Ruelas did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The skepticism initially began withGia Giudiceafter she and her mom went out to get an acai bowl together and the conversation shifted to Louie.
“No, I don’t even think about that, Gia,” claimed Teresa.
After Gia asked if they talk ever about an engagement, Teresa told her daughter, “Um, yeah! Because you said to me, ‘IfNonnowere here, you know he would want you to be engaged before you move in together.’ "
“But I also didn’t think it would move this fast at all,” Gia pointed out.
Teresa Giudice and Louie Ruelas.Teresa Giudice/Instagram
During a confessional, Gia added, “Do I think my mom might be moving too fast? Yeah. Any relationship you’re gonna be in the honeymoon stage for the beginning. It’s very easy to only see the good when you’re in la la land.”
Teresa later told Gia, “This is the thing: I really don’t care what people think. The other night, Margaretbrought up unconfirmed rumors about Louie’s past… I don’t care. Bottom line: all I care about is my children, Louie, and his kids.”
Elsewhere, during the episode,Margaret Josephswent out to lunch with her mom, Marge Sr., during which they also chatted about Louie and revealed the bombshell allegation against him.
“Listen, on the surface, everything seems great, They just bought a house together, but there’s red flags,” Margaret told her mom. “Stuff came out on Instagram. It said — and I don’t know if this is true, total hearsay — it’s about his ex-fiancée. It stated that he hit the woman in front of the children.”
“Whoever wrote this anonymous post also leaked a letter where Louie is apologizing for doing something awful to his fiancée,” Margaret continued in a confessional. “And the implication is the awful thing is that he hit her.”
“She just can’t ignore it!” Marge Sr. responded, to which Margaret noted, “She’s good at turning her head to stuff.”
Teresa Giudice.Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
The husbands of the housewives also addressed the issue while out for drinks together. “He supposedly smacked around his girlfriend in front of her kids,” Margaret’s husband, Joe Benigno, told the group, though he too had not seen that happen.
Teresa’s brother,Joe Gorga, appeared to be conflicted over whether to believe the allegation, explaining that he likes Louie but is having trouble coming to terms with all of the ongoing rumors.
“I just don’t know what to believe anymore,” he said during a confessional. “There’s so many allegations out there. So what if all these rumors out there are real and I gave him the benefit of the doubt? And then what happens then?”
“Obviously my sister doesn’t give two f—s about it,” he later added to the men.
“Your sister’s in la la land,” Joe Benigno responded. “When you’re in love like she is, you’re blind to everything around you!”
“You gotta have that conversation with Louie,” urged Tiki Barber, who is the husband ofHousewivesfriendTraci Johnson.
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In addition to the drama with Louie, the episode also focused onJennifer Aydinand her husband Bill — particularly with the fallout from Margaret exposing Bill’s affair and Jennifer’s ongoing drama with the women for allegedly trying tostart false rumors about their marriages.
“I’ve had a lot of time to be okay with it. I haven’t had a lot of time for you guys to be okay with it and that’s what I’m struggling with,” Jennifer told her 14-year-old daughter, Gabriella, of the affair. “I wasn’t prepared for you guys to really ever find out.”
Jennifer Aydin and Bill Aydin.Paul Morigi/Getty/Afffair
The husbands also ganged up on Bill over Jennifer’s actions in the final moments of the episode.
“I try not to get involved with her women drama,” Bill told the men during their outing, to which Joe Gorga responded, “But your wife is out of control. She does a lot of things wrong. Jen got dirty and disgusting. I think she crossed that line.”
Jackie Goldschneider’s husband Evan — who Jennifer previously tried to learn information about after a false rumorspreadthat he was having an affair — didn’t hold back his feelings either.
“She’s trying to find stuff to hurt individual people, that is not a good person,” he said to Bill. “If you can determine that’s a good person, tell me.”
Refusing to engage in the conversation, Bill told Evan, “If you think that way, then I don’t think we see eye to eye,” before getting up and leaving. “I’m done,” he told the group.
“Bye, get lost!” Evan responded. “Bye, see ya.”
The Real Housewives of New Jerseyairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
