After three weeks of primal cat fights and extreme accusations, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion is finally over. Whew! Thank Goodness. This was truly drama of the highest order.
But wait – we’re not out of the woods just yet. Rumors for next season are already running rampant, and backlash from the events of the reunion continue to unfold.
The three-part reunion was, in a word, explosive. Host Andy Cohen barely got a chance to speak before the cast members went at each other, claws and teeth sharpened and ready for battle.
The target for this year’s takedown seemed to be one of the biggest stars of the show, Teresa Giudice. One by one, the other Jersey Housewives all took her down with little mercy, and because Teresa was being attacked from every direction, she really had only two choices: Sit there and take it, or fight back.
Well, unlike the first season reunion, where the target was former Jersey Housewife Daniele Staub and she chose to keep her dignity and just take it, Teresa decided she was going to fight back.
Of course, it seems ironic that Teresa was the target, since she was the leader in the attack against Danielle during season one. But with the tables turned, a rumor from The Stir has it that Danielle recently had a meeting with Cohen and she may be coming back next season. If that’s true, it will be interesting to see if the two former targets, Danielle and Teresa, team up against the others.
Either way, let’s hope someone is there to help Teresa out, because she’s running out of friends. Personally, I feel for Teresa; I don’t think she deserved to be attacked like that.
When everyone is ganging up on you, there’s no getting out of it. Sure, Teresa has a little trouble taking responsibility for things she’s said and done – but this went way beyond that. The other housewives were making accusations that Teresa has concocted some grand, master plan to take them all down one by one. That just seems ridiculous.
The reality is that Teresa is simply not smart enough to put together a grand scheme so complex. The poor thing just says and does whatever comes to mind, often without stopping to consider the consequences. I really believe that in her head and her heart, she doesn’t believe or remember doing them. If anything, the other housewives should be feeling compassion for her, not hatred.
As entertaining as the reunion may have been, however, nothing was resolved in the reunion. Teresa is still not speaking with her brother and sister-in law Joe and Melissa Gorga. In a recent article by The Examiner, Melissa is advising that Teresa should leave the show next season, because it has destroyed their family – but apparently Teresa hasn’t had enough abuse yet and plans to stay.
Teresa, meanwhile, claims Melissa and her cousin Kathy Wakile joined the show last season just to go after Teresa, and that it was premeditated from the beginning. I would hope that isn’t true, and hope that these ladies can eventually resolve their issues. After all, regardless of whether you’re a reality star or a normal private citizen, family is the most important thing.