Teresa Giudice extends an olive branch to Joe and Melissa Gorga

Star of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Teresa Giudice She recently revealed that she had communicated with her brother, Joe GorgaAnd his wife, Melissa GorgaAmidst a family feud that lasted for years. The olive branch comes at a strange time, as production on the new season of the Bravo reality series is rumored to begin soon. Giudice has been feuding with her brother Joe and his wife Melissa since the show’s third season aired in 2011. Now, it looks like the OG of the Jersey is ready to leave it all behind her.

During her time on the “I Do, Part 2” podcast, Giudice, 53, said she plans to meet with her brother Joe and sister-in-law Melissa to discuss their years-long family feud, which viewers have watched on screen for more than a decade.

“Time heals all wounds,” Giudice said. “And when time passes, you forget things.”

It’s a different tune than she sang in a June 2023 “Real Housewives of New Jersey” Season 13 reunion, in which Giudice vowed to never speak to her brother or his wife again.

“You’re disgusting. Disgusting,” she said He shouted. “This is not how I will ever raise my children! You should be ashamed of yourself. And don’t follow me!”

She continued to criticize her brother for allegedly lying about her daughter, Gia Giudice, before revealing that she had ended their relationship.

“I don’t want to reconcile with him. I want this to be over. I’m done with it,” she said.

While the three had been arguing for years before that tense moment, the straw that broke the camel’s back was Joe and Melissa’s decision to skip Giudice’s fairytale wedding to husband Louie Ruelas in the summer of 2023.

The special day was filmed for a Bravo special titled “Teresa Gets Married” and showcased the bride and groom navigating a chaotic day while also battling Gorgas.

“Not coming to this wedding is really upsetting,” Ruelas said to the camera. the people.

Giudice, on the other hand, seemed at peace with Joe and Melissa’s decision, telling her co-star Jennifer Aydin that everything will be okay. “I’m done too, this is the way things are supposed to be,” she said.

So what made Giudice change his mind two years later? According to her, it was the touching meeting with her daughter Jia in the Special Forces that challenged her to see things from a different perspective.

“Gia and I were both Special Forces. We spent a lot of time together before we joined Special Forces, and we talked a lot about a lot of things. So I want to be a good example for my kids,” Giudice said in the aforementioned podcast.

Giudice explained that she wants to be a good role model for her four daughters and always wants them to support each other through life’s biggest storms.

“Make a beautiful family,” she said. “If someone doesn’t agree, be the bigger person. Try to make it work. I should practice what I preach.”

Giudice’s revelation comes just a few weeks after the reality star admitted the door has been opened for her to reconcile with her family, telling Jeff Lewis on his radio show: “Never say never.”