Oh my God!
Melissa and Joe Gorga’s marital problems ended with Wednesday’s episode of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” when Joe proclaimed that he and Melissa had “separated.”
“It’s just life, it’s okay,” he added.
The couple’s brawl during dinner erupted as Melissa advanced in front of Joe to reach her vehicle at the end of the night. (Yes, really.) Joe claimed that Melissa was no longer the housewife he married, warning her at one point, “Be careful what you say because I won’t talk again. with you”.
Melissa, 42, began yelling that he was “pampered” and had “kissed her ass” for years.
The explosion was an almost earlier aspect, when he tried to reassure Joe by saying, “If I have a little success in my own personal life, this is not against you. Let your wife have something that is mine. “That doesn’t mean I don’t love you.”
RHONY cast members Margaret Josephs and Jackie Goldschneider, and their respective husbands, Joe Benigno and Evan, tried to slow the situation down in the car and offered support to the couple when they returned to the Gorgas house.
As the two buried their jackets to celebrate the late Giacinto Gorga in Wednesday’s episode, the plot returned to the mid-season “RHONJ” trailer, which saw Joe tell Melissa that “it’s over.” with their marriage
Melissa and Joe, owner of the Envy boutique, were married in 2004 and share three children: Antonia, 15; Gino, 13; and 10-year-old Joey.
Melissa acknowledged on page six in February that the couple “went through a difficult period, like the year and a half,” which “began just before the pandemic.”
“I feel like I’m becoming more and more independent in certain ways, it’s really a struggle for him,” he added. “I hate that. It shouldn’t be a fight and it really is. We really go through it and we’re very raw and real and honest with it. So you’ll have to see how it all unfolds.”
“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” airs Wednesday nights at 9pm ET on Bravo.