Since the end of Season 6, there’s been a lot of upheaval amongst the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast, in their personal and professional lives, and it will definitely impact what we’re about to see in Season 7.
Teresa returned
After serving 13 months in jail (her original sentence was 15), Teresa was released on December 23, 2015. Her reunion with her family and RHONJ castmates will be seen in Season 7.
Joe Giudice went to jail
Giudice began serving his 41-month sentence for fraud in March 2016 at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, where, according to his lawyer, James Leonard, he’s met and befriended Apollo Nida, estranged husband of RHOA’s Phaedra Parks.
Gia Giudice has stepped up
Gia, Teresa and Joe’s eldest daughter, took on more responsibility when her mother went to jail in 2015, looking after her sisters and her father, and maintaining household morale. “Most 14-year-olds are not equipped to deal with the situation that I’m dealing with,” said Gia in an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In, which ran in 2015. Now that Joe’s in jail, Gia has likely stepped up again.
Melissa and Teresa posed for US Weekly
The apparently newly reconciled sister-in-laws did a photo shoot for US Weekly in which they posed in iconic Baywatch bathing suits.
Jacqueline’s going to be a “glamma”
Jacqueline’s daughter, Ashlee Holmes, 25, is expecting her first child with her fiance, Pete Malleo. Jacqueline may or may not ask to be referred to as “Glamma.”
Teresa and Joe are in real estate trouble
That big, crazy house in Towaco, New Jersey that Teresa and Joe designed and built was in the first stages of foreclosure in July 2015, and their summer home in Stafford Township was foreclosed on. No one bid on the house in a sheriff’s auction, and it was bought back by the Giudice’s mortgage holder for $100.
Dina, Teresa and Nicole are out
Cast members Dina Manzo, Teresa Aprea, Nicole Napolitano, and Amber Marchese won’t be returning for Season 7, although you never know when any of them might return.
Dina is so over New Jersey
Dina Manzo might have come and gone… and come back to RHONJ in the past, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see her in Jersey again. Manzo has moved to California and started a skin care line called Glow by Dina.
Johnny Karagiorgis died
Karagiorgis wasn’t a full time member of the RHONJ, but he was the source of plenty of the drama – allegedly spreading rumors about Melissa Gorga, and being involved in numerous fights and lawsuits involving the RHONJ cast. He died of a heart attack on June 4, 2016.
Amber Marchese health issues
Marchese revealed her Lyme Disease diagnosis on June 22, 2016, and dealt with a recurrence of breast cancer in 2015 (she was originally diagnosed in 2009).
Everyone requested a pay raise
After learning about Teresa’s $1 million Season 7 salary, RHONJ cast members, including Melissa and Dina, sought larger paychecks. Since we know Dina’s not returning for Season 7, it seems like not everyone’s negotiations worked out.
We have not seen the last of Teresa and Nicole
Teresa Aprea and Nicole Napolitano won’t be returning for the new season of RHONJ, but they aren’t exactly out of the RH universe – they appeared on the three part series The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In, and since October 2015, there’s been rumors of the ladies angling for their own reality show.
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