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View All PostsTeresa Giudice
Go Big or Go Home
Teresa on why the Jersey girls always go big - cook big, love big, laugh big, and scream big!
August 31, 2010Ciao Tutti!
OK, deep breath. Exhale. Watching the first part of the Reunion show was completely crazy, made my heart race, and I lived through it!
First, a public apology to Andy Cohen. I love love love you. I’m sorry I pushed you, but it’s just my natural reaction to try and shake people off when they’re holding me back. And I know it’s just a natural reaction to try and hold someone back who’s on the move. Thank you for caring about me and for being such a gentleman. You are the best.
Yes, I was mad, but I promise, I would never touch a hair on Danielle’s head. She’s just not worth it, she’s sue happy, and it’s what she wants. I know this and I would never give it to her. I do have self-control when it comes to being physical. But I am a screamer. I can’t help it and I do own it. I’m just very vocal when I’m mad. I’m Italian and I live in New Jersey – we cook big, we love big, we laugh big, and we scream big. At least I do anyway. It’s who I am and I’m not going to change for anyone, especially not cameras.
But like Caroline said and Dina said last year, I’m really only like that very rarely and only when I’m pushed to the edge. Danielle just knows how to get in there and push buttons. Instead of taking care of her beautiful daughters, she spends her time running around town trying to dig up dirt about all of us. And then she spits it back at you when you least expect it. It’s ALWAYS lies, but it’s shocking to hear because she’s letting you know she’s talked to people in your life. It would make anyone crazy.
When I’m attacked, I attack back. I have never gone after her first. Except for being on the show together, we don’t interact. I don’t sit around and talk about her. I don’t Twitter about her. I don’t try and find out things about her. I don’t care. But I won’t stand for her to bring up things that have nothing to do with the show and are none of her business and that are total lies. Who would sit back and let someone spew lies about their family on national television?
Teresa, be careful of your brother's wife...she is an instigator, she might act like she wants peace, but...that woman is a snake...I like ur no nonsense attitude...don't let them jealous haters mess with u...lol
I love you and you`r family !!!!
Teresa, wow what passion.. use that for something positive..:)
I think you are just great. You have a beautiful family and the most hard-working mom! Don't let Danielle throw you, she's just trash, no one takes her seriously. Keep doing what you do, I can't wait till the housewives of NJ come back on!
Theresa, Danielle will always consume you. Almost your entire blog talks about Danielle. Seek help. You need it!
to the person who is writing above..
Theresa is just answering questions that a lot of people keep asking.
Happy Holidays to the Giudice family 2010.Be happy and enjoy everything and get Joe his son next year.
Teresa,i hope Andy allow you to bring the girls on as guest for the holidays.They are so beautiful and have their own personality.Joe is so handsome and you are so blessed to have a man that takes good care of his family.I declare that you will hit the top again and have 100 times more than you had and continue to share with your parents and family/friends.When your kids don't want their toys etc find families that need them instead of putting them in the trash or stores that will re sell the items.i enjoyed you and all the girls.
I love the show and is woundering if it will show again love all of you guys don't know about that crazy chick.
Teresa,
You, Caroline, and Jaqueline are the best. Don't let anyone bring you down. You do what you have to do for the sake of your family. Keep the great persona you have and share it with everyone. You three are the shining stars of this show. May you and your gorgeous family have a blessed year.
theresa i love you and your family, your pretty girls and a great looking husband. i am your number1 fan. i love everything about you how you and joe love each other and love your kids. stay strong and keep as beautiful as you are. you donnot have to be italian to love your cookbook i am black and love it.wva loves you and hope to keep watching you.
Caroline started everything She drug up something from 25 years ago--wasn't she getting enough attention. She was a mafia mom, she sets things up and everyone else gets the blame. Danielle got treated WRONG, to start she wasn't given a chance, unfortunately she didn't handle it the best and it cost her , her best friend Jacqualine, you tried to correct things by inviting her to your party and again she made a bad choice by bringing it up at that time,but then you turn over a table and turn out to be the bad guy and definitely NOT CLASSY . Its like you have no minds of your own its what Mafia Mom Caroline says she didn't want Danielle and Jacqu to be friends well they are not. It was inexcuseable to bring up a 25 yr old past and now it is out of control, I think Danielle made many mistakes in trying to defend herself against Carolines tyranny and she drug Dina-Theresa-Jacqu-in it. It is all unfortunate for the children involved. It has made you a different person I think . Maybe if controlling Caroline had stayed out of things--everybody could have stayed friends and worked things out. Instead of passing the book around behind Danielles back why not just ask about her life 25 yrs ago. Who hasn't made a mistake in the past. The whole thing was handled horribly.
Wilma....Well Said! I think I am tough on people and those "woman" do not understand the abandonment issues Danielle struggles with on a day to day basis.
Danielle's daughters are beautiful, nice, polite, and they behave appropriately for their age. Her daughters make me realize she has done something right and she isn't as bad as everyone wants to think. I do think those women need to back off because it does make the children feel bad. I still do not see how any of them think they are better than Danielle.
They run like a Pack Of Wolves circling the weakest person. I just do not understand their lack of compassion and understanding.
I totaly agree...finally someone talking with some commonsence...the whole think was dealt with like high school teenagers..Caroline should have been a Real Woman and went to Danielle herself. Theresa hollerin about personal and priveate well that was a issue personal and priveate for Danielle. They out-tid Danielle from the start. And Dina Theresa and Jacqu need to there on leaders. Danielle probley would have been her own train wreck with out the help of Caroline and her Flunkies...I like all of the Women and I know Drama makes good tv, but it also can make you look Bad.
Bravo you hit it spot on Round four when T's sister-in-law comes on to the show LA BELLA VIDA
Teresa,
You are my absolute favorite amongst all the housewives, NJ, and all others, I adore the way you take care of your family, and I admire the relationship that you and Joe has. If you are ever in need of a trusting, loyal, ambishous assistant, please consider myself, you will not be sorry. Keep up the good work, and chinduno.
Teresa ---- I love you all, I also love DC wives, so it isn't just the Jersey tude' but I would SO fit in... I am so glad that you and your gal pals, although nice at first, sis not fall for the rantings and pseudo diatribes of Ms. Staub, God Bless her, she needs him, or the demon, or whatever works for her... I don't judge! I hope she finds happiness, although we all have issues, the ladies too....she can genuflect and espouse love and light til the cows come home, you have to live it to get it, and I hope for her own sake and those gorgeous girls, she does. You and the ladies, have what she envies, inner strength and pride, self-love and ego for a good reason.... Thanks for the book, great job this season, no one is in jail for assault or worse, I am proud of all the wives and more than that, you TRIUMPHED.
Belinda
You are so interesting! Wish Danielle was off the show so we can watch the rest of you interact...I don't need the Danielle poison to stay interested! Oh and love the new cookbook, Skinny Italian! I use a Little Black Book-Daily Food Diary for dieting and your cookbook has helped me a lot!
Hey BabyDoll!!
Just got 7 copies of your FAB book! Giving them out as gifts to all my housewive friends. Love comments by Joe. The pictures are fab and you make the recipes easy to follow. My daughter loves it and loves to watch you. We love you!!! You girls are all so much fun. Thank you!
XOXOXOXOX
Theresa,
You are who you are. Good for you for staying true to yourself. Forget cussing at danielle. I'm impressed you didn't punch her right in her fake face. Not sure I would have been able to keep such control even knowing her litigious nature. So glad Andy mentioned your cookbook so I can buy one. Just keep being yourself. So many of us out here love you and enjoy your personality. I love go big or go home! And love the fact that you never know what's going to happen with Theresa - but you know it's going to be fun!
WOW!!! Do not let anyone change you!! Take a stand on what you believe in. Share you talents, your language,your fashion sense for children s clothes and make your life more important. Care about your family communication more than trying to change anyone!! Grin and bare it, and do not let them control you. Be in the moment!!
Love you Theresa, beautiful family also. You are so very lucky !!
theresa you keep giving your girls a life that we all wish we could have as long as you teach them to know that the reason you are giving it to them is out of the love you have for them and also your family once was not able to have those things//its sad that people love to see others fall//everybody is not born with a silver spoon in their mouth and have to earn there money the way they can/also congrats on your book, keep up the good work//and i love you for having your husbands back you girl
What was the reason behind Teresa yelling at Danielle about acknowledging her nephew? I mean what was the big deal? Did teresa do somthing wrong of jacquelin when they were talking about the babies? Someone please let me know what that whole situation was about.
YOU ALWAYS SAY DON'T BELIEVE EVERTHING YOU READ, BUT YOU HAD NO PROBLEM BELIEVING WHAT YOU READ ABOUT Danielle. I DON'T REALLY LIKE DANIELLE MUCH, BUT YOU GUYS NEVER GAVE HER A CHANCE WITH THAT BOOK. YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND TO SOON JUST LIKE I HAVE MADE UP MIND ABOUT YOU . YOU ARE A WACK JOB.
DEMOGUY69 if you read Theresa's recent blog, she formed her opinion on Danielle's behavior one weekend at Theresa's shore-house. The book only reinforced Theresa's opinion of her, which is only natural. What I see, is that Danielle portrays herself as being spiteful throughout the show. She turned on people in a heartbeat when they criticized her actions becoming highly defensive and hostile. Then, trying to not only hurt that individual but also hurting the individual families. Nobody's perfect. Theresa lashes out when she is angry at Danielle. Meanwhile Danielle not only tries to offend Theresa, but also Theresa's kids. That is low in my book. You don't mess with children, ever.
you not only showed no class but you appeared to be the stirring of the pot. You wanted to start problems with Danielle especially at the fashion show. You went after her and acted like a bipolar trash can. Nice manners by the way. And the other blogger is right, you can't buy class. Its like covering up a smell in the room with perfume it only masks the real smell. As for your bankruptcy I find it completely unnerving that you continue to spend money knowing that you guys are in financial trouble. That house is over the top and you just wanted to show the world that the little Italian lady has money. Well I shouldn't use the word lady because you did not act like one this season, and the sad part is you are proud of it. I'm glad you chose Dina as godmother so the kids will have a classy woman in their lives.
I agree, Teresa showed no class whatsoever. Jumping up screaming, swearing and pushing folks. WTHeck was she thinking? All the women blamed for everything. You ladies believed every word written about Danielle, but you never sat down and asked her what happened. Then all of you blog telling the viewers not to believe what we read. You do, why can't we? I'm glad you are and Danielle are not returning to the show, but if you two did, I won't be watching. I mad up my mind after the last three epidsodes.
Teresa, you are classless and you need anger management. You're always attacking Danielle. You should go on the show "when animals attack", you'll fit right in.
please new cast of new housewives.
As the countess says, "Money can't buy you class." Oh well, you don't have any money anymore anyway.
Teresa,
Danielle is a cunning woman, and I have a feeling her new gal-pal is equally so. She set you up with the remark about your nephew. Being under stress from the bankruptcy proceedings, I am sure, has shortened your fuse. Nevertheless, don't give Danielle what she wants .. a chance to act like the victim. It was so obviously a set-up, by the way she every-so-slowly sauntered off stage, repeatedly glancing back at you.
Listen to Caroline in the future, whether on or off camera, and ignore anything she says. Danielle's background is well-known and her choice of friends / activities only show she hasn't changed from her earlier days. Don't let her upset your balance or life. Focus on Joe and the girls as well as the blessing of close friends you can truly consider family. Not too many people have that depth of relationship with their friends.
Hey Girl, my family is also in the economic meltdown and we've lost MILLIONS.. We have been lucky to keep our 3 million dollar home we live in now, but we lost everything else.. I CANNOT IMAGINE going through what we've gone through ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.. IT IS VERY STRESSFUL and HEARTBREAKING to watch EVERYTHING you have worked for for so long END and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it... You inpired me to keep my HEAD HELD HIGH and go through the storm with a smile on my face.. I kept thinking, well if Teresa can do it in front of the world, then by God so can i.. It is NOT something we expected to happen and if ANYONE says tey have not been affected by this economy in some way they are straight out lying, it's just some lost more than others.. I thank God everyday that i have a husband that WON'T stop and wont' allow this to tear him down.. Bankruptcy is such a LOOOOONG process and i would get SOOOOO ANGRY when people would make fun of you or lash out of you for what has happened in your financial situation.. You have 4 GORGEOUS babies and 1 FANTASTIC husband/marriage, that is REALLY ALL THAT COUNTS RIGHT??? Keep on the good fight girl, you didn't know it, but you helped all of us in our financial situations keep moving forward and fighting the fight.. For that i THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.. You are one AMAZING woman and have such a wonderful life ahead of you... Oh and if Danielle said to me "your house is in forclosure" like making fun of you for it, i would have LOST MY MIND... So i am VERY PROUD YOU STOOD UP FOR YOURSELF and let her stupid a** know you are TWICE the woman she will EVER be and jealousy is ONE UGLY THING... KUDOS SIS... I LOVE YOU TERESA and YOU ROCK.. Soon all your financial situations will be over (mine are finally put to bed) and it feels SOOOOO GOOOOOD... You to will have that peace and you will be a better person because of it.. I know i am...LOVES...xoxoxoxoxo
Tara
I think that if you were able to keep your 3 million dollar home you were not affected at all. Some people really did looooose everything. Hell you could sell that home and still have enough money for a lifetime. Oh but I forgot if you only had a couple million dollars in the bank you may just throw yourself off a cliff.The rich may be rich in money but that's about it. You lack any real character or any real characteristics about life. The BIBLE say's that" It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle". This should tell you something about money and that is you can't buy your way into heaven. And sometimes in most cases you can have to much, to much to relate to the life of others less fortunate around you. People who have never been rich and become rich most of the time find out that they had less problems when they were just comfortable with who they were and the life that they lived. They often times do not like the person they have become and the way others view them when they think they may gain something from befriending them.The air we breath is the same rich or poor it makes you no better than others to bad you do know it though.
Teresa,Please stop the yelling in people face.its not polite as an Italian or a class act.You could get serious time provoking a fight by being up in your face because a comment said about your family.People will lie or comment about your family whether its good or bad.Laugh it off and keep doing what makes your family happy.Danielle,is a lost cost and yelling or speaking to her will only make her a victim.When you see her and her group place your sights on other things and not respond to her antics.Now, she has a well known Lebs that she can use for her defense,so be smart and ignore them.Danille apparently has taken something because she stayed too calm and every time she left the stage her stylists and girlfriend was pumping her up and she really was getting a kick about riling you guys up.Danielle will be Danielle and she wanted Jacqueline and you block her in her mind about jackquline relationship.Be more observant and Joe showed anxiety a long time before the news of bankruptcy and when you shop don't allow the cameras to show how much you spend.Its a lot of Haters and it has nothing to do with the economy.Good lUck and selll many more books.
Teresa,
you look all the part of being a lady, classy and expensive clothing, big house, expensive cars, but you don't act classy. I used to like you and I was even envious of your life, but now that the truth is coming out, I am happy living my modest little life, working 40 hrs a week, claning my own house, and saving up for lavish things like vacations and expensive clothes, because they mean so much more to me when I work hard for them. Seeing the way you acted at the show made me want to puke, literally, it made me sick.
VERBAL ATTACKS and NAME CALLING is unacceptable. I don't care who the person is, and PHYSICAL contact of any kind is also unacceptable. I would love to see what you would have done if someone oulled your hair, actually I'm kind of scared to even think of what kind of animal you would turn into, and I am sure it would be much worse than how Danielle acted. I am no fan of Danielle's but her upbringing was really bad, she didn't have a support system like you obviously did, and she's still holding it together somehow, but you had all that and then some and you still act that way?????? so incredibly unacceptable, you should be ashamed of yourself, if I were your husband I would divorce you. You are disgraceful in the way you acted, just sooooo bad, no words for you dear, no words. I am sorry for my post but its how I feel.
I tend to disagree with you, sir. Teresa is passionate about her family -- she loves them and takes very good care of them. Sometimes a person just loses it when they hear mean things about people they love .... especially when that person is an insincere, deceitful head case who has an addiction to attention. In my opinion, Teresa could be perfectly happy taking care of her family (she cleans her own house, cooks her own meals -- fabulous ones at that -- does her own shopping) and nuturing the close friendships she has grown over many years. I do not think Danielle could be happy without all the attention she gets ... and if you think about it, it's mostly negative attention. Does she ever get the attention (like Teresa does) for the good care she takes of her kids, or her home, or her friendships? No, she does not. If you take the yelling of an upset Italian lady seriously, then you've not spent much time around passionate people who also tend to be loud. It is because she cares so deeply about her people that she gets so upset when others verbally attack them. She then retaliates in the most basic way -- in a rage -- but it is only because she cares about them and feels threatened. I'm sorry, but I guess I can relate more to Teresa because I came from a very close-knit Czech family where my mother (4 kids) yelled constantly. She had to yell to be heard over the clamor of the kids, but mostly because she wanted to get her points across because she CARED about us. A person like Teresa is not "losing it" because she DOESN'T care! She's losing it because she DOES care. (Granted, I'll agree with you that on the air was not the place to do it, but if a person is provoked... ) If you were up against someone who you knew was out to hurt you -- a duplicitous, scheming individual -- you'd have a hard time keeping the lid on your emotions, too, I think. P.S. What Teresa is wearing, what she is driving, where she is living ... none of that has anything to do with how deeply she cares about her family or how she'll react if someone verbally attacks them, so I don't get your first statement. ALSO, please tell me you didn't fall for that act Danielle did with her hair extensions being pulled out. She set that up long ago when she started mixing it up with a teenager, someone half her age.
I dislike that Danielle girls have heard all the nasty things that were said about their mother. That has got to hurt them badly. All their peers are probably talking about them and laughing at them. Caroline would not have like it if the script was flipped on her. Now, I can say that I don't like how Danielle involved her daughters in some of the mess with the ladies, by asking their opinion.
Did you honestly think anyone, with half a brain, would believe that you would not acknowledge the birth of a child in your family? Why would you ever give in to her manipulations??????????
Best of luck.
D.
Go Go Go??? how about you just going AWAY!!! Go get some anger management!! Talk about denial... oh and the I'm from Patterson comment.... real classy!!
YOU ARE A DOLL
IN MY LIFE 5 WOMEN JUST LIKE D.S.
I RUN AS FAST AS I CAN THIS KIND OF WOMEN GIVE THE REST OF US A BAD NAME. SHE WILL NOT CHANGE JUST FIND ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER PERSON TO DO THIS TO. SHE ALWAYS BLAMES THE OTHER PERSON AND MAKE HER SELF POOR PITIFUL ME. LISTER TO CAROLINE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT.
GET RID OF THIS PERSON(DS)AND BRING BACK CAROLINE'S SISTER
WHO IS SELLING YOUR COOK BOOK. I LOVE TO COOK ALSO.
Teresa,I hope you are embarrassed some on your behavior at the Reunion show.I know you don't like it when someone talks about your family,but spewing out cuss words left and right and having to be beeped a lot is NOT ladylike.You did a lot of cussing on this past season,sure hope your kids did't see it.
Like Danielle,I felt your husband using the word Gay,in the way he used it was a slur.Not all dancers are Gay,so for him to say,"this is the gayest thing I have done" is SO wrong to say and whether the instructor is Gay or not,Joe could have refrained from his comment.I am glad the cameras caught it.You say you have gay friends,so you should know that is offensive.
I do hope you don't leave the show as I want to see you next season.
YOU ARE BEST!!!! I WOYLD LOVE TO MEET YOU AND CAROLINE,JACQULINE SOME DAY CAN'T WAITE FOR NEXT SEASON!! AND YOUR GIRSL ARE SO PERTTY! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU
Teresa,
You have a beautiful family and a loving husband. I wish you all the best in the future. I just want you to know that it is not necessary to curse and carry on the way you did on the reunion show. I know that Danielle gets to you, but you gave her exactly what she wanted. She wanted to show your hateful side and she succeeded. She wanted to come out smelling like roses, but everyone knows she is a very deceitful person.
TERESA, WHEN WE DRESS UP, WE SHOULD ACT AND TALK LIKE A LADY, THE REUNION SHOW, WAS A BIT TOO MUCH, YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY, BUT WHEN YOU GET MAD, I DON'T SEE CLASSY, I SEE HOW CAN ONE PERSON BRING ALL OF THE WORDS YOU USED OUT LIKE THAT, SO IT LETS ME KNOW IT DOSEN'T IT WAS ALWAYS IN YOU, BUT DANIELLE JUST THERE TO LET US SEE THE REAL TERESA. YOU KEEP SAYING SHE'S NOT WORTH IT, BUT YET YOU LET HER PRESENCE BRING OUT ANOTHER SIDE OF YOU. EVEN JACKQULINE WAS ACTING LIKE YOU AND SHE HAS A SWEET PERSONALITY, THOSE WORDS WAS NOT LADY LIKE AND YOU HAVE 4 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, I KNOW YOU WOULD'NT WANT THEM TO USE THOSE WORDS, SO WE MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE. MAY YOU CONTINUE BEING A GREAT MOTHER AND WIFE AND LESS TEARING DOWN DANIELLE WITH YOUR CURSING...IT'S SO UGLY TO HEAR THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF THE MOUTH O SOMEONE WHO CALL THEMSELF CLASSY.
Teresa, I don't see how you do all the things you do. You must have a ton of energy. I was so disappointed with Joe regarding the trip to Italy. He was such a grouch. How did you ever put up with him? It seems you always try to keep a good mood going and he was a total grouch. I love that you don't take any guff from Danielle. Glad she is going to be off the show, I'm so sick of her. Love your girls, (and Joe when he is not grouchy) and love you.
Joe was cranky because of all the money that Teresa was spending knowing they are in bankruptcy court. He wanted her to curb her spending and she refused. Last season he told her that she was spending too much, but he should have taken the checkbook, credit card or limit what she spends. Now they are embarassed about thismess being public. It okay to have champaign taste when you have champaign money, but when the money has dribble down you to need to acquired the taste for kool-aid.
Huge FAN! Listen, all of us chicks have our crazy, pissed off, screaming moments. This is natural! Thank you for being you. I wish the best for you and your beautiful family.
Hello Teresa.....
all I have to say... is much love to you girl.... you are a real house wife... good for you that you have the strong personality to defend your family and your friends. You are totally a trip, but u keep it so classy..... god bless your girls and ur family, and keep that spicy personality that lets everyone know better than to mess with you... U r funny and beautiful... take care of ur self and ur family...
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