Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga Will Skip Teresa Giudice's Wedding to Luis Ruelas

Mar. 15, 2025

Melissa and Joe Gorga (left) and Teresa Giudice and Louie Ruelas (right).Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/GettyTeresa Giudice’s nuptials will have two notably vacant seats on the bride’s side.Sources confirm to PEOPLE that the bride-to-be’s brother,Joe Gorga, and his wife,Melissa Gorga, will not be attending theirReal Housewives of New Jerseycostar’s wedding to her fiancéLuis “Louie” Ruelas, whichwill be filmedfor a Bravo special.The invitation snub comes after things got “very tense” between the two couples while recently filming the upcomingRHONJseason 13 finale,Page Sixpreviously reported.Giudice, 50, whogot engagedto Ruelas, 47, last October after heasked for Joe’s blessing, revealed that Melissa, 43,will not be a bridesmaidin her wedding while appearing onWatch What Happens Livein March.For more on Teresa Giudice, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Melissashared her reactionshortly after on her podcastOn Display: “I wish her nothing but happiness. I’m very happy that she’s happy. I love to see her smile when she’s with Louie. Whatever she decides, it’s her wedding and I’ll be fine with it.“Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas.Teresa Giudice InstagramTheLove Italian Styleauthor married Joe, 42, in 2004 and they share daughterAntonia, 16, and sonsGino, 14, and 12-year-old Joey. She’s starred alongside her sister-in-law onRHONJsince season 3 in 2011, after appearing as a guest on season 2.Giudice previously had another falling out with her brother and sister-in-law after shefailed to defend Joeduring an argument on season 12 earlier this year, which resulted in Joestorming out of the reunion tapingand proclaiming “I quit!” during another argument with his sister.Melissa revealed in April that she and Joehadn’t spoken to Giudicesince the reunion, stating onWWHLthat her sister-in-law has “a harder time being accountable for her actions.“RELATED VIDEO:Teresa GiudiceSays She Still Doesn’t Know if Her Wedding Will Be Televised: ‘We’ll See’In June, they appeared to be on better terms as Melissacommented on the upcoming nuptials, tellingET: “She’s in a love bubble, that’s what she calls it.“Giudice said in May that her weddingwill not appear onRHONJ, although she didn’t rule out a possible standalone special.“Of course, I want my fans to see it, because they’ve been on this journey with me. So of course I want them to see it. I really do,” she toldET. “It’s [also] something I’ll always have for myself, and, I don’t know. I’m still torn.“A source has sincetold PEOPLEthat the wedding will in fact be filmed for an upcoming Bravo special.

Melissa and Joe Gorga (left) and Teresa Giudice and Louie Ruelas (right).Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/Getty

Teresa Giudice’s nuptials will have two notably vacant seats on the bride’s side.Sources confirm to PEOPLE that the bride-to-be’s brother,Joe Gorga, and his wife,Melissa Gorga, will not be attending theirReal Housewives of New Jerseycostar’s wedding to her fiancéLuis “Louie” Ruelas, whichwill be filmedfor a Bravo special.The invitation snub comes after things got “very tense” between the two couples while recently filming the upcomingRHONJseason 13 finale,Page Sixpreviously reported.Giudice, 50, whogot engagedto Ruelas, 47, last October after heasked for Joe’s blessing, revealed that Melissa, 43,will not be a bridesmaidin her wedding while appearing onWatch What Happens Livein March.For more on Teresa Giudice, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Melissashared her reactionshortly after on her podcastOn Display: “I wish her nothing but happiness. I’m very happy that she’s happy. I love to see her smile when she’s with Louie. Whatever she decides, it’s her wedding and I’ll be fine with it.“Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas.Teresa Giudice InstagramTheLove Italian Styleauthor married Joe, 42, in 2004 and they share daughterAntonia, 16, and sonsGino, 14, and 12-year-old Joey. She’s starred alongside her sister-in-law onRHONJsince season 3 in 2011, after appearing as a guest on season 2.Giudice previously had another falling out with her brother and sister-in-law after shefailed to defend Joeduring an argument on season 12 earlier this year, which resulted in Joestorming out of the reunion tapingand proclaiming “I quit!” during another argument with his sister.Melissa revealed in April that she and Joehadn’t spoken to Giudicesince the reunion, stating onWWHLthat her sister-in-law has “a harder time being accountable for her actions.“RELATED VIDEO:Teresa GiudiceSays She Still Doesn’t Know if Her Wedding Will Be Televised: ‘We’ll See’In June, they appeared to be on better terms as Melissacommented on the upcoming nuptials, tellingET: “She’s in a love bubble, that’s what she calls it.“Giudice said in May that her weddingwill not appear onRHONJ, although she didn’t rule out a possible standalone special.“Of course, I want my fans to see it, because they’ve been on this journey with me. So of course I want them to see it. I really do,” she toldET. “It’s [also] something I’ll always have for myself, and, I don’t know. I’m still torn.“A source has sincetold PEOPLEthat the wedding will in fact be filmed for an upcoming Bravo special.

Teresa Giudice’s nuptials will have two notably vacant seats on the bride’s side.

Sources confirm to PEOPLE that the bride-to-be’s brother,Joe Gorga, and his wife,Melissa Gorga, will not be attending theirReal Housewives of New Jerseycostar’s wedding to her fiancéLuis “Louie” Ruelas, whichwill be filmedfor a Bravo special.

The invitation snub comes after things got “very tense” between the two couples while recently filming the upcomingRHONJseason 13 finale,Page Sixpreviously reported.

Giudice, 50, whogot engagedto Ruelas, 47, last October after heasked for Joe’s blessing, revealed that Melissa, 43,will not be a bridesmaidin her wedding while appearing onWatch What Happens Livein March.

For more on Teresa Giudice, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.

Melissashared her reactionshortly after on her podcastOn Display: “I wish her nothing but happiness. I’m very happy that she’s happy. I love to see her smile when she’s with Louie. Whatever she decides, it’s her wedding and I’ll be fine with it.”

Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas.Teresa Giudice Instagram

TheLove Italian Styleauthor married Joe, 42, in 2004 and they share daughterAntonia, 16, and sonsGino, 14, and 12-year-old Joey. She’s starred alongside her sister-in-law onRHONJsince season 3 in 2011, after appearing as a guest on season 2.

Giudice previously had another falling out with her brother and sister-in-law after shefailed to defend Joeduring an argument on season 12 earlier this year, which resulted in Joestorming out of the reunion tapingand proclaiming “I quit!” during another argument with his sister.

Melissa revealed in April that she and Joehadn’t spoken to Giudicesince the reunion, stating onWWHLthat her sister-in-law has “a harder time being accountable for her actions.”

RELATED VIDEO:Teresa GiudiceSays She Still Doesn’t Know if Her Wedding Will Be Televised: ‘We’ll See’

In June, they appeared to be on better terms as Melissacommented on the upcoming nuptials, tellingET: “She’s in a love bubble, that’s what she calls it.”

Giudice said in May that her weddingwill not appear onRHONJ, although she didn’t rule out a possible standalone special.

“Of course, I want my fans to see it, because they’ve been on this journey with me. So of course I want them to see it. I really do,” she toldET. “It’s [also] something I’ll always have for myself, and, I don’t know. I’m still torn.”

A source has sincetold PEOPLEthat the wedding will in fact be filmed for an upcoming Bravo special.

source: people.com