Teresa Giudice Responds to Vicki Gunvalson Calling Her the Most 'Overrated' Housewife

Mar. 15, 2025

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Teresa Giudiceis speaking out afterVicki Gunvalsonpicked her as themost overratedReal Housewivesstar.

AtBravoCon2022 on Saturday, theReal Housewives of New Jerseystar, 50, told PEOPLE exclusively that she thinks the Bravo franchise stars should be supportive of each other.

“My response [to Vicki’s comment] is we’re all Housewives,” she said. “And we should all be lifting each other up and not saying anything negative about each other.”

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The reality star added that she won’t allow any negativity to break her positive mindset.

“If someone’s trying to put a black cloud over you, you need to chew it away and make the sun come out…I’m not about that,” she added.

During the “Right the Relationship” panel atBravoCon2022 on Friday,The Real Housewives of Orange Countyalum, 60, responded to a fan who asked which cast member from the hit Bravo franchise was the most overrated.

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Vicki revealed that she especially has struggled to understand Teresa’s popularity amid theReal Housewives of New Jerseystar’s legal issues.

“I mean, she just keeps making more money and more money and more money, and it’s hard for me to understand. I like her, but I don’t get it,” she shared. “I actually did vote for her onDancing with the Stars, because I’m aHousewivessupporter. I like her, I just think she’s overrated. It’s a lot.”

Teresa also opened up to PEOPLE about what fans can expect from the upcoming season ofRHONJ.

“It was a sad season for me,” she said. “It’s heartbreaking but it ends with a happy ending.”

“This season a lot of things open my eyes, like really wide open,” she added. “So I wanna focus on my children and my husband, and that’s what’s important to me.”

Whileappearing on a separate panelat BravoCon on Friday,Teresarecounted her11-month jail sentencefor fraud charges relating to her ex-husband,Joe Giudice’sbankruptcy fraud.

Teresa — who has maintained that she didn’t know about Joe’s fraud — shared her thoughts on her jail time, and why she thinks things would’veplayed out differentlyif she wasn’t on the Bravo show.

The reality star noted that she didn’t expect to be found complicit. “Joe was telling them, ‘She has nothing to do with it.’ He told me, ‘Damn, they want you more than they want me!’ And he was the one who did it.”

Teresa and hernow-ex-husbandJoe, 50,finalized their divorcein 2020 after 20 years of marriage. Joe now lives in the Bahamas, as the Italian native was deported from America following his fraud sentence. They share four daughters:Audriana, 13,Milania, 16,Gabriella, 18, andGia, 21. In August 2022, Teresa gotremarried to Luis Ruelas.

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BravoCon 2022 is taking place through Sunday at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

source: people.com