Jennifer Aydin Rips Joe Gorga, Insinuates Melissa Took Part in Fraudulent Activity
Jennifer Aydin and Melissa Gorga are officially in a feud.
On Wednesday, May 19, ahead of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion, Melissa took to Instagram to post her feelings about the season, and specifically about one particular “Housewife” whom she’s apparently very angry with.
“Notice I posted everyone except for one person who I feel is truly happy when family and friends are divided. Probably because she would throw her own mother under the bus for TV. Or if it would make Teresa happy. I’ve been on the show a long time and I know fake and conniving when I see it. When you don’t come for someone at all, and they are constantly trying to put you down and trying to cause riffs in your relationships, that’s a huge red flag,” Melissa said, before accusing Jennifer of being jealous of her.
“ENVY BABY! They might want to try to be the fun tipsy one like you, but they fail and just look sloppy. Lots of skeletons in the closet over there. I’m nice until I’m not. Pay attention everyone – you will see it,” Melissa captioned a photo set showcasing memories from the season,” Melissa wrote.
A couple of hours later, Jennifer posted a response.
Here’s what you need to know:
Jennifer’s Response to Melissa Included a Dig at Joe
Jennifer wasn’t going to allow Melissa to speak out without being heard herself. She took to her Instagram account to call out Melissa — and her husband, Joe, throwing some serious shade.
“Take a good look at what unbothered looks like. I’m on this show because of me- not because my sister-n-law or a more entertaining husband,” Jennifer captioned three Instagram photos from the “RHONJ” reunion. She then threw a dig at Melissa’s husband Joe Gorga. “My husband is a class act who respects women and would never stoop low for the cameras,” she added.
It seems Jennifer’s comments are based on what fans have witnessed this season; Joe and Melissa’s marital issues were a major storyline, and he was called a “chauvinist” on more than one occasion.
Jennifer’s explosive rant continued, “I guess people envy what they don’t have – I share real and authentic stories, not fake, made up ones. And I see that some people are threatened by that.You can take your “sloppy” comments and run with it all you want-hold on to it for dear life- ya got nothing else. Your group is infested with a snake that talks behind all your backs and you’re just salty… And boring to boot! So careful with all that reach, you’re gonna pull a muscle.”
Melissa couldn’t help but respond again, this time in the comments section of Jennifer’s post.
“Yea – this is getting old – was expecting this. You’ve been saying the same shit since you got on. Got anything new?! I think [you’re] the one that’s uses everyone around you for storyline let’s be real. YOUR WHOLE FAMILY. Nothing ever about you. Got anything new?! Not trashy CLASSY & still going strong. A lot harder in the HW’s world then being the Hot Mess!! GET IT?!! It’s been 11 years for me. Kiss my ass,” Melissa wrote.
And Jennifer, of course, responded.
“Wow, you really are stupid. You only got on because of Teresa, and that kills [you]!! The audience has learned more about me in three years than they have of your measly 11. Your fake baby and sister that never was, and oh wait. Divorce divorce. Yeah right! All they see is your self-absorbed, obsessed, envious behavior. I am my family and I share it — more than you ever had the guts to do. Go embarrass your daughter some more, cause you and your crooked family got nothing else. Girl, bye,” her comment reads.
Jennifer Aydin Posted & Deleted an Old Article That Accused Melissa of Selling Knockoff Handbags at Envy
After posting a response aimed directly at Melissa, Jennifer posted a screenshot of a 2018 report about Melissa. The article that Jennifer posted was published on a website called Taste of Reality.
ENVY, which is owned and operated by Melissa, was previously contacted by Chanel; the luxury company informed ENVY that the merchandise being sold in the store was counterfeit, and Melissa was forced to stop selling the products — an announcement that she made on social media.
“Chanel has informed Envy by Melissa Gorga that all of the Chanel branded goods previously offered and sold by our company were counterfeit and illegal,” Melissa posted on Instagram at the time. “As such, we have ceased all sales of Chanel branded goods, and will not be carrying any such goods in our store in the future,” the post concluded. Melissa turned the comments off.
Soon after Jennifer posted the screenshot, she thought twice about it, and quickly deleted it. She then uploaded a message in which she explained her decision to take down the post. “Okay, that was a low blow. I’m done now, and I want to enjoy watching the reunion with everyone else,” Jennifer posted.
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PHOTOS: Teresa Giudice Accused of Wearing Fake Designer Clothing, See RHONJ Star Sporting Potential Dupes of Balenciaga, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton
Is Teresa Giudice faking her luxurious wardrobe?
After making headlines earlier this month following the debut of her new boyfriend, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member is again getting tongues wagging. But this time, it’s about the potentially fake designer clothing she’s sported in recent years.
On November 17, an Instagram account titled The Real Bad Fashions shared side-by-side photos of Teresa wearing a Balenciaga T-shirt and explained why it was likely a dupe.
“Oh Tre, you looks GORGEOUS as ever but that logo looks straight up like a blob on your chest. As you can easily tell the logo is wrong, the shirt color is off, and the cut of the shirt of different. Shirts are screen printed to avoid errors and to make every shirt exact,” the page explained.
Last month, the same page shared a number of side-by-side images of Teresa, two of which featured the RHONJ star in a Chanel button-down and another that saw her wearing a Fendi swimsuit while enjoying time at the Jersey shore. The page accused her of being the “only housewife” who “wears obvious fake clothes.”
First speaking of the Chanel shirt, the page said, “The lettering is obviously different and the buttons are weirdly sewn on collar. A luxury brand would never sell a blouse with a button sewn like that.”
Then, regarding her Fendi swimsuit, they added, “There is a shine to the Fendi logo which is missing in hers…both in sunlight and in shadows. Also the blue letters are not in a straight line. Most notable the ‘I.'”
Teresa was also called out for wearing a potentially fake Louis Vuitton hat.
“I often get asked how you can tell a fake. One of the easiest ways is to look at the logo. Logos are essential and one of the most important parts of a design. Especially to well known designers like Louis, Fendi, Chanel, etc. They will NEVER f*ck up a label,” The Real Bad Fashions explained. “You will never see a logo messed up, altered, cut, etc. Everything will be lined up and so on. I think this picture captures that perfectly.”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 11 is expected to air on Bravo sometime early next year.
$30M lawsuit against RHONJ star sent to arbitration. Now she says her store sold fake Chanel
Despite her claims that the reality show advanced malicious and defamatory statements about her, a former business partner of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Melissa Gorga will not get her day in court.
A judge has ordered that Jackie Beard Robinson, who brought a $30 million lawsuit against Gorga, NBCUniversal (parent company of the show’s Bravo network), Andy Cohen, the show’s executive producer, and Dorothy Toran, a producer of the show for Sirens Media, settle her complaints in arbitration.
In December, Robinson, Gorga’s former partner in the Montclair clothing boutique Envy, filed a lawsuit in federal court for the Southern District of Florida. She sued for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and harm to her “professional, business and personal reputation and livelihood” after Gorga and Cohen made statements about her on “RHONJ” and “Watch What Happens Live,” a talk show that followed an episode of the show.
In the season eight premiere of the show in October 2017, Gorga, who lives in Montville, claimed Beard Robinson “snuck in in the middle of the night and took all the clothes” from Envy.
“Wow, so, that lady (Beard Robinson) wound up kinda ripping you off?” Cohen said to Gorga on a post-show episode of “Watch What Happens Live.” Gorga said yes.
In the lawsuit, Robinson countered that she had already parted ways with Gorga, who assumed ownership of the store on Jan. 1, 2017, before she went to the boutique “in broad daylight” to gather “her belongings,” and that Gorga’s lawyer had emailed her to say she could sell the merchandise. One “RHONJ” plotline centered on Robinson teaming up with Kim DePaola – a nemesis of Gorga in the Bravo show – to liquidate the Envy merchandise at Posche, DePaola’s Allendale boutique.
Lawyers for Cohen, Gorga and NBCUniversal had maintained that Robinson, who had previously appeared on “RHONJ,” had signed releases that stipulate arbitration must be conducted in New York to address any complaints arising from the show.
But in the lawsuit, Robinson, who previously owned a boutique in Delray Beach, Florida, said that since the shows were broadcast across the country, they damaged her “reputation and goodwill nationwide,” especially in her local Florida community.
According to an April 19 court filing, lawyers for Robinson and Gorga, Cohen and company are required to file a joint-status report within 14 days of the end of arbitration.
The move to arbitration may be something of a win for Gorga, 39. But the reality star recently admitted to selling counterfeit merchandise at Envy, the same Bloomfield Avenue store that is at the center of her dispute with Robinson.
“Chanel has informed Envy by Melissa Gorga that all of the Chanel branded goods previously offered and sold by our company were counterfeit and illegal,” Gorga posted on Instagram. “As such, we have ceased all sales of Chanel branded goods and will not be carrying any such goods in our store in the future.”
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It is, in fact, possible that this little tidbit – if not the legal troubles involving Robinson – could make it into the Bravo show, which recently started filming for season nine.
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