Melissa Gorga on her ‘unhappy’ relationship with Teresa Giudice: ‘It is what it is’

Melissa Gorga has come to terms with her “unhappy” relationship with ex-sister-in-law Teresa Giudice.

“This is the new normal. I think it just is what it is. I always say it’s a shame. I’ll never be happy with that,” Gorga told Entertainment Tonight at the “Lift” premiere in New York on Monday.

Gorga added: “But we all live and we are happy, and sometimes things just have to take their course. Right now, it’s definitely like that.

The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star also said that unlike previous seasons of the hit Bravo series, the new season won’t focus primarily on their rocky relationship.

“The biggest misconception is that it’s going to be even more dramatic between me and my sister-in-law,” Gorga said. “We don’t even look at each other.”

Gorga hasn’t revealed exactly when the new season will premiere, but she’s heard it will be in “early spring.”

In December, the Envy boutique founder told Page Six that it was “amazing” to no longer try to make a relationship with Giudice work.

Giudice, 51, previously told fans at BravoCon 2023 that the “chapter is closed” between her and her brother, Joe Gorga, and his wife, Melissa, 44.

“The feeling is mutual,” Melissa told us a month later.

Although Melissa and Teresa are no longer in each other’s lives, it seems they still filmed together — including their co-star Jennifer Fessler’s birthday in August.

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While they may be civil together, it doesn’t look like they’ll rekindle their relationship anytime soon, since Giudice wasn’t invited to a “family dinner” with several of the “RHONJ” stars last week.

“The group is welcoming 2024 with nothing but good energy,” a source told us at the time, adding that the evening was “really fun, positive and joyful.”

Melissa and Joe have had a tumultuous relationship with Giudice for years. However, their relationship definitely soured after the three got into an explosive fight in the season 13 finale.

Giudice and her husband, Luis Ruelas, had a secret conversation with Joe about a rumor that Melissa was cheating on him.

Melissa vehemently denied cheating, but the damage was done and the couple ultimately called it quits on Giudice and Ruelas’ wedding in August 2022.