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Thank you. My opinion of Jim has officially been downgraded. LOL

I haven't seen every episode of this season's RHONJ so I don't know much about Jim Marchese except what I saw in Florida and this week. His behavior in Florida was deplorable but probably just what Bravo wanted from him. I don't know why he's not best friends with Bobby anymore or what other inappropriate behavior he's exhibited so I don't have the same level of dislike for him that most of you do. Of course, that's subject to change as I learn more about him. I did think his weeping after the photoshoot was overly dramatic but I do believe he honestly adores his wife. He'd have to.......she's so damn annoying. I have two friends who had a double mastectomy and neither of them was able to (or could afford to?) have extensive reconstructive surgery like Amber had so they would never pose for a photoshoot like she did. They tend to intentionally "cover up" their scars and can't wear anything low cut because of it. I have to give Amber some credit for being willing to pose as she did and I do think the photos were tastefully done and flattering. I have no idea what she intends to do with them though. ETA: Since so many of you dislike Jim intensely, I have no doubt that you'll point me in the direction of his past offensive behavior.

I agree with you about Joe not being able to make that trip without help. I'm not sure if he's allowed to leave the state or not. Whoever is "supervising" him while he's waiting to be imprisoned, would probably have to OK it. No one has mentioned this so it may not be true but I always thought that convicted felons were not allowed to visit inmates in any correctional facility whether it be federal, state or county.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RealityTea just confirmed that you were right on the money. She was paid $750,000 (plus bonuses) for S6. I guess they throw that "bonus" incentive out there to get the cast to step up the drama. There's a few interesting tidbits in this article.....including the visitation setup. Apparently, it's only 4 hours per month. I didn't realize that Joe would be handcuffed upon his release and handed over to immigration. http://www.realitytea.com/2014/10/12/teresa-giudice-on-prison-admits-life-lesson-learned/

Does anyone know how much Bravo pays Teresa for being on the RHONJ? While there's no way for us to know for sure, I honestly doubt that Bravo paid them the $325k for that interview. I would think that Bravo would have an "interviews required" clause in their contracts.

Chances are Victoria Gotti was on the show solely for the purpose of dropping this bombshell. I can't possibly know if it was at Bravo's request or Teresa's. In either case, it was an awful thing for anyone to say about someone's mother and I don't believe it's true. That said, Teresa and Amber should have acted like responsible adults and entered into a pact NOT to repeat it to anyone. Even though I don't care for Amber (or Jim) I can understand Amber telling her husband. What I don't understand is why Teresa told Dina. Teresa knows Dina very well and probably told her because she knew it would cause a problem on the Florida trip. That's how evil I think Teresa really is.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're being too kind to Joe. You're intelligent enough to know what word he should have used but he actually said "arraigned"......I caught that today. I wonder how long Bravo will keep milking this interview. It was on again today and I saw it in the kitchen while making lunch. The timing was perfect because I was curious if the poster who asked "Did Tre say 'engager' ring?" a few pages back was right and she was! The dumbass did say that. My apologies to whoever asked that question. I tried to find and quote your post but couldn't.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since Teresa is the breadwinner of the family, a divorce could be extremely expensive for her. She might have to pay Joe "maintenance." Of course that depends on whether or not she is able to salvage any of her "businesses" after prison. I forgot to mention how much I appreciated Andy Cohen's repeated use of the word "prison." We all know that she hates the words jail and/or prison and wouldn't let anyone say them when Joe was "away." ETA: There's always the possibility that an attorney would handle the divorce just for the publicity. Then again, by the time she is released her 15 minutes will have expired and her divorce might not get much attention at all.

MY daughters MY family MY friends MY house MY businesses Teresa's mantra.,,,,,,,,,,ME, ME, ME. It's all about ME

If anyone had told me that I would watch that interview AGAIN I would have thought it extremely unlikely...........but I did. I'm not sure what that says about me but damn I enjoyed watching them trip each other up. Teresa is most definitely a control freak and Joe just doesn't give a rat's ass about what he's "supposed" to say. I think Joe would have been happy in that apartment above the pizzeria but that couldn't happen because Teresa who claims not to be "materialistic" is a lying, thieving, fame-whore who just had to have it all.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was bad but very telling. Sometimes I think Teresa is the mastermind behind all of this and Joe was duped.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She answered the way she always answers........by moving her mouth, spewing some BS and yet saying nothing. Her first response was "There IS editors and producers." [Geez!......my 9 year old grandson has a better command of the English language than she does]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy surprised me in these interviews. He's asking the right questions but it's too bad he doesn't call them out on all their lies. I'm guessing he can't but his WTF looks are almost as good.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're absolutely right! How are those kids going to feel seeing their parents plastered all over the tabloids/magazines in the supermarket? I'm sure that will happen AFTER Part 2 of their interview with Andy Cohen tomorrow night. I'm assuming that Bravo told them they couldn't do any interviews until after Andy's.

Listening to Tre talk about "her daughters" and how they're the ONLY important thing makes me want to barf. If she really cared about her daughters, she wouldn't have exploited them on national TV the way she has. Let's be honest...........using the term "good parents" within the context of any "Real Housewives" show is more than a stretch.....it's absurd. I'm sure we'd have no problem listing the many instances Theresa and other "Real Housewives" have embarrassed their kids or behaved badly in front of them. In the interview with Andy Cohen Theresa made a point of saying that she told Gia about the sentence. Give me a break! Everyone at that house knew the outcome of the sentencing before Tre and Joe got home. Does she think that we (or Andy) don't know Gia knows how to use the internet and is on Twitter?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She also said that she wants Joe and the girls to visit her once a week. Huh? You can't tell them you're going "on vacation" and then have them come see you in prison.

Holy crap! Do these people expect us to believe the BS they're saying? Tre is dumb but she's not as dumb as she wants us believe. She alleges that she "didn't understand" the plea deal and then goes on to explain that if they were found guilty of just one of the forty-one counts it could mean a 10 year sentence. There's no way I believe that she "didn't understand" the plea deal. I think she thought she'd get off with probation or house arrest. "I didn't pay $3,000 for that purse." ..............Big Whoop! If she got it at half price, she paid $1,500 for it...........of course that depends on whether or not she paid the bill. Chances are she didn't so she thinks she got it for free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think they said Thursday at 9pm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was curious about the taxes on that gaudy house. The real estate agent showing Tre a house said they were $60,000. Does anyone know if they paid them?

There's no way I'll ever watch the Manzo's show so I'm reading the comments here and doing laundry. I wonder when and if Bravo will realize that the RHONJ has run its course. The new housewives are a train wreck and bringing back Dina, Jaq and Kathy isn't working. I don't think anything is going to save this show. I don't know how many of you feel this way but I'm ready for the entire RH franchise to go away. NJ is the only one I tune into anymore and that's just because I wanted to see Theresa get what's coming to her.

Hi Everyone! I'm a newbie here and after the sentencing Thursday, just HAD to find out what people were saying. Once upon a time I posted a little on the Bravo boards and then on TWOP but they're gone now. I saw a reference to this forum just before they shut it down but it took me two days to remember the name. My memory isn't what it used to be! I can remember being frustrated at the overwhelming support for Theresa I saw on those boards initially. It's refreshing to see that people now have an entirely different opinion of Theresa and Juicey Joe. I'm sure she still has "fans" out there but thankfully, they don't seem to be here. Nothing about the Guidices should shock me but I was shocked to read that they had no health insurance. Considering the money she blew on parties, clothes and tacky furnishings, she has to be dumber than dirt not to have health insurance for the family she loves so much.