Joe Giudice revealed that his ex-wife Teresa\u2019s Season 1 salary from the \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d was a measly $25,000 \u2014 and claimed he actually lost money because of how low it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the first year, we had that big party in my great room,\u201d Joe recalled on his daughter Gia\u2019s \u201cCasual Chaos\u201d podcast<\/a> on Monday. \u201cI think that show cost me $150,000 the first year.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe got paid nothing the first season,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ll even say, it was like $25,000. I mean, it was ridiculous, but whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Giudice revealed that his ex-wife Teresa\u2019s Season 1 salary from the \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d was $25,000. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWe got paid nothing the first season,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll even say, it was like $25,000. I mean, it was ridiculous, but whatever.\u201d Virginia Sherwood<\/p>\n Gia, 24, explained that it is normal for all of Bravo\u2019s \u201cReal Housewives\u201d to earn a low amount of money during their debut season and then grow their image and salary as they continue on the show. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re throwing parties and stuff like that, especially for the first season, you\u2019re putting in more money than you\u2019re actually getting out of it. Then obviously, you grow and make your way and make your name.\u201d<\/p>\n The father-daughter duo reminisced on how the reality show captured their family\u2019s hectic life, including all of their highs and lows. <\/p>\n Gia explained that it is normal for all of Bravo\u2019s \u201cReal Housewives\u201d to earn a low amount of money during their debut season. _giagiudice\/Instagram<\/p>\n The father-daughter duo reminisced on how the reality show captured their family\u2019s hectic life, including all of their highs and lows. _giagiudice<\/p>\n \u201cOur lives were on full display. The good and the bad. So, mom was literally filmed leaving our home from jail. The show was on pause until she came home,\u201d the \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d star explained, referring to Teresa\u2019s 11-month-long incarceration<\/a> in 2015 for bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.<\/p>\n Joe, 53, was in prison from March 2016 to March 2019<\/a> for bankruptcy fraud\u00a0and\u00a0failure to pay taxes and was deported from the US<\/a> in October 2019. He has lived in the Bahamas since his and Teresa\u2019s 2020 divorce<\/a> which also played out on the show. <\/p>\n Joe also admitted on the podcast that he \u201cregrets\u201d letting his and Teresa\u2019s legal struggles play out on TV and believes that being on the show is what led to their 2013 indictment.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cRHONJ\u201d captured the couple\u2019s legal struggles and Joe believes the show made them a legal target. Getty Images<\/p>\n Both Teresa and Joe served time in federal prison but Joe was deported from the US in 2019 and the pair divorced in 2020. NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time, my attorney called me up and said that I was a target . . . He called me and he said \u2018Listen, Joe, I just want you to know that you\u2019re under investigation and you\u2019re a target.’\u201d <\/p>\n After their divorce was finalized and he was deported, Joe no longer appeared on the Bravo hit despite his four daughters and ex-wife appearing on the show up until its pause<\/a> after Season 14. <\/p>\n Viewers watched Teresa, 53, move on with Luis Ruelas who she married in August 2022<\/a>. Joe, on his part, is in a relationship with a \u201csweet\u201d woman named Margie, who Gia said she likes as well on the podcast.<\/p>\n Joe no longer appeared on the show after their divorce but viewers watched Teresa move on with Luis Ruelas who she married in 2022. teresagiudice\/Instagram<\/p>\n Last month, Gia faced backlash for asking president Trump to pardon her father and allow him back into the country. _giagiudice\/Instagram<\/p>\n The influencer made headlines last month for asking president Trump to pardon her father<\/a> and allow him back into the country, but apologized after she was met with backlash<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI did not intend to post it on the 4th of July. That was just not my intention at all,\u201d she\u00a0said on her podcast at the time. \u201cI have so much respect for my country, and I was not trying to show any privilege or entitlement.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I posted it. There was no motive behind anything. \u2026 I really just wanted my dad to feel loved by me and know that I always am supporting him and pushing for him and\u00a0hoping for his return back home,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Giudice revealed that his ex-wife Teresa\u2019s Season 1 salary from the \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15664,6491,37125,2755,96,39363,39364,15667,39365,6502,39366,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-77059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bravo","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-finances","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-gia-giudice","tag-joe-giudice","tag-real-housewives","tag-real-housewives-of-new-jersey","tag-reality-show","tag-teresa-giudice","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}