It seems as if with each passing day, another shocking new detail is uncovered about the true nature of Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice‘s relationship.
On Wednesday night’s Real Housewives of New Jersey episode, the 47-year-old matriarch — who recently separated from her husband late last year — revealed there was also trouble in paradise when the pair first got married because she was required to sign a prenup before they officially said, “I Do”!
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The topic came up as Teresa and Joe were locked in a heated phone argument that went down when the 49-year-old was still fighting his case with Immigration and Customs Enforcement from a detention center in Pennsylvania. Back then, marital and family tensions were at an all-time high and that led to explosive disagreements left and right.
During a trivial spat over their brood’s finances, some deep-seated feelings about their 1999 wedding began to surface. In an emotional confessional, Teresa explained:
“A week before we were getting married, Joe asked me to sign a prenup and I just felt when you love someone, you don’t do that.”
She went on to describe how offensive the request nearly made her call off their nuptials but instead, her traditional Italian values stopped her from making the drastic decision:
Instead, she agreed to sign the document on one condition: that a clause be included to void the prenup if there was ever any infidelity.
“I didn’t even read it, I just said, ‘I want you to put one thing in there. If you ever cheat, the prenup is void.’”
What a particularly interesting caveat as Teresa’s been accused of stepping out on her man before…
Years later, the topic struck a chord again when the reality star took their 19-year-old daughter Gia prom dress shopping and Joe criticized his partner for supposedly blowing all of his money. That particular jab really set things off, as Joe then admitted:
“All right, you want me to say it now? You and this stupid prenup that you keep bringing up? I didn’t want to get married, all right?”
WHOA.
Giudice, for her part, had quite a mouthful to say about that! Speaking to the camera, she noted:
“I’m not taking from my husband, though. You haven’t been here in three years. How am I spending your money? I’m working on my own, busting my a–, trying to take care of our four daughters. You didn’t leave me with millions in the bank account, you left me with nothing. I paid off all our debt, taking care of our four daughters, and doing it all by myself. And I’m spending a lot of money on lawyers.”
Feeling the weight of her parents’ discord, Gia added:
“Honestly, they’re good at aggravating each other, but when he lashes out, I just wish my mom would keep quiet because he’s fighting for his life in there.”
Meanwhile, Teresa continued to express frustrations:
“Joe’s losing his mind in ICE. He calls constantly and every phone call turns into a fight. Normally I wouldn’t talk about Joe in front of the girls but sometimes I do snap at them because it just gets to that point.”
Ugh. So much drama!! And how awful for the pair’s daughter to be caught smack dab in the middle of it all.
We also can’t help but wonder how this new tidbit of information will affect divorce proceedings going forward…
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[Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN]
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