After being deported to Italy, Real Housewives of New Jersey's Joe Guidice is thrilled to be reunited with his wife Teresa and their four daughters. This is the first time that Joe and Teresa have seen each other in person in nearly four years.
Joe was deported in October of this year upon his release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after serving 41 months in federal prison and being granted the ability to await the outcome of his deportation appeal in his native country. Teresa had previously served 11 months of a 15 month sentence for fraud charges as well after the couple was indicted in 2013 on 39 counts of fraud and tax charges. Joe received a significantly longer sentence because of other charges that were brought against him, including failure to file his tax returns from 2004 to 2008, and he was immediately deported when he was released from U.S. Immigration without being allowed to see his wife or four daughters. Since being deported, he has been able to talk with his family through phone and video calls, but now the family has finally been reunited in person.
Teresa, along with their daughters Gia, 18, Gabrielle, 15, Milania, 14, and Audriana, 10, made the trip overseas to visit Joe and his family in the town of Sala Consilina. Since his family arrived in Italy, Joe has shared numerous snaps on Instagram, including a post from their first night together, which was a picture of him with his three eldest daughters along with videos of them dancing that he captioned "had the best night my girls. so happy you guys are here my heart is filled." While Joe has been sharing practically non-stop, Teresa has been updating her Instagram Story with a stream of videos and snaps featuring her girls, as well as what the family is doing and all the delicious looking food they're eating, but she has yet to share any photos or videos of her husband Joe.
Joe and Teresa have admitted that their relationship is up in the air at the moment following a tell-all interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen where the couple were interview by Cohen, but a Giudice family insider told HollywoodLife that "Teresa and Joe are really just getting to know one another again right now after being apart so long and going through so much so now is not the time to figure out them and their future." The insider clarified that "this trip is about their daughters and not about them or their future as a couple" and they said there were "a lot of tears shed, happy ones, when they all saw one another.” The family insider also said that the whole trip was being filmed, and that they was a possible they'd be returning in December because "Teresa knows her girls want to see their father for Christmas."
There's a lot up in the air for the couple and emotions are sure to be running high while Teresa and her daughters are visiting Joe, but it seems like the pair are at least making an effort to get along, even if only for the sake of their daughters. The couple has been married for twenty years - ten of which they've spent stirring up drama on Bravo - and everyone is anxious to see if Joe will be part of the show, and Teresa's life, in the future.
Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Wednesdays at 8 pm EST on Bravo.
Source: Hollywood Life, Joe Giudice