BravoCon 2025 has done what many thought was impossible.The feud between Teresa Giudice and her brother Joe Gorga, along with his wife Melissa, is one that has been documented throughout numerous seasons of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” And it continued to escalate during season 14 when Joe and Melissa cut off all communication with Teresa and her husband, Luis Ruelas.But a video captured at BravoCon in Las Vegas showed Joe sharing a big hug with Teresa and Luis, making it clear that they have taken a step forward in reconciling.
During the Reunion Round-Up panel at BravoCon 2025 on Friday, Nov. 14, Teresa provided an update as to where she stands with Joe as the two were not on speaking terms up until recently.
“So things are, you know, in a good place,” she said. “I talked to my brother, first — because I thought that was only right — he was like, really happy to see me. I was happy to see him.”
Teresa went on to say that the two met up at the cemetery where Teresa and Joe’s late parents, Antonia and Giacinto Gorga, are buried.
“At first, he didn’t want to meet there, he said, ‘That’s weird.’ I’m like, ‘No, it’s not weird.’ Because I didn’t want anybody to take photos of us or anything like that,” she added. “If you’re there, it’s peaceful. So if you want to get mad, you can’t. Not that we did.”
In an interview Teresa did with The Real Housewives of Dubai‘s Chanel Ayan, she also briefly spoke about it, saying that they are taking “baby steps.”
Melissa spoke with Extra at BravoCon 2025 about her and her husband reconciling with Teresa.
“We are in a different place we than we were a couple months ago,” she said. “Let’s just say that. Everybody’s working on it. We’re working on it. We’re trying to move forward and we’ve, you know, hashed a lot of things out privately without all of this, and I think that’s a good thing.”
“We just want to fix it, and we want to get back together, and for the kids, you know, we have little kids that are, you know, teenagers too that are watching this and behavior repeats itself,” she added. “And that’s never what I want to see happen.”
Teresa Giudice applauded Melissa Gorga
as beautiful at BravoCon, just weeks after reuniting with her and her brother, Joe Gorga.
Credit: Instagram
As she reflected on the emotional meeting between them, which also included her husband, Luis Ruelas
, 50, the 53-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star shared kind words for Melissa, 46, as Luis and Joe, 51, re-followed one another, and an insider explained why Teresa and her spouse were being kept separate from other members of the show.
“When asked who looks beautiful at reunions, Teresa said her ‘sister-in-law, Melissa,’” Us Weekly revealed on its Instagram page on November 14.
Around the same time, Bye Wig Hello Drama offered an update on X, where it shared what Teresa revealed about her reunion with Joe.
“Teresa Giudice said that when she reunited with her brother Joe Gorga, he was happy to see her and she felt the same. They met at the mausoleum where their parents are laid to rest, and Joe had tears in his eyes. Teresa says she is grateful and happy about their reunion,” it wrote.
Meanwhile, days after it was revealed that Joe and Gia Giudice, 24, had re-followed one another on Instagram, a November 14 post from Bravo Snark Side confirmed that Joe and Luis were following each other, as well.
As for Joe and Teresa, the fan page noted that the siblings were still not following each other, and that Teresa was also not following Melissa.
In addition to Melissa and Joe,
“Teresa and Luis are being kept in a separate hotel from the rest of the RHONJ cast,” an insider told Radar Online on November 14. “Regardless of the reunion between her and Joe/Melissa Gorga, tensions are still present, especially since Teresa doesn’t have a relationship with some of her other past castmates still.”
According to the report, there were “some concerns” about the cast being around Luis due to “tensions and issues they’ve had with him in the past.”
“Given a fight that occurred years ago between Jennifer Aydin and Joe Gorga at BravoCon in a hotel lobby in 2022, Bravo doesn’t want any similar situations to occur and thinks it’s best to keep those having tension apart,” the source explained.
Meanwhile, another source insisted the situation wasn’t unique to Teresa and Luis.
“A lot of talent are staying where Teresa and Luis are, as well as other hotels around the city,” the insider shared. “It’s [a] total preference.”