Are things finally looking brighter in the Garden State?<\/p>\n
During BravoCon 2025,\u00a0Melissa Gorga<\/strong>\u00a0opened up about the state of her relationship with her sister-in-law,\u00a0Teresa Giudice<\/strong>, revealing that they’ve finally reconnected and are hoping to move forward for good.<\/p>\n While speaking with Extra, Melissa explained that she recently met with her sister-in-law after years of estrangement and that she hopes they can finally get things right.<\/p>\n “We are in a different place we than we were a couple months ago. Let’s just say that\u2026 everybody\u2019s 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,” she said.<\/p>\n MBS\/MEGA<\/p>\n Melissa hinted that, while her and her husband’s reunion with Giudice was unexpected, she’s happy they reconnected when they did.<\/p>\n “Whatever it takes to wake someone up is, you know, that’s how life goes, right? And you never want it to be a funeral or a wedding or someone in the hospital. Like, that’s not what we want. So, this was a more of a natural reason,” she said.<\/p>\n Melissa, her husband Joe, and his biological sister, Giudice, have been feuding on and off for the last decade on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey.”<\/p>\n Things reached a boiling point after season 14 aired in 2024, when Giudice declared she’d never speak to her family again after another explosive round of episodes chronicling their intense family drama.<\/p>\n “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. And that’s never what I want to see happen,” Melissa said.<\/p>\n Instagram | Melissa Gorga<\/p>\n Melissa’s comments come just weeks after Giudice admitted she was open to reconciling with her brother and sister-in-law during a podcast appearance, saying, “Time does heal all wounds. And when time goes by, you forget things.”<\/p>\n Like Melissa, Giudice also reflected on the example she’s setting for her four daughters by keeping her family out of her life.<\/p>\n “Gia and I were on Special Forces. We spent a lot of time together before we went on Special Forces, and we talked a lot about a lot of things. So I want to be a good example for my children,” the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” OG said, according to\u00a0The Blast.<\/p>\n “Be a beautiful family,” she said. “If someone doesn\u2019t get along, be the bigger person. Try to make it work. I\u2019ve got to practice what I preach.”<\/p>\n MEGA<\/p>\n While fans will likely have to wait a bit longer to get a glimpse into Melissa and Giudice’s new normal, the “Sprinkle by Melissa Gorga” owner expressed optimism about their future.<\/p>\n “We can always be hopeful that it’s going to be different this time around, but I think I think everyone’s growing. I do. I think we\u2019re learning from our mistakes and we\u2019re growing and we all know that we’ve made mistakes and I think that’s a huge part of it,” she said.<\/p>\n Giudice also gave an\u00a0update\u00a0on her relationship with her family during BravoCon 2025, saying they’re in a “good place.”<\/p>\n “I talked to my brother, first \u2014 because I thought that was only right \u2014 he was like, really happy to see me. I was happy to see him,” she said.<\/p>\n Bravo | Andrew Eccles<\/p>\n So, could Melissa and Giudice’s reconciliation mean there’s a greater chance of seeing them both on the next season of “RHONJ”? It’s hard to say, but Andy Cohen seemed to hint at their reunion being one of the reasons the series is still on pause.<\/p>\n “They have to do this for themselves. It should have nothing to do with us,” he said to\u00a0Us Weekly.<\/p>\n Melissa later shared her thoughts on the possibility of “RHONJ” getting new cast members, saying a switch-up is much needed.<\/p>\n “I would love to stay and I hope I do, but I do think we need a little of both,” she said. “I don’t think it works when they just, like, wipe the slate clean. I think they like the familiar faces and we always need some, like, new, fun, crazy \u2014 whatever \u2014 to jump in.”<\/p>\n The men of\u00a0Southern Charm<\/em>\u00a0are kicking off\u00a0BravoCon 2025\u00a0in true Las Vegas fashion.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Nov. 13, PEOPLE spent the evening out on the town with\u00a0Craig Conover,\u00a0Shep Rose,\u00a0Austen Kroll,\u00a0Rodrigo Reyes\u00a0and the show’s creator and executive producer,\u00a0Whitney Sudler-Smith, as they kicked off the weekend with some gambling and drinks at\u00a0Caesars Palace Las Vegas.<\/p>\n During the hang, which revolved around playing blackjack and ended with a steak dinner, the stars all shared their excitement about the three-day event, teasing what’s to come ahead of the season 11 premiere (airing Nov. 19) and of course, they did not missing the chance to poke fun at one another and their brotherly bond.<\/p>\n Griffin Nagel\/Bravo<\/p>\n “It’s fun, because look, 250 people, maybe, have ever done what we’ve done. Maybe 50 have done this as long as we’ve done [it]. And so we have this insane bond no matter what,” Conover, 36, tells PEOPLE of his decade-long run on TV as he sips a diet coke with a slice of lemon. “That we’ve shared our lives with America and 125 other countries around the world \u2014 it actually really is awesome. I think we’re all really excited for this weekend.”<\/p>\n In fact, he calls the fan convention “one of my favorite things in the world.”<\/p>\n Of course, being back in Las Vegas is something of a mixed bag for Rose, 45, whose last visit for the fan convention was a blacked-out blur. “I treated it like I was at a bachelor party last time I was here,” he tells PEOPLE. “I was on the plane, and then I got here, and I won’t name names, but another Bravo person said, ‘Let’s smoke a blunt.’ And I did. And I was off to the races.”<\/p>\n Griffin Nagel\/Bravo<\/p>\n “There is something wrong with that because I was a moron for four days straight,” Rose admits.<\/p>\n While he indulged in beers during the night out, he promises to be “a good little boy” this time around.<\/p>\n “Somebody said something, you can go to Vegas to work or to play. You can’t do both,” he laughs. “And as much as this doesn’t feel like work, it is work. And I want to be present and happy and engaging and all those things.”<\/p>\n Griffin Nagel\/Bravo<\/p>\n Still, Rose can guarantee this won’t be the only time he’s spotted at a blackjack table. Conover says he even has an insider tip on how to win: “Austen knows, because this happened to us last time we were here. Find someone that has never played craps and ask them to roll the dice. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s how you win.”<\/p>\n Kroll adds, “You don’t have to win money in Vegas to have a good time. But it makes it better.”<\/p>\n Griffin Nagel\/Bravo<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n