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There’s ‘hope’ for Teresa Giudice and the Gorgas

Dolores Catania seems certain that Teresa Giudice can mend her fractured relationship with brother Joe Gorga and his wife, Melissa Gorga.

The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 51, chatted with Page Six at BravoCon this weekend, revealing a sweet moment fans may have missed during a supersized “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” taping that aired Sunday night. 

“It was a glimpse of hope when Teresa was on the stage and [Joe] was looking at her and he was clapping, looking up at her,” Catania exclusively told Page Six. “I saw a little softness going on there.”

Giudice’s longstanding feud with the Gorgas reignited this summer after the notorious table-flipper brought up unfounded claims that Melissa, 43, cheated on Joe, 48, with actor Nick Barrotta. (The couple has vehemently denied the allegations.)

The Gorgas skipped Giudice’s Aug. 6 wedding to Luis “Louie” Ruelas due to the current conflict.
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An explosive interaction between the trio ensued at a party that was filmed for the Season 13 finale. Given the drama, the Gorgas decided to skip Giudice’s Aug. 6 nuptials to her now-husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas.

Joe recently told Fox 5 New York that he finds it “devastating” he missed the wedding.

Catania considers this admission to be yet another sign that a reconciliation is indeed possible. 

“Teresa was on the stage and [Joe] was looking at her and he was clapping, looking up at her,” Catania told Page Six at BravoCon. “I saw a little softness going on there.”
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“My reaction to that is there’s hope,” said the Bravolebrity, who has known Teresa and Joe since childhood. 

“That’s a glimpse of hope for me. In life, there’s been people that are physically sick beyond the brink of death and come back from it.”

Last month, Catania told Page Six that the Giudice-Gorga feud was “definitely at a high stage of bad.”


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Giudice, Melissa and Joe appeared on separate BravoCon panels amid mounting discord.

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Giudice, Melissa and Joe appeared on separate BravoCon panels amid mounting discord.

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However, she also expressed optimism that the two parties would eventually patch things up. 

“I wouldn’t say this is terminal yet, if I were to speak in medical terms,” the former surgical assistant explained at the time. “I’ve seen people come back from a lot worse.”

Addressing the infidelity speculation, Catania said she “would never believe such a thing” about Melissa and Joe’s marriage. She also stated that she found the mounting discord “very sad” as she is friends with all involved. 


The Gorgas participated in the first “RHONJ” panel, while Giudice took the BravoCon stage for the second.

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The Gorgas participated in the first “RHONJ” panel, while Giudice took the BravoCon stage for the second.

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The “RHONJ” cast was split into two panels at BravoCon due to the current conflict between Giudice and the Gorgas. 

Saturday’s first “RHONJ” panel at BravoCon featured the Gorgas, Margaret Josephs and her husband, Joe Benigno, and Jackie Goldschneider and her husband, Evan Goldschneider.

Giudice and Ruelas, 47, as well as Jennifer Aydin and her husband, Dr. Bill Aydin, and Catania and her ex-husband, Frank Catania, participated in the second panel. 

Catania has been friends with Giudice and Joe since childhood.
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“Real Housewives” mastermind Andy Cohen said during a Sunday “Ask Andy” panel that it was “better” to keep the Garden State crew separated because of the contention — and to not spoil the show’s forthcoming installment. 

“We’re on the precipice for a really great season of ‘New Jersey’ airing, so we’re in a really limbo-y place where if we bring them all out together, they’re in a different place than they were the last time we saw them all as a group,” Cohen told fans.

“It’s a balancing act because you want things to play out on TV, but here we are, and I want to give everyone a good time, so it’s a little bit of a juggling act.”


The Gorgas hardly crossed paths with Giudice and Ruelas throughout the three-day convention.

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The Gorgas hardly crossed paths with Giudice and Ruelas throughout the three-day convention.

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During his panel, Joe Gorga said in a fiery rant that he believes Giudice never wanted him or Melissa on “RHONJ.”

When Giudice took the stage, she asserted that “fame and money” ruined her family. 

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Ex-QB Jesse Palmer starring host of ‘The Bachelor’ franchise

Former NFL pro Jesse Palmer says hosting “The Bachelor” franchise is a like playing quarterback.

“You’re just trying to avoid the drama at all times,” the ex-Giant told The Post. “It’s like trying not to get sacked.”

On Sunday, instead of watching his former team’s season opener, Palmer, 43, will be traveling to Los Angeles to shoot the live two-part “Bachelorette” Season 19 finale airing Sept. 13 and 20 on ABC.

The Canadian native was hired as the franchise’s host in 2021 after Chris Harrison, who was at the helm since “The Bachelor” premiered in 2002, stepped down in controversy after he defended a “Bachelor” contestant pictured at an Antebellum-themed college party.

In 2004, when Palmer became the first professional athlete to star as “The Bachelor,” which was still a new TV concept, he gave his teammates the play-by-play.

“As you can imagine, we had a lot of fun with that,” said Palmer, who also works as a college football analyst for ESPN.

Jesse Palmer admits there is a lot more drama in ‘The Bachelor’ than being an NFL quarterback.
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Jesse Palmer and his wife, Emely Fardo Palmer.
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The popular franchise keeps bringing football players back to star as leading men and contestants and he understands why.

“I think football players have a lot of personality. I think they feel comfortable in their own skin,” he said.

And like Bachelor Mansion, an NFL locker room can be a powder keg of emotion.

Jesse Palmer met his wife, Emely Fardo, at a boxing class in Chelsea.
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Jesse Palmer was a top-rated quarterback for the New York Giants before Eli Manning came around.
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Jesse Palmer was a contestant on ‘The Bachelor’ in 2004.
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“You can’t even imagine how much drama there is,” he said.

Although he did not find lasting love on national TV, he did discover it over a decade later in Manhattan — marrying Brazilian model Emely Fardo in 2020. He first laid eyes on her in a boxing class at Rumble on West 23rd Street in Chelsea.

“I was trying to talk to her the day I met her, but I missed my chance and then she liked a photo of mine on social media … and then I technically made the first move and direct messaged her,” he said. “But she didn’t answer me back for 10 days; she slow played me.”

Jesse Palmer with ‘The Bachelorette’ stars Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey.
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Jesse Palmer married Brazilian model Emely Fardo in 2020.
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Jesse Palmer was the first professional athlete to star in ‘The Bachelor.”
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Jesse Palmer is also a college football analyst for ESPN.
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The couple, who just moved to Miami Beach with their Aussie Doodle Mademoseille Loulou Palmer, “would love to have children” and have been talking about “potentially getting another dog.”

When asked if he would want his kids to be on the dating franchise or play football, Palmer said, “I’d have to ask the boss. I’m super open to everything. I’d be down for both, but I don’t know what the boss would say.”

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Why ‘RHOBH’ star Diana Jenkins is appearing at reunion virtually

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Diana Jenkins is appearing virtually at the Season 12 reunion because she contracted COVID-19, multiple sources confirm to Page Six.

“She’s quite disappointed not to be able to do her first-ever reunion in person, and she would have loved to have been there — and be healthy — with the rest of the ladies,” an insider close to the Bravo newcomer tells us exclusively.

“But, of course, she doesn’t want to get anyone else sick.”

We’re told Jenkins, 49, found out she had the coronavirus last week when she returned home to Los Angeles from a family trip to Hawaii. (The recent vacation footage shared via her Instagram Story are throwback posts, another insider says.)

“Last week, she returned to LA from Hawaii to make preparations for the reunion. She had a couture dress fitting that she was very excited about,” the first source explains.

“She believes she got COVID while traveling back to LA from Hawaii. She is still testing positive.”

A rep Jenkins did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

The reunion is taping Friday. Cast members Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Erika Jayne, Lisa Rinna, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke as well as “friend of” Kathy Hilton are all expected to hash out their issues in front of host Andy Cohen.

Though Jenkins will not physically be in the room, a source previously told Page Six that she was “very much looking forward” to discussing the drama she was involved in during her inaugural season.

“It’s a chance for her to clear some things up,” the insider said.

While her feuds with Beauvais, 55, and Stracke, 50, earned plenty of screen time, recent developments in Jenkins’ life — not captured by Bravo cameras — have commanded equal attention from insatiable “Housewives” fans.

On Aug. 26, Page Six exclusively revealed that Jenkins had hired 24/7 security after receiving death threats from viewers over her increasing conflict with Beauvais.

The Bosnian refugee-turned-millionaire ultimately filed a lawsuit in LA Thursday in an effort to expose the “bots” who cyberbullied Beauvais’ 14-year-old son Jax — since she had been blamed for the attacks.

“Dozens, if not hundreds, of people have posted messages attacking Ms. Jenkins for an act that she never took,” Jenkins’ lawyers said in the suit, obtained by Page Six.

A source previously told Page Six that Jenkins (pictured here with Crystal Kung Minkoff) was “very much looking forward to” the reunion.
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“This action is the only way Ms. Jenkins has to fight back against the anonymous coward who decided to put her reputation, livelihood and life in jeopardy.”

Meanwhile, Jenkins has also been “on a mission” to shut down unfounded rumors about her alleged ties to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring.

“She wants to end these lies about Epstein and being a madame,” a source previously told us. “Right now, she’s really focused on shutting down all that’s been said about her.”

Jenkins sent out cease-and-desist letters to various media outlets and social media personalities who perpetuated the gossip — including former “RHOBH” star Dana Wilkey — and was successful in having some of the disparaging content scrubbed from the internet.

Jenkins became particularly close with Erika Jayne and Lisa Rinna throughout filming.
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The wealthy philanthropist also made headlines when she donated $100,000 from her Sunela Foundation to the alleged victims of disgraced attorney Tom Girardi, the estranged husband of her good pal and co-star Jayne, 51.

“This isn’t a dig at Erika,” a source told Page Six of Jenkins’ generous gift.

“It’s actually meant to send a message to the cast members who have expressed support for Tom’s alleged victims but never seem to do anything to help them.”

Notably, “RHOBH” stars Stracke, Beauvais and Kung Minkoff, 38, have questioned Jayne about her possible involvement in Girardi’s embezzlement scandal and have expressed vocal support for his alleged victims.

Kemsley, 46, and Richards, 53, have also vocalized support for the victims, but their line of questioning for Jayne has been softer.

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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Dorinda Medley calls Jill Zarin a ‘lapdog’ on ‘Ultimate Girls Trip’

Dorinda Medley slammed “lapdog” Jill Zarin as “thirsty” for trying to force her way into an appearance on “Housewives” star Eva Marcille’s radio show.

The former “Real Housewives of New York City” stars began hurling insults on each other after a night of cocktails during Thursday’s episode of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club.”

The drama started when Zarin, 58, asked Marcille if she could cameo or at least sit in on the “RHOA” alum recording her show in the morning, which set Medley off.

“What are you, a lapdog?” Medley, 57, said in a confessional. “This is so awkward and thirsty.”

Marcille, however, wasn’t offended by Zarin’s request, explaining in a confessional that while the request wasn’t “bad intended,” it was just poor “timing.”

As Zarin exited the room, she quipped to co-star Phaedra Parks that Medley was being “such a f–king bitch.”

“This is Dorinda being a bitch,” Zarin told Parks. “She tried to be nice tonight, but she couldn’t hold onto it.”

Jill Zarin called Dorinda Medley a “f–king bitch” while Medley compared her to a “lapdog.”
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When Medley overheard the comments, Zarin — who said earlier in the episode they’d known each other 20 years despite never appearing on “RHONY” together at the same time — openly slammed her for not being a supportive friend.

Zarin then broke down in tears.

“I’m so f–king losing it you know what honestly I have been such a good friend to her I have been holding back so much with Dorinda, because I’m giving her such a pass,” Zarin cried to Parks.

“You don’t have to make me feel bad about it,” Zarin emotionally told Medley.
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Parks, in an attempt to play mediator between the intoxicated women, told Medley that Zarin felt she wasn’t supportive enough over their years-long friendship.

Medley, however, defended herself saying that the pair haven’t been close in a long time and she hadn’t “seen Jill for years.”

Medley became angrier after Zarin suggested she hadn’t supported her over the years.
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“After everything we’ve been through! Funerals, life you went to these people before me and you cried out of ridiculousness,” Medley said to Zarin — who got up and attempted to leave.

“There she goes, because she can’t deal with it,” Medley cried. “And there’s where you’re weak.”

Zarin eventually walked to bed and agreed with Medley that she’s “weak” and “can’t deal with it.”
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Zarin got the last word in a confession, telling the camera that Medley’s “intolerable” behavior turned her into a “horrible person.”

“The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club” is available to stream on Peacock.

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