Real Housewives Of New Jersey star Joe Gorga was kicked out of his son Gino’s high school wrestling match a week ago after getting into a heated argument with the referee.
On footage obtained by TMZthe referee crouched down to watch 16-year-old Gino being pinned, then made the call.
His decision clearly displeased Joe, who immediately stormed down from the stands and thundered across the floor to confront him.
Two men grabbed Joe and pulled him away from the referee, shouting, “Go away!” and, “Hey, get him out of here!”
‘Out! Out! Get out of this gym!’ the referee shouted at Joe, who was maneuvered towards the door as a small crowd formed around him.
Real Housewives Of New Jersey star Joe Gorga was kicked out of his son Gino’s high school wrestling match a week ago after arguing violently with the referee; seen in NYC on Monday
Apparently Joe also expressed fatherly pride in Gino’s friendly behavior, which was in stark contrast to his own outburst; Joe in the photo with Gino
Joe was quickly removed from the building and, according to sources on the scene, no longer required coercion to be kept away.
His rep insisted that although Joe got carried away, at no point did he intend for the altercation to escalate into violence.
In Joe’s version of events, the referee was biased in his decisions and allowed Gino’s opponent to behave shabbily towards him.
Apparently Joe also expressed fatherly pride in Gino’s kind behavior, which was in stark contrast to his own outburst.
Joe is related to not one, but two Real Housewives Of New Jersey – his wife Melissa Gorga and his sister Teresa Giudice are both long-standing full-time cast members.
Melissa and Joe are celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary this year and are the proud parents of three children: Antonia, 18, Gino, 16, and Joey, 13.
Tensions between Joe and Teresa on the program have often flared, to the point where the siblings cut ties with each other last year.
The feud between Giudice and Gorga was so intense that Joe and Melissa even refused to attend Teresa’s wedding to Luis ‘Louie’ Ruelas in 2022.
Joe is related to not one, but two Real Housewives Of New Jersey stars; his wife Melissa Gorga (right) and his sister Teresa Giudice are both full-time cast members; seen on Monday
Tensions between Joe and Teresa (left) on the program have often flared, to the point where the siblings cut ties with each other last year; the siblings are pictured in 2017
During a Real Housewives reunion episode last year, producer and host Andy Cohen asked Joe if he regretted his no-show at his sister’s wedding.
Joe defiantly stood by his decision to skip Teresa and Luis’ wedding, insisting that the groom had accused Melissa of adultery.
“I don’t understand this,” Teresa told her brother during an emotional confrontation that played out on camera.
‘I was always good to you. I always put you first. We were best friends. We were best friends. This is shameful. This is absolutely disgraceful.”
Teresa is notorious for her own temper, which is often on display on the show, most notably when she flipped a table while calling a co-star a “prostitution whore.”