Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga is calling for another cast change after the Season 14 reunion was canceled due to tensions between her co-stars.
A month after the reunion was called off due to animosity between some of the Jersey cast members, the 45-year-old reality star, who joined RHONJ for season three in 2011, said she “agrees with Bravo that changes need to be made.”
“I agree with that 100 percent,” she said Entertainment tonight on Monday. ‘I think the situation has become really toxic.’
She continued, “There are two of my cast members who have played really dirty behind the scenes and it’s coming out… it’s all coming out because it always comes out, it always comes out in the wash. It’s been years, so it’s all coming out.”
Gorga and her sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice, remarkably did not have a single scene together amid the bitter family feud.
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga is calling for a cast change after tensions between her co-stars led to the cancellation of the Season 14 reunion; set to air in July 2024
The tension between the women has ramifications for the rest of the cast, who are all forced to choose sides.
Currently, Dolores Catania, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, Danielle Cabral, Rachel Fuda, Jackie Goldschneider, and Jennifer Fessler all star in the series.
Her comments come just weeks after multiple sources told her We weekly that ‘RHONJ will skip a traditional reunion this season.’
“The reunion is supposed to be about resolution and it’s clear that there are no issues between the women that have been resolved,” one of the insiders revealed. “There’s no bow to wrap it up and it’s not going to happen.”
However, Andy Cohen assured fans that a resolution would come in the season 14 finale.
“The most important thing is that it all becomes clear when you see the finale,” he said during his appearance on SiriusXM’s Reality Checked With Kiki Monique.
He continued: ‘When all the producers saw the final version of the finale, we all made a decision individually and then we talked. We all had the same idea, which is that the finale is kind of a finale and a reunion in one.’
“It’s in the great tradition of absolutely shocking, dramatic Jersey finales and they have this final epic group meeting, which feels like the Last Supper and is just so Jersey. And it’s shocking and it’s dramatic and it’s great TV. I’m telling you, when you see it, I think you’re going to feel complete,” he concluded.
A month after the reunion was scrapped due to animosity between some of Jersey’s cast members, the 45-year-old reality star, who joined RHONJ for its third season in 2011, said she “agrees with Bravo that changes need to be made.”
As for whether RHONJ will make any changes to the cast, Cohen said they will discuss the decision once it comes.
He noted that it takes a “minute” for producers to “get the hang of it.”
Gorga and Giudice refused to speak to each other during filming of the current season.
Teresa and Melissa’s feud has been raging for months, with Teresa even going so far as to blame her sister-in-law for her being sent to jail during last year’s reunion.
“I want everybody to hear this because we’re putting this all out there because after today, this is over,” Teresa told Melissa during the heated exchange. “I’m never going to look at your face again.”
Melissa noted that Teresa previously accused Caroline Manzo of putting her in jail after she pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.
“No, I take that back,” Teresa said. “I think so.”
“Oh my God,” Melissa gasped.
Gorga and Giudice refused to speak to each other during filming of the current season
Their feud has also led to a serious rift between Teresa and her brother Joe, who is married to Melissa (seen together in the 2023 reunion)
The tension between the two women continued throughout the final season, creating an awkward situation for the producers as they had to deal with the fact that they didn’t want to talk to each other.
But that’s not the only drama shaking the show to its foundations.
Jennifer Aydin and newcomer Danielle Cabral were also suspended during filming after a physical altercation, further casting doubt on the series’ future.
There was also drama off-camera, when Aydin and Giudice were accused of leaking negative stories about their castmates to an anti-Gorga troll account on social media.
Giudice denies her involvement in the scandal, while Aydin has yet to comment.
Now fans and producers are trying to figure out what the future holds for this troubled franchise.
A source said People magazine that “anything and everything is on the table” regarding the series, which could mean putting one or two cast members on hiatus, or rebooting the series altogether, like The Real Housewives of New York City for its fourteenth season.