Cheating rumors spark a massive row between Teresa and Melissa days before the wedding at the RHONJ finale

While the four lashed out at each other throughout the season, tensions came to a head during an “Irish party,” doubling as Dolores Catania’s “Roaring ’20s Party,” after Danielle Cabral told Melissa she was rumored to be had heard about Gorga being unfaithful to her husband.

Speaking to Melissa, Cabral cleared up the wild phone game behind the gossip. She learned about the cheating talk from Jennifer Aydin, who claimed to have heard it from a former friend of Margaret Josephs, whose own boyfriend allegedly claimed he saw Melissa making out with another man in the back seat of a car. However, Melissa had already heard about the rumors — from her own husband.

“His sister secretly called him to her house without me telling him this story, behind my back. I’m a pretty crappy sister-in-law, aren’t I?” Melissa claimed, adding in a confessional that this happened six months ago and she’s been keeping it a “big secret” ever since.

“I’ve been accused of being a stripper and have been accused of doing stuff in parking lots before,” she said [to Joe] several times: “Your wife will introduce you to a richer man.” She said several things that we have let go of in our lives,” Gorga continued angrily.

She then called Teresa over in the confessional and exclaimed, “How dare you tell my husband that I was cheating on him?” Gorga was also shocked that anyone would approach Joe with “an unfounded rumor” that was created by someone dealing with some of the cast. “Did she think he would pack his bags and leave? What the hell are you doing?” she then asked.

Gorga claimed she never confronted Teresa about meeting Joe because her husband thought it was all “cops” and because they “wanted to let it happen.” [Teresa] I have a peaceful six months until her wedding.” She also believed the cheating rumors that surfaced on camera were orchestrated by Giudice, saying she “made her servant make me look bad in front of everyone , so everyone can hear the words.” “Melissa is a scammer.”

She then confronted Teresa at the party and called her a “loser” in front of the cast for letting Joe know what she had heard. Giudice in return called her “disgusting” while Melissa chased her around the room.

In her own confessional, Teresa said she wasn’t even the one who called Joe — Louie was. She explained that he wanted to tell Joe about the rumors so he could “deal with it,” and claimed she “didn’t repeat it to anyone” afterward. Joe confirmed this when he spoke to the camera himself and said Louie told him he needed to come over “immediately” to discuss something “very important” before breaking out to him about the gossip. “I’m like, ‘Guys, you got the wrong girl,'” he told Louie and Teresa at the time.

Then Louie got really excited and yelled, “Bo Dietl knows about everyone in this room!” We’ll get back to Dietl—a celebrity detective—in a moment, but no one had any idea what the hell Ruelas was talking about.

“Why are his eyes so itchy? What’s going on?” Melissa asked, before Louie snapped back, “I’m fine, honey.” That prompted Joe, who started yelling at Ruelas to “support the shit” and stop with his wife on a matter like this talk. Carbal’s husband Nate began pulling Louie away from the group, while the other men then also began holding Joe.

With that, everyone started leaving the party.

The next day, Jennifer and Dolores stopped by Teresa’s house to check on her – Giudice said she was still “trembling” from the events of the previous night. She further claimed she never brought up the cheating rumors again after alerting her brother because she was “afraid they would ruin my wedding.”

“I’m just so hurt. This is absurd and I feel horrible,” she added, denying that she orchestrated the gossip that eventually leaked to the rest of the group, noting that she had “plenty of opportunities to air it.” ‘ but remained calm.

Louie reiterated that he was the one who called Joe, explaining that at the time he didn’t think Teresa’s brother deserved “to have something explode in his face.” He then brought up Dietl again, calling him “one of the most famous private investigators in the country” and one of his “best friends.” Louie claimed Dietl “brought me information about every person in this group,” before adding menacingly, “There’s so much more.”

In the confessional, Teresa said she knew “nothing,” while Dolores said she had no idea what the information might be or why Louie even spoke to a private investigator about it. It was all very strange.

“They obviously hate us. It’s been like this for 10 years. I dealt with this with my ex, I will not deal with this in my new chapter of my life. I’m so done,” Giudice then announced, before being asked if she’d officially cut them out. “Like I did with my cousin [Kathy Wakile], I’m done. This is what Melissa has been trying to do for over 10 years. I know all along she wanted to get my brother away from me. She has fulfilled her wish.

Melissa, meanwhile, spoke to Dolores over the phone about the fight and the rumours.

“I’ve known for six months. They were dying to tell him this happened, so that’s why Joe was like that. He’s devastated that she won’t stop. It’s got scum written all over it,” she said.

Joe also claimed Teresa and Louie told him there were “several men” and that they “told me to basically leave Melissa.” He then said his niece Gia, Teresa’s daughter, called him and said, “I heard what happened. The conversation, he added, made him wonder if he was surrounding himself with people who “love me or people who want to hurt me.”

Melissa vowed to keep her “toxic” relatives out of her life going forward and made it clear she had no intention of going to Teresa and Louie’s wedding … which was just days away.

“How can I go and celebrate someone else’s marriage when it’s the people who are constantly trying to destroy mine? I don’t do that,” she said, before Dolores said her relationship with Teresa was likely to fail.above over” if it weren’t for shows. “It’s over,” Melissa replied.

The episode ended with the show’s signature season finale. Gorga read: “Melissa is planning a housewarming at her new house. Teresa and Louie are not invited. Chosen family only.”

As for Giudices? “Teresa and Louie are preparing for their wedding. You lost two guests. But they’re gaining 5 pounds…hair.”

As the season wraps up, fans will get a glimpse of the big day when next week’s special “Teresa Gets Married” airs on Bravo.