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Teresa Giudice explained why she and now-husband Luis Ruelas welcomed Bill Aydin into her wedding party following the reveal of his role on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey
As Margaret Josephs and Jackie Goldschneider poked fun at the invite, suggesting that Teresa was grasping at straws to fill the open position, Melissa Gorga admitted she was unaware that he had served as one of Luis’ groomsmen as Jennifer Aydin called out Joe Gorga for his poor treatment of Luis.
“Joe had every opportunity to become close with Luis, but Joe keeps willingly steering away from that type of behavior. Instead, he’s attacking Luis,” Jennifer explained on the April 25 episode of RHONJ: After Show. “How’s this guy gonna put you in his wedding when you’re talking sh-t about him? You called him a piece of sh-t and garbage. You’re sitting there putting him down constantly.”
According to Jennifer, her husband was more deserving of a groomsman role because he’s far kinder to Luis.
“Bill doesn’t put Luis down constantly. Bill is a support system for Luis and vice versa,” she stated. “And Luis wanted that … You don’t think Luis wanted that? They asked Joe to be in the wedding, and Joe said ‘no.’”
But, as Margaret pointed out, Joe had good reason for declining the invite.
“They did ask Joe Gorga to be in the wedding originally [but] Joe’s like, ‘If my wife’s not part of it… ‘ and everything else,” she recalled, proceeding to get a bit shady about Bill’s last-minute add-in.
“Just stop while you guys are ahead. You know, who’s next?” Margaret wondered.
“I mean at that point, it was like the waiter was also asked to be a groomsman in the wedding,” Jackie agreed.
Because Joe and Bill are friends, Danielle Cabral suspected the news that Bill would be a groomsmen in his sister’s wedding likely came as bad news to Joe.
“That’s gotta kill him. But everything Teresa and Luis do that is positive for them is gonna kill Joe because he’s not a part of it,” she noted.
Meanwhile, when Bill’s addition to the nuptials was brought up to Melissa, she was clueless.
“Bill Aydin was asked to be in the wedding? He was in the wedding?” she asked.
But at that point, as Melissa explained, she and Joe were done worrying about the event.
“We’ve tuned out the wedding and who’s gonna be in it and who’s not gonna be in it. I think we’re at this point ready to just go to the wedding, attend the wedding and then stop talking about the wedding,” she admitted.
Then, after being asked about Bill’s role in her big day, Teresa said it was Luis’ idea.
“Well, I had Jennifer, and [Luis] said, ‘I’m gonna ask Bill. He’s been really there for me also. Same thing.’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s great because then he’ll walk with Jennifer,’” Teresa recalled.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 13 airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.