Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice have managed to have a real friendship for the benefit of their girlfriends.
The former spouses posed together with their daughters Audriana (14), Milania (17), Gabriella (19) and Gia Giudice (22) in photos shared on the father of four’s Instagram Story on Thursday.
The group also included The Real Housewives of New Jersey the star’s husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, and co-star Jennifer Aydin and her family.
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Gia, Gabriella and Teresa Giudice; Louie Ruelas; Milania, Joe and Audriana Giudice.
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Earlier this year, Milania celebrated the bond between her father and stepfather on Teresa’s “Namaste Bitches” podcast on PodcastOne.
“You know Joe. He’s Juicy Joe. Do you think he’s going to let anyone near his girls? No. Luis went to the Bahamas and had dinner with my dad, with all of us. We all had dinner together. I was with my parents, who have such a good relationship. They call each other, they act like siblings, honestly. It’s like you act like little kids together.”
Milania praised the 48-year-old father-of-two as an “awesome stepfather” to her and her sisters, noting: “You know nothing. I bet half of these men what Louie did for my sisters and me this world would never do. ”
“Louie is so amazing and that’s what everybody doesn’t know. So I’m happy to actually talk about it on this podcast because I haven’t even talked about it that much,” she continued. “Louie is such a great stepdad. He really is. Like, he’s an amazing guy.”
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Teresa Giudice and Louie Ruelas celebrate Christmas with their children. TERESA GIUDICE/Instagram
He appears on the Jane Kramer podcast Squeals downstairs last year, Teresa, 51, spoke openly about why Ruelas thought it was important for him to bond with her ex-husband, 51.
Teresa explained that she traveled to the Bahamas — where Joe lives after being deported from the United States to his native Italy in 2019 — with Luisa to pick up one of the former couple’s four daughters. During the trip, Luis took the opportunity to bond with Joe.
“When he arranged it, dinner with my ex, he sent him a DM, and I didn’t even know about it,” Tereza revealed. “We went to the Bahamas to pick up my youngest … and he DMed him.”
After Teresa’s initial panic and opposition, Luis explained how important it was for the three of them to get together.
“He’s like, ‘Honey, don’t you understand? I want to be good with Joe because the girls will feel comfortable,'” she said, adding, “I’m just saying, he’s a gem. He really is.”
Since then, co-parenting has been going smoothly between the three of them. “It’s great,” she shared in the episode. – My children are really happy.
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