EXCLUSIVETeresa Giudice's Former 'RHONJ' Costars Amber and Jim Marchese Shocked Over Her Financial Problems: 'It's Like Replaying History'
Teresa Giudice's former 'RHONJ' costars Amber and Jim Marchese reacted to her financial problems.
Teresa Giudice’s former Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 6 costars Amber Marchese and her husband, Jim, spoke exclusively to OK! in the wake of Teresa and Luis Ruelas’ tax liens going public.
Amber Marchese said being a part of 'RHONJ' is a 'lose-lose situation.'
“It sounds similar to our season,” Jim shared. “Teresa needs a good attorney and some good financial advice. This time, if they want to reach out to me, I’d be more than happy to give them advice on how to pay your taxes appropriately and withhold. In addition, [I can share] how to stay away from foreclosures and modification due to default on a mortgage.” Jim — who owns an "unsupervised title II private equity finance company named MNI GROUP," commonly referred to as MortgageNow — stated he believes Teresa and Luis should sell their home now “if they have enough equity” before matters get worse.” He jokingly added they should make this move “before Luis gets deported.” “I think it’s hysterical it’s been 10 years and it’s like replaying history,” he elaborated. “They’re back in trouble, Trump’s back in office, and Andy Cohen still hates my guts. So, the world is in balance.”
Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas were hit with tax liens.
Amber, who was friendly with Teresa during her season, stated, “Even I know how to use TurboTax. At the end of the day, it’s astonishing that someone would do this again and not learn their lesson the first time.” Jim echoed her sentiments, sharing he's surprised Amber was so disliked while Teresa was — and is — so lauded. “And yet,” he said, “we haven’t committed any felonies, we pay our bills, we’re still married, we don’t overspend on designer everything, we put an importance on savings. We are building a life for our family and paying our taxes and being good, law-abiding citizens.”
Amber’s contract was not renewed after her one season stint on RHONJ. Many people were critical of the couple, calling Jim homophobic and throwing other digs at them. However, she feels this wasn't a fair reason to not bring them back.
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Jim Marchese said Teresa Giudice needs 'a good lawyer.'
“If they thought that we were bad people — or Jim was a homophobe — why didn’t they let that play out as it would have been 'real reality' and let the public see the truth and let them decide on what happened to us?” she asked. “Of course, Bravo censored us and never gave us another season to present ourselves.”
Amber concluded by stating that being a part of RHONJ is a “lose-lose” situation no matter what.
Jim Marchese advised Teresa Giudice to sell her home.
“If you are on, your life is a nightmare, no matter how they try to create a facade,” she explained. “You lose because you think that you need to do things to stay relevant or the public is nasty to you, because in their minds, the truth is not important, just their perception of what they think is reality. Teresa and Melissa [Gorga] are just so sucked into the show, they have no idea what reality is… [but] the IRS does."
