They showed some pictures of Lauren Manzo’s wedding which looked lovely. Melissa was there and said everyone looked amazing. Andy asked why Caroline wore white to the wedding. Lauren asked her mom to wear white. The other housewives at the wedding were Jaqueline, Kathy and Dina. Dina was at the church but not at the reception. Who go the drunkest of the housewives. Melissa say she a Rosie drank their fair share. Joe Gorga wore plaid pants.
Andy showed a montage comparing season one Countess with this season’s Luann. Night and day.
Melissa says Tre is doing as well as can be expected. She’s really strong and good at keeping it positive when she is on the phone with the girls. The girls play with her kids a lot. She has requested to visit Tre but she has not been approved yet. She thinks it is a prison redtape issue and not coming from Tre. Andy says she thinks it is Tre and Melissa says something like she was trying to be diplomatic. Joe has been to see her. 
Melissa Questions:
Melissa was asked if she thinks Tre and Juicy will stay together. She said yes.
How are the Gorga parents? Their health is better than ever.
What’s going on with her music? She hasn’t done anything with it in over a year. She is focused on her jewelry line which will be on HSN this Saturday?
What is your relationship with Dina like? I haven’t seen her in a long time…(Andy interrupts to say she saw her at the wedding) Melissa says she did not see her at the wedding but she knows she was there.
Why don’t you admit you had your nose done? She hasn’t.
How is the (imaginary) trash business? Melissa says that Joe invested into the business, they don’t really work there.
Luann Questions:
Would you ever consider dating Mario? Not in a million years.
Do you hold Ramona for sending Heather and Carole to your room? Well, she sent them there. But she thinks since the guy was gone they could have held off on the witch hunt until everyone was awake.
Luann’s other questions were dumb. Asking about sunglasses and such. Not much happened on this show.
Melissa and Teresa don’t like each other. So what? Why must everyone keep asking and forcing the issue. I hate my SIL too. We’re friendly at family gatherings but would never seek each other out independently. No big deal. Just because your brother marries someone doesn’t mean you’re going to be friends.
Reason #72 why RHONJ is over and in need of a massive revamp.
Gosh, Swizzle, maybe you and I could trade sisters in law. I’m sure I’d like yours better than I like mine. ;-). We can be civil as long as that’s not required too often.
They did a TBT mini marathon of Jersey tonight and it was odd seeing just four ladies in the opening credits – we are so used to the proliferation of Housewives that this seemed almost anorexic in its minimalism.
I agree. Why would Teresa want to see Melissa when she is in jail? She doesn’t like her! Melissa requesting to see her in the first place is ridiculous!
I know, the constant digging for conflict is tiresome. I enjoy seeing Melissa on RHONJ though.
I saw most of it. I’m not a big Countess fan, but Melissa made her look good. Melissa seemed so high schooly to me. As I said on an earlier post, Luann is just going to have some strange when she is on vacation. She didn’t have Jaques to worry about this this time. They had competing jewelry lines but they seem to be appealing to different buyers so that was OK. But, the skinny drag queen…she was so tiny.
peachteachr, the skinny drag queen as you said is Miss Fame from RuPaul’s Drag Race. She was my favorite contestant on last season’s show. A title crazy but definitely entertaining. Would have like hearing more from her than either Melissa or Lu. Luann has definitely loosened up considerably since season 1. You couldn’t have gotten a straight pin up her butt with a jack hammer then. Now…well enough said lol.
Geez stupid autocorrect little crazy not title crazy. (1.Note to self…read post twice before hitting Post Comment button). (2.Second note to self…read 1st note to self).
I should always read everyone’s comments before commenting (re Miss Fame).
TY, hannah. This is my learn something new for today. smile
You’re welcome peachteachr. I’m just a fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Miss Fame had just been on last season. She is a tiny little thing. She didn’t win but as I said one of my favs. She had the ditzy blond down pat.
The drag queen was Miss Fame from RuPaul Drag Race Season 7. She looks awesome!
Maybe I can see this in a repeat to check out ms. Fame.
I’ve been reading your blog for a while, but this is my first time posting. I just want to say thank you for your blog. You crack me up, and this forum is a perfect escape for me from….well…life. I’ve read the commenting rules, so I’m writing on egg shells.:) Anyway, I live on the west coast, so thanks also for sparing me the boredom of tonight’s WWHL. Your recap is good enough for me.
The Countess Statement Necklace/Jewelry tonight was from her upcoming Fusion Line, combining lovely New Mexican Lapis Lazuli with a razor tipped Australian Boomerang. Perfect for a night on the town, and knocking out your stalker from a safe distance!
You mean turquoise?
No.
The Countess would never use turquoise. Turquoise, while having the correct color for this piece, is too heavy and would cause the weapon aspect to not function properly.
The Countess personally ensures that all statement necklace/weapons are both beautiful and functional.
I don’t know, I liked this episode! Can’t stand either lady but the jersey gossip was good! I have every RHONJ on dvr and today I popped on Melissa’s first episode ever, wow, she’s got a great stylist since then!
Melissa is a beautiful girl, and I don’t think Teresa was very nice to her. Teresa had this weird competition going over her brother, Joe. It was really odd to me, and I tended to agree with Melissa, who was his WIFE, and Teresa seemed like she wanted to be…in a way. Like I said, it was odd.
The Countess Luann entertains me. I think she’s pretty, dresses well, and has the dark side that she tries to keep hidden. She just likes to get laid sometimes. I wish she would just own it, but the Countess won’t let her. I find myself liking her though. She’s a trip.
Teresa felt that Melissa was keeping Joe away from the family. I never did believe that. I agree with you about Luann. She is gorgeous and does dress well. She is my favorite on the show, although I do like the other women. I wish she and Heather and Carole could get along.
I love Luann. If I ever had to be trapped on a deserted island with any of the housewives, Luann would be the one I’d want it to be.
me too!
I agree with you re: Teresa being the one who had the issue (and then created a situation with Joe and his parents in my opinion – seriously… they are happier with Joe Guidice as an in law than Melissa? I at least believe that Mel and her Joe love each other and are faithful).
Had a friend who had some family members (luckily not his immediate family) who didn’t care for his new girlfriend and they bitched that SHE was keeping him away from them. He said first of all, he was a grown ass man who was raised to think for himself – she wasn’t “making” him do anything – and he was newly in love and very happy, so why would he want to come around people who bitched about that?
Joe isn’t that self reflective, sadly. Not sure Tre and her father would have understood. Perhaps the mom.
Totally agree about Teresa’s bizarre relationship with her brother. She’s the most insecure and jealous person I’ve ever seen.
I believe Luann re Carole’s apologizing to her for Heather’s behavior. This is all disappointing because I have liked both Luann and Carole, as well as Heather. Do I have to choose? I believe Luann and will just choose to believe that Carole forgot the apology.
Carole is afraid of Heather imo, as is Kristen. Or they’re intimidated. I tend to think Carole did say something to Luann about their reaction being a bit overboard, but Carole didn’t want to admit that in front of Heather because she tends to fly off the handle if she perceives any disloyalty from her friends.
Oh, by the way, Luann’s every deepening voice is due to allergies. I’m glad to know that. Also, the person behind the counter was Miss Fame, whom I loved (as crazy as she is) from RuPaul’s drag race. She looked absolutely lovely, outdoing both Luann and Melissa.
I suspect her voice issues have something to do with the amount of cigarettes she’s smoking the years she has smoked and get age. Allergies? Really?
Well, yeah…she’s allergic to nicotine!
I believed her! What you are saying sounds more likely.
Now Kate, you know that snowstorms come at the height of allergy season….
🙂
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Localized blizzards seem to follow the Countess, along with VPR kids.
I’d almost forgotten about Melissa Gorga. I think she’s been humbled, between the beaver house, negative viewer reaction and the fact that they won’t even film the show without Tre.
Did you see Andy on Lipsync Battle? I thought he should have won. He certainly went all out.
For sure Andy should have wont! His presentations were far more animated and fun. I felt like maybe that was ‘expected from him’ and there for overlooked???! He’s never been a flamboyant homosexual but I do feel he was cheated!
Won*
I also think she handled the questions about their BS storylines well (her signing career, the garbage business). I’d turn ten shades of red if asked about something I pretended was so real. The recording studio? Her learning the garbage business because she was going to be the salesperson? Does NJ have more fake storylines than any other city?
Yep, Swizzle, those questions were typical Andy shade.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Willie was way better.
This should have been under Bren’s comment.
Melissa looked gorgeous. I want her shoes.
I laughed aloud when Luann said her voice is from allergies.
We both did. I honestly cannot believe Andy let that slide. It’s a smokers voice, and aging heavy multiple pack a day smokers voice. It’s just going to get worse.
She must have a great facialist. Smoking ages your skin faster than anything, and Luann looks fantastic. Hope she can lose the smokes before they take a toll.
Facialists, like psychopharmocologists, pet psychics, and umbrella handlers are all essential to a HWs well being.
I’ve always wanted an umbrella handler or two. When I win the lottery, I’m gonna go full on P Diddy.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Because I am significantly taller than El Esposo I am de facto umbrella handler.
Short people should not be allowed to hold umbrellas.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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