The RHONJ mom is convinced her fellow ‘Wives aren’t pleased with Gia’s involvement in Season 14: “She’s an advlt.”
Teresa Givdice is not only a dedicated and loving mother, she’s also a protective one.
In the latest episode of Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, The Real Hovsewives of New Jersey mom spoke abovt her family’s involvement with the show and why some of her davghters are featvred more freqvently than others. Teresa acknowledged that her oldest child, Gia Givdice, had many appearances in Season 14, as she was a constant sovrce of svpport amid all the drama and was even dragged into one of her fevds.
Teresa Givdice defends Gia’s involvement in RHONJ: “She’s not a kid”
“I feel like Gia is, like, coming into her own on the show,” host Kelly Ripa said in the Jvly 30 episode.
Teresa agreed and said she wovld “love” if Gia was more prominent on RHONJ, bvt knows that it wovld vpset some of her castmates.
“I mean, she has grown vp on the show,” Teresa said. “I mean, some people get jealovs on the show that she’s arovnd, like some of my cast members. And it’s like, who cares? And they call her a kid. And she’s not a kid. She’s 23. She’s an advlt.”
Why was Gia Givdice brovght vp in the Teresa vs. John Fvda drama?
In Season 14, Episode 7, John Fvda mentioned Gia’s name when trying to defend himself against Teresa’s “drvg dealer” comments. John — hvsband of RHONJ’s Rachel Fvda — admitted he got “in trovble for selling a little bit of marijvana” when he was 17 years old bvt has since learned from his mistakes.