KEY POINTS

  • Joe Giudice slammed Joe Gorga after the latter picked a fight with his eldest daughter
  • Giudice told his former brother-in-law to “grow up” amid the controversy
  • Giudice added that without him, Gorga wouldn’t have made it anywhere in life

Joe Giudice slammed Joe Gorga amid his reunion with his daughters and after the trailer for the all-new season of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” was released.

The 49-year-old took to Instagram Wednesday to relay a strong message for his former brother-in-law, 42. Giudice shared a snap showing him and his eldest daughter, Gia, 20, smiling to the camera, while a small photo of Gorga’s head was placed below them.

“GROW UP, JOE GORGA!” Giudice wrote in the caption and provided a link to an exclusive interview he did with Celebuzz.

In the article published by the entertainment website, Giudice called out his ex-wife Teresa Giudice’s brother for picking a fight with his eldest daughter, as seen in the trailer for the reality show.

“He should be embarrassed after all I’ve done for him, his family, his parents, and everything else,” Giudice told the outlet of Gorga. “And he continues to be a jack—s saying things about me in front of my kids in public.”

When the trailer for “RHONJ” Season 12 was released last month, fans were stunned to see Gorga talking bad about Giudice in front of the latter’s kids and other people.

“She looks at me like I’m the devil,” Gorga said as the trailer cut to a scene showing Gia giving her uncle a piercing look.

“Their father was the devil,” Gorga exclaimed in front of other people, and this prompted Gia to fire back at him.

“That’s when I walk away from you,” she said while turning around and walking away from the conversation, leaving her uncle shocked.

“I mean, it doesn’t make any sense. He’s obviously lost his marbles. He doesn’t make any sense at all,” Giudice said in his new interview while discussing Gorga’s issue with him and his daughters.

“Without me he still would be climbing trees, cutting branches. He should grow up,” Giudice finally said.

Meanwhile, Giudice, Gia and his other daughters, Gabriella 17, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 12, had an early birthday celebration for Gia while they were still there in the Bahamas with him.

The eldest Giudice daughter is turning 21 on Saturday, Jan. 8, but she and her sisters celebrated it early with their dad on Jan. 2. Giudice shared an Instagram video of them singing “Happy Birthday” to Gia as she blew out a candle on top of her strawberry cake, Bravo TV reported early this week.

The Giudice siblings visited their dad in the Bahamas to ring in the New Year with him, while their mother, Teresa, welcomed 2022 with her fiancé, Luis Ruelas, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

“RHONJ” Season 2 is set to premiere on Feb. 1.

Teresa and daughters
Pictured: (L-R) Gabriella Giudice, Gia Giudice, Teresa Giudice, Milania Giudice and Audriana Giudice attend Antonia Gorga's Sweet 16 Birthday Celebration on August 19, 2021 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Manny Carabel/Getty Images for ABA