Teresa Giudice Reveals She Reconciled with Cousins Kathy and Rosie: “It Was Very Nice”
Posted December 10, 2025
The happy family reunions keep on coming for The Real Housewives of New Jersey, with the latest involving a reconciliation between Teresa Giudice and her cousins.
On the Dec. 4 episode of her Turning the Tables podcast, Teresa revealed that shortly after she reconnected with her brother Joe Gorga and sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, she also got in touch with Kathy Wakile and Rosie Pierri. “I mean, my brother’s like my only family, besides Kathy and Rosie, in New Jersey. Like, that’s the only family I have,” Teresa began. “So, did I want to make up with my brother? Yes. He’s my blood, you know. I mean, I did reach out to Kathy, too. She was very nice.”
“Her daughter’s having a baby, so I was so happy for her,” she continued. “It was very nice, and then Kathy sent a beautiful text to both of us, to me and my brother, saying, ‘I’m so happy you guys made up.’”
As RHONJ fans well know, Kathy and her husband, Rich Wakile, appeared on RHONJ in various capacities from Seasons 2 to 7, with Kathy’s younger sister serving as a beloved guest of the series during her tenure.
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Where are Kathy Wakile and Rosie Pierri now?
Kathy and Rich, who share adult children Joseph Wakile and Victoria Wakile, are going strong after 35 years together. They’re expecting their first grandchild through Victoria and Victoria’s husband, Teddi Kosmidis.
As for Rosie, “She’s great,” Kathy reported last year on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. As seen on Rosie’s Instagram profile, she enjoys spending time with her and Kathy’s 84-year-old mother.
How Teresa Giudice and the Gorgas reconnected
The cousins’ reconciliation comes only weeks after Teresa and her husband of three years, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, healed their fractured relationship with Joe and Melissa. The reunion was a stepping stone in softening tensions between Teresa’s daughters (Gia, Gabriella, Milania, and Audriana) and the Gorga kids (Antonia, Gino, and Joey Jr.), too.
“I’m so grateful, and I’m so happy that, you know, because of all the attention, the kids haven’t seen each other, and I love my nephews,” Teresa said at BravoCon 2025. “One of them is my godson, Gino. And Antonia is the only niece that I have on my brother’s side. So I have a lot of nieces on my other side, my ex-husband’s side. But she’s my blood. So, I want them in my life.”
In April, Kathy was open to patching things up with Joe and Melissa, now that they have property on the same street.
