Teresa Aprea is under fire for her comments about the embattled Teresa Giudice on Sunday’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 6 Episode 14.
Aprea’s remarks regarding the jail-bound Giudice sparked intense backlash online, and she tried to walk them back later on Watch What Happens Live.
Declaring that she and Giudice are in a better place since the time in which the finale was filmed, she said she was coming from a place of anger then.
A place she is no longer in, Aprea insists.
Venting about the rumor Giudice allegedly spread – that her husband Rino banged her mom – she let loose on Giudice in a testimonial on the season finale.
Aprea boasted that Giudice’s family had been “destroyed” as result of her bad karma after she “s–t all over [Aprea’s] family” by spreading the rumor.
“Karma’s a bitch, clink, clink,” Aprea told the Bravo cameras, even going so far as to mimic her wrists clanking together, as if she were being handcuffed.
If you haven’t seen this for yourself, watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey online and the highlights above because we really can’t do it justice.
In the wake of Teresa Giudice’s 15-month prison sentence, many viewers were upset that Aprea went there. Some of the choice Twitter reactions:
- Disgusting … straight trash. Teresa G has more class [in] her pinky than either Teresa A or Nicole
- Oh my gosh. Teresa Aprea just showed she is a disgusting human being. Just trash! #RHONJ
- @teresaA_RHONJ What a horrible thing to say about @Teresa_Giudice I think a lot less of you now.
- I really thought I was going to like the twins @teresaA_RHONJ @RHONJTwins but I can’t stand mean people #adultbullying
On Watch What Happens Live, she was much more empathetic, while explaining that the context of that testimonial was different than right now.
“I must say, we’re OK right now and we’re in a good place, I did apologize,” Aprea said, noting that at the time, Teresa had yet to actually be sentenced.
Her comments, she said, “came from a place of anger,” but were justified in her mind based on the nature of the rumors about her mother and husband.
“Like we know, the tongue can [help] or it can destroy,” Teresa Aprea said. “It was mean, it was a little harsh, but I did apologize and I did address the situation.”
What do you think? Did Teresa Giudice even deserve an apology? Did she deserve the blame for spreading that rumor in the first place? Discuss below!
