Last week, we learned that a Joe Giudice reality show may be coming to Bravo.
It was surprising news, as Joe only begrudgingly participated in The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but sources say that with their top breadwinner behind bars, the Giudices are broke, and the payday offered by producers was apparently desperately needed.
The problem is, Joe was never exactly a fan favorite, and it seems Bravo execs are worried that no one will tune into a show that just focuses on Teresa’s widely-reviled house husband.
So in order to secure the deal (and help provide for her family while she’s locked up), Teresa reportedly signed on to allow her phone conversations with her family to be featured in the series. Unfortunately, she may have taken a major risk by doing so.
“Producers insisted that phone calls with Teresa be included in the footage,” a source tells Radar Online. “The family will be required to talk to Teresa on speaker phone, as well as to share any email correspondence they have with her.
“Cameras will also be mounted to the car to get footage of their visits to the prison…There will be no cameras allowed inside the prison, and prison officials will be monitoring the situation to make sure Teresa continues to obey all the rules.
“Failure to do so could result in her early release, scheduled for February 2016, to be nixed.”
Yes, the length of Teresa’s sentence depends largely on testimony that will be provided by prison officials, and she’s reportedly been informed that the best thing she can do to secure an early release is keep her head down and draw as little attention to Danbury Correctional as possible.
Teresa already sold her first prison photos to a tabloid, and now she’ll be participating in a sort of jailhouse documentary.
Sounds like she’s taking some dumb risks for a little extra cash, which is pretty much what landed her behind bars in the first place.
