Teresa Giudice (born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
On December 23, 2015, she was released from federal prison after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud, while her husband and four daughters resided in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey. She is known for her extravagant lifestyle and highly publicized financial and legal troubles leading up to her prison sentence.
Her husband, born Giuseppe but called Joe, began his 41-month sentence on March 23, 2016
Teresa Giudice Says She Hopes To Make New Husband Luis Ruelas 'Proud' on 'DWTS' (Exclusive)
etonline.comballroom might be known for its packed crowds, but Teresa Giudice only has her sights set on one pair of watchful eyes. The star joins the season 31 cast of just one month after her glamorous wedding to Luis Ruelas, and now she says she's determined to make him proud. «Right after my wedding, I feel bad because it takes up a lot of time,» Giudice told ET of the long rehearsal days ahead. «But Luis is really supporting me a million percent, he's so happy for me and he's going to be cheering me on.» She added, «He's Latino so he knows how to move so I've got to make him proud.» Giudice said first invited her to compete almost a decade ago when she was released from prison in 2015 following her fraud conviction. «It just didn’t work out because I had to film ,» she explained, «and then it came back around years later so I guess it was really meant to be.» Though she has no formal dance training, Giudice stays active with yoga and hopes that the strength it brings will work to her advantage on the dance floor.
She and her partner, veteran pro Pasha Pakhov, haven’t been able to start rehearsals yet in the aftermath of her wedding. Other contestants — including Selma Blair, who impressed fans for competing amid her MS diagnosis -- told ET they've been underway with practice for a while now. «I kind of had a little month honeymoon, and now I’m back and I’m getting down,» Giudice said. «It's getting serious and I'm going to give it my all a million percent.» The pair was headed to their first four-hour rehearsal shortly after they spoke to ET on Thursday morning, and Giudice remained determined to impress on night one of competition.
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