Teresa Giudice Denies Calling Niece, Melissa Gorga's Daughter, Antonia Ugly
Melissa Gorga, Jacqueline Laurita, Kathy Wakile and Caroline Manzo all spoke to Us Weekly recently about public enemy No. 1: Teresa Giudice. They said a lot of nasty things about Teresa in this week's issue of the magazine; however, no statement hurt Teresa more than Melissa claiming she called her daughter/Teresa's niece, Antonia, "ugly."
Melissa told the magazine that when Teresa learned her seven-year-old Antonia signed with a modeling agency she did not have anything nice to say. "Teresa called me and said, 'I heard Antonia got accepted.' Then she was like, 'Yeah, the ugly ones always get picked,'" Melissa told Us Weekly, according to RealityTea.
But on her personal blog, Teresa pleads for Melissa to stop bringing their children into the middle of this nasty fight in her post titled "My Darling BEAUTIFUL Niece."
"There were another million crazy hurtful untrue stories about me this week and I ignore them all, but one I can't ignore," Teresa wrote. "Again, Melissa is using our children in public, telling lies about them, to try and hurt me. Please Melissa, say whatever you want about me, but leave innocent children out of this!"
Teresa claimed that she wrote the blog post so that when Antonia is old enough to Google her name, she will see that her aunt never called her "ugly."
"I want Antonia to also see my response: it's absolutely NOT TRUE. I adore you Antonia, and I adore Gino and Joey. You are my blood. You are Gorgas. You are beautiful inside and out! Zia Teresa will always, ALWAYS love you and always be here for you with open arms."
Teresa explained she could never have said something so cruel because Antonia looks identical to her when she was a child.
"And Antonia, don't ever, ever let anyone tell you you are anything but BEAUTIFUL! Know how I know? Know how everyone knows this horrible story about me calling you "ugly" isn't true? Because you look just like me when I was a kid! To be honest, you look almost more like me than my own daughters. You are like a daughter to me and will always be in my heart. I love you Antonia! xx"
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So what did Melissa think about Teresa's blog post? On Oct. 8, she tweeted, "Did T seriously write a whole lying blog about my daughter? This is why I'm moving. Always about her. #enoughalready"
She told Us Weekly she is moving from her "dream home" because of Teresa.
"I moved to this town so my kids could go to school with their cousins, but after this I got really scared. I don't want them around anybody who is bashing their mother."
Who do you believe: Melissa or Teresa? Sound off in the comments below.
