Joe Gorgais rooting for his sisterTeresa Giudice‘s marriage.
TheReal Housewives of New Jersey‘s husbandJoe Giudiceis currentlyfighting his deportation orderfrom Italy, where hewas sent after being released from ICE custodyon Oct. 11. Teresa, meanwhile, remains in New Jersey with the couple’s four daughters: Gia, 18, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 13, and Audriana, 10.
Speaking toTooFab.comwhile out in Los Angeles over the weekend, Gorga and his wifeMelissasaid they were hopeful Teresa and Joe would stay together despite the challenges of living so far apart.
“He’s doing good,” said Gorga, confirming he had spoken with his brother-in-law since his arrival in Italy.
“They’re thousands of miles apart. It’s tough, man,” he acknowledged. “The kids will keep them together, we hope. We’ll see.”
Gorga, 40, has previously said that if Joe does get deported, Teresa and the kids won’t be joining him.
“If he goes to Italy, they’re not going,” he toldGood Day New Yorkearlier this year, adding that his sister “has no choice” but tobe prepared for a divorce.
“She has to be prepared,” he said. “What is she going to do?”
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A year ago, an immigration court ruled todeport Joe, 49, to hisnative Italyafter his prison sentence. (Even though he has lived in the United States since he was a child, henever obtained American citizenship, and immigrants can be deported if they are convicted of “a crime of moral turpitude” or an “aggravated felony,” according to U.S. law.)
Earlier this month, he wasgranted permissionto await the court’s final ruling, expected in November, from Italy.
“We are still fighting and it is his desire to return home to the United States to be reunited with his family,” his attorney recently said in a statement to PEOPLE.
And in a sneak peek at theseason 10 premiere, the mother of four questioned whether she was still in love, confessing she hadn’t “been happy in so long.”
Wednesday marked the couple’s20th wedding anniversary; they got married on Oct. 23, 1999. Teresa has yet to acknowledge the occasion on social media.
source: people.com
