Melissa Gorga is deep in holiday mode and is already looking forward to the new year. The Real Housewives of New Jersey mom of three has had an incredibly busy 2025, between growing her career and reuniting with her sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice. But she just needs to get through the holiday season first to focus on 2026.
Melissa spoke with The Daily Dish at BravoCon 2025, where she detailed her plans for Thanksgiving. But she’s taking things one holiday at a time. “You know, I go to my sister’s every year for Thanksgiving, and we have not figured out Christmas yet,” she admitted. “We’re not there yet. We’re almost there.”
And the only store you’ll catch Melissa in on Black Friday is in her own boutique, Envy by MG. The entrepreneur has two locations of her store, both in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Huntington, New York. “I’ll be at Envy waiting for the shoppers to come in,” she explained. “It’s a busy day.”
Melissa Gorga shares her career goals for 2026
Melissa will be continuing to focus on her career in 2026. But, Melissa admitted to The Daily Dish that she has the same New Year’s resolution for herself every single year.
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“New Year’s resolution for me, every year I always say this for me, it’s just about leveling up business-wise,” she admitted. “For me, I always give myself a goal, and I hit it, usually of just how I can build the business a little bigger, how I can level it up a little bit. So that’s what I do.”
Melissa Gorga opens up about her reunion with Teresa Giudice
Melissa also has new family moments to look forward to in 2026 now that she and Teresa have officially reunited. The sisters-in-laws opened up about their reunion during BravoCon, noting that they were eager for this new chapter together.
“When you hit absolute rock bottom [in family situations]…there is a way back eventually,” Melissa said during the Housewife2Housewife: Legacy and Newbies panel at BravoCon on Sunday, Nov. 16.
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She continued, admitting that she is aware of the questions surrounding the reunion. “I know…there’s a lot of doubt…I understand there’s a lot of questions,” she noted. “The relief on my husband’s face when he came home from that conversation was all I needed to see.”
“It feels really good,” she added.
See what Teresa had to say about wanting Joe and Melissa’s kids back in her life.
— Reporting by Stephanie Gomulka
