The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s Teresa Giudice gave fans the latest on her ex-husband and the father of her four daughters, Joe Giudice. Yes, that includes intel on his dating life in the Bahamas, where he lives.
On the Housewife2Housewife: A New Lease on Wife panel at BravoCon 2025, Teresa delved into her former husband’s life now and discussed where the once-married couple stands today. “You know what? He’s in the girls’ lives. The girls love him. He’s a good dad and, you know, we do get along now. We always did get along …. We still talk now, but he lives in the Bahamas, and I live in Jersey, so I wish him well,” she said. “And he’s dating a lawyer, so I’m happy for him.”
This wouldn’t be the first lawyer Joe dated. In 2020, after his and Teresa’s divorce and about one year after he was initially deported to his birth country of Italy following his 2014 federal fraud conviction, Joe was romantically involved with a lawyer. They broke up one year later.
Joe Giudice’s daughters react to his dating life
Teresa and Joe’s eldest, Next Gen NYC’s Gia Giudice, confirmed on her Casual Chaos podcast in August that Joe was dating a “sweet” woman named Margie. As for Gia’s younger sisters, Gabriella Giudice, Milania Giudice, and Audriana Giudice, Gia said they all “love” their dad’s new girlfriend. As Gia said, “Margie’s amazing.”
There has been no word whether Margie is the lawyer Teresa recently mentioned.
Prior, in January, Joe was involved in a two-plus-year relationship with a Canadian woman named Keri, as Joe explained to InTouch Weekly. At the time, he said, “She’s great. We never fight. She’s just good. Just an all-around good person … She’s caring, she’s pretty. It works. She’s a very classy, smart, good woman.”
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A timeline of Teresa and Joe Giudice’s relationship
Teresa and Joe married in late 1999 and divorced after 20 years of marriage, as heavily featured in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
The mom of four and cookbook author would later say she knew their marriage was over following the 2017 passing of her mother, and cited her and Joe’s federal fraud convictions for which Teresa spent 11 months in prison. “I was so devastated because I felt like I lost time with my mom, which I did,” she said in an August 2024 episode of her podcast, Turning The Tables with Teresa Giudice.
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Following their split, Teresa found love again with Luis “Louie” Ruelas. They have been married since 2022.
Joe Giudice addresses getting back together with Teresa Giudice
Five years after divorcing, Joe teased a possible reconciliation with Teresa in an August episode of Gia’s podcast. “Knock on wood, if mom and Luis ever broke up, would you and mom ever consider getting back together?” she asked her dad.
“Well, listen, I’ll always be your mom’s friend, no matter what,” Joe answered. “You know what I mean? So it doesn’t matter. I mean, I’ll always be the same with her no matter what.”
That said, “I mean, listen, you can never say never,” he continued. “I mean, maybe if we’re still alive when we’re 90, I don’t know, we’ll see. I mean, in life, you never know, but right now, I’m happy.”
Joe has the utmost respect for Luis, once referring to him as a “good guy.”
