REAL Housewives of New Jersey’s Joe and Teresa Giudice argued over their pre-nup ahead of their split last month.
The pair revealed that they never wanted to get married as they fought in front of their 18-year-old daughter Gia in the latest episode of the reality show.
In the programme, which was filmed before Joe’s deportation to Italy, 47-year-old Teresa had taken Gia prom dress shopping.
The star called Joe from the store – with her husband irritable as he spoke from an ICE detention centre.
He ended up complaining about the amount of money Teresa spent shopping, with her hitting back that he’d never been rich.
She sniped: “It’s not like I was marrying a friggin’ millionaire.
“I was marrying nothing.”
Opening up some more in a confessional, Teresa explained to viewers that one week before they tied the knot 20 years ago, Joe had made her sign a pre-nup agreement.
She was left so angry by his request that she almost called off the entire thing, sharing: “I just feel like when you love someone, you don’t do that.
“I wasn’t going to go through with it, but being Italian, you know, I have old-school parents, that’s an embarrassing thing to call off a wedding.
“I didn’t even read it, I just said: ‘I want you to put one thing in there: If you ever cheat, prenup goes void’.”
During their telephone conversation, Joe seethed: “Oh my God, you and your stupidity.
“You know what? You want me to say it now? Alright, you and this stupid prenup that you keep bringing up? I didn’t want to get married, alright?”
Gia looked understandably uncomfortable throughout the confrontation, eventually snapping at her mum to put the issue to bed as she moaned: “That’s your personal business with my father, so enough.”
Just before Christmas, The Sun Online confirmed that Joe and Teresa had officially called time on their relationship.
The pair’s marriage had been particularly rocked in recent months after Joe was deported to his native Italy following his and Teresa’s convictions on various counts of fraud in 2014.
Shortly afterwards, Teresa and their four daughters flew to Italy for an emotional reunion.
During an interview with Bravo host Andy Cohen, Teresa admitted this was a make-or-break trip for the couple.
An insider told Radar Online that the reunion was not a success, and Teresa decided to end the relationship after returning to New Jersey.
The separation is said to be “amicable,” and Joe has started dating again already, a source added to People.
The pair, who were childhood sweethearts and married in 1999, are parents to Gia, 15-year-old Gabriella, Milania, 14, and 10-year-old Audriana.
In October, Joe asked to return to Italy ahead of a final legal decision on his latest deportation appeal.
Joe was born in Lombardy and though he emigrated to the US as a child he didn’t ever obtain American citizenship – and when he and Teresa were both convicted of various counts of fraud in 2014, he became vulnerable to being deported.
The couple served back-to-back sentences in prison, but after Joe completed his 36-month stint in prison he was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
While Joe served three years in federal prison, Teresa was inside for just over 11 months, and was released in December 2015.
