Melissa Gorga Talks Sharing Marriage Issues On 'RHONJ,' Jennifer Aydin Drama

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Melissa Gorga opened up about sharing her marital issues with husband Joe Gorga on the 11th season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" during a recent interview with Gibson Johns for "In The Know."

Before addressing her on-screen drama with cast mate Jennifer Aydin, a close friend of her sister-in-law and co-star, Teresa Giudice, Gorga admitted that filming their marriage struggles was something new for her and Joe.

“For Joe and I, obviously you guys have seen the trailer, it’s a little different for him and I this year," she shared.

"It’s very real for us," she continued. "It’s not that we were ever hiding anything before. I’ve shown throughout the years that, as I worked a little bit more, it stressed him out, and we were having small difficulties that we were working through."

According to Gorga, she and Joe went through ups and downs amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We truly got to a level which I feel like every marriage has [with] its ups and downs — there’s always a year or two where you go through it — and the truth is that we were really going through it this summer," she said. 

 "I was at my wits end with him, and I think I let it show,” Melissa added.

In the trailer for "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," Gorga was seemingly accused of giving a restaurant owner her number behind Joe's back. Then, during another moment in the teaser, Joe was seen telling her, for unknown reasons, that if she did something, he would never talk to her again. 

Also during her interview with Johns, Gorga opened up about the drama she faced with Aydin during season 11.

“What’s funny about Jennifer is that what she tends to come after me for, I’m never even looking her way. She’s like, ‘You gonna find a mirror? Do you love yourself today? We know you think you’re the queen.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m not even looking at you or speaking to you. I don’t care if you’re in the room or not. How ’bout that?’" Gorga stated. 

Gorga went on to reveal that while she wants to like Aydin, Aydin can't seem to stop talking negatively about her and bringing drama her way. 

"I want to like her, because she has this funny vibe that I want to like, and when she wants to be nice, she is so nice," Gorga admitted. 

"[Jennifer Aydin] cannot help herself to constantly say things," Gorga revealed. "I don’t know what she’s trying to say, but that is all her. I don’t even look her way when it comes to that. Sometimes she can be quirky and funny and most of the time she can’t read the room. She has no filter either, so I have this love/hate relationship with Jennifer.”

To see more of Gorga, Aydin, and their cast mates, don't miss new episodes of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season 11 on Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.