Joe And Melissa Gorga Address ‘Devastating’ Decision To Skip Teresa Giudice’s Wedding

Joe and Melissa Gorga finally explain why they skipped Teresa Guidice’s wedding.

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Joe and Guidice are siblings, and yet nobody in his and Melissa’s family attended the wedding.

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Guidice married Ruelas on August 6th, in a beautiful ceremony that was held in New Jersey.

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Melissa said there are many reasons why it would have been weird for her and Joe to attend the wedding

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Melissa and Joe insist that they wish the newlyweds all the best.

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Joe said skipping the wedding was “so, so hard” because Guidice is his last surviving close family.

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At their wedding, they toasted their supporters, and Guidice called them her “chosen family.”

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Melissa and Joe didn’t share the full details, but they did hint at events from the reality show reunion.

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Sources had previously confirmed to People that the couple would skip the wedding.

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