Joe Giudice had a busy weekend as he prepped for his highly anticipated reunion with his wife Teresa Giudice and their four kids. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 49 — who is living in his grandmother’s home in Sala Consilina, Salerno in Italy as he awaits the final appeal in his deportation ruling — spent Saturday night out to dinner with family and friends, including Teresa’s father Giacinto Gorga. Their time together was documented on Joe’s new Instagram account, which he went public with on Thursday. “Always a full table…” Joe captioned one group photo of he and Gorga dining together at a packed dinner table. On his Instagram Story, Joe uploaded a smiling photo of he and Gorga, tagging Teresa, 47. Another post on his Instagram page showed a gallery of pictures from Joe’s past few days, including shots captured as he shared drinks with his squad. “On the other side of the world,” he wrote, adding the hashtag “#FamilyAndFriends” as well as the phrase, “#ForgetAboutIt.” Image zoom Last week, Joe appeared in his first television interview since he went to prison in March 2016, chatting via satellite with Teresa in a Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen special. There, it was revealed that Teresa would be traveling to Italy this week to see Joe, alongside daughters Gia, 18, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 13, and Audriana, 10. The Giudice family reunion will be documented by Bravo cameras for a RHONJ special, Cohen said. A lot is riding on that reunion for Teresa and Joe. They both told Cohen they’re at a crossroads with their marriage, and would not be making any decisions until they spent some time together in person. “I’m waiting until I get there to see if I feel differently,” Teresa said. “I just feel like when you live apart. … He says the same thing, when he sees me, he may not want this either. We’ll know when we see each other.” Image zoom Both maintained that they still love each other. “Of course, she’s my wife. I’ve been with her a long time. No matter what happens, I’ll always love her,” Joe said. “I do love him as a person,” Teresa said. “I’ll start crying. I do care about him, I love him.” Still, Teresa again said she would have no choice but to divorce Joe if his deportation ruling is maintained. “I want to wake up with someone every single day,” Teresa said, explaining that her kids understood. “I think they get it. I don’t think they want to see it happen, obviously, but I think they understand. Because the way I explained it to them, how are we going to live apart? I don’t think he would be faithful. I think he would have someone there and have me here. I just don’t want to live that life.” “If we stay together, we stay together, if we don’t, we don’t,” Joe said. “It’s a conversation, we’ll see. … As long as she’s happy, that’s all that really matters. I’m not going to tell her what to do. If she doesn’t feel like she wants to be with me anymore, then that’s the thing to do.”
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