Andy Cohen clarifies conversation with Teresa Giudice about leaving ‘RHONJ’

Andy Cohen clarifies conversation with Teresa Giudice about leaving ‘RHONJ’

Andy Cohen detailed a conversation he had with Teresa Giudice after he ignited rumors that she is leaving “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”

“Teresa said, ‘I need to talk to you about some things that are in the book,’ and I said, ‘OK’ … and we had a conversation off the stage, and she’s like, ‘You know, I didn’t quit the show at the last reunion,’ and I go, ‘That’s not what I said,’” he relayed.

“I just thought she was done and over it after the last reunion, and I believe I said something to her, and I think I even maybe said, ‘I don’t know, maybe you should step away. What do you think?’”

Cohen shared that he received a text message from Giudice a week after filming the reunion in which she wrote, “‘I’m not leaving the show, and I never want to leave the show.’”

Cohen likely assumed Giudice wanted a break from the show as she has been embroiled in a lengthy on-again, off-again feud with her brother, Joe Gorga, and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga.

“I started the show,” she told People last year. “I’m never going to give that to anyone because I’m the one that started the show.”

However, Giudice has been forced to take a break, as “RHONJ” has been put “on pause” amid her family drama.

Andy Cohen clarifies conversation with Teresa Giudice about leaving ‘RHONJ’ Andy Cohen clarifies conversation with Teresa Giudice about leaving ‘RHONJ’