Joe Giudice isn’t holding back after a recent episode of Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons suggested his ex-wife, Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, played a key role in the couple’s legal troubles that landed them both in prison.
The episode revisits the couple’s high-profile fraud case and features IRS official Jonathan Larsen, who claimed agents were tipped off to Joe and Teresa’s alleged crimes after watching RHONJ back in 2012. The episode even revisits a past interview with former RHONJ cast member Caroline Manzo, who was often accused of snitching on the Giudices. In the resurfaced clip, Manzo declares she’s been “vindicated.”
Joe, 52, quickly responded in the comments of a TikTok video about the episode, blasting the whole thing as fake.
“Full of sh*t,” Joe wrote, as seen in a repost shared by Instagram accounts Bambi and StillTreFab. “Not even real agents, that’s a made-up video. Get a job. None of that is true.”
On Hollywood Demons, IRS Criminal Investigation Director Jonathan Larsen claimed the case against Joe and Teresa began after agents saw Teresa casually spending large sums of money on the show. He alleged the couple submitted fake documents on mortgage applications and lied about their income and employment.
“We identified one loan application way before the show aired. She supplied pay stubs for a job that didn’t exist,” Larsen said. “Later, she claimed to be a realtor earning $15,000 a month—also completely fabricated.”
Larsen also revealed that Joe and Teresa hadn’t filed tax returns for at least eight years, from 2000 to 2008. “After the first season in New Jersey, they filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and underreported their income,” he said.
The episode also reignited drama around Caroline Manzo’s past comments. In a throwback interview with Andy Cohen, she said, “I don’t think they would’ve gone to prison if it weren’t for the show.” She also made a cryptic prediction years ago on RHONJ: “Something may happen where maybe someone has to go somewhere.”
Teresa has previously accused Caroline of tipping off the IRS. “Her hand was definitely in the cookie jar,” Teresa once said.
But Caroline denied any involvement. “That’s crazy. How would I know something like that?” she told Andy. “I just observe behavior. I’ve heard people say I called the IRS. My God. Who could do that to someone with little kids?”
Caroline ended the interview by saying, “Teresa’s problem with me is that I’m her truth—and sometimes, people just can’t handle that.”
