Teresa Giudice’s On-Air Meltdown Over Tax Bill in Painful Interview

Teresa Giudice had an on-air meltdown when she was quizzed on her tax woes during a painfully awkward interview on Friday,

The Real Housewives star, 52, who along with husband Luis Ruelas was hit with millions in tax liens this year, hung up after she was asked why she ‘didn’t pay her taxes for years’ in an incendiary moment.

The interview on Chicago’s WGN News began pleasantly enough as the star was asked if she would be appearing in The Real Housewives of New Jersey reboot, to which she responded: ‘I hope. I’m the OG, yes. So we’ll see what happens.

You’ll have to ask Bravo for that.’

However, her smile soon faded as host Larry Potash quipped: ‘How is it that a family doesn’t pay their taxes for years?’

Giudice – who served 11 months in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud in 2015 –  asked who he was referring to, and when Potash responded ‘your family’ her reaction was swift.

Teresa Giudice had an on-air meltdown when she was quizzed on her tax woes during a painfully awkward interview on Friday

The Real Housewives star, 52, who along with husband Luis Ruelas was hit with millions in tax liens this year, hung up after she was asked why she ‘didn’t pay her taxes for years’ in an incendiary moment – pictured 2023

A visibly raging Giudice then said: ‘Okay, I’m done now’ before fumbling to hang up her phone. 

In March it was revealed that reality star Giudice and Ruelas, 49, had over $3 million in New Jersey state tax liens placed on them.

Tax liens are a legal claim made on a person’s assets if they fail or refuse to fully pay their taxes. If they fail to pay the amount of the judgment, the government would be able to seize their assets.

According to the New Jersey Courts website, Teresa owes $303,889.20 in unpaid taxes in a judgement that was entered on March 20.

Luis owes several times that amount, after a judgment saying he owes $2,569,842.06 was entered on March 6.

That amount is on top of an earlier lien issued on December 12, 2024, for $163,523.94 in unpaid taxes.

Teresa’s former husband Joe Giudice was jailed for 41 months after he plead guilty in 2014 to 41 counts of bank, mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud.

He also admitted to not filing a tax return from 2004 through 2008.

The interview on Chicago’s WGN News began pleasantly enough as the star was asked if she would be appearing in The Real Housewives of] New Jersey reboot, to which she responded: ‘I hope. I’m the OG, yes. So we’ll see what happens’

However, her smile soon faded as host Larry Potash quipped: ‘How is it that a family doesn’t pay their taxes for years?’

Giudice – who served 11 months in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud in 2015 – asked who he was referring to, and when Potash responded ‘your family’ her reaction was swift

She hung up as the baffled hosts laughed

Following his sentence, Joe was forced to move to Italy ahead of deportation hearings.

Teresa was ultimately sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.