While there is no new episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey tonight, the tumult rages on! Teresa Giuidce can’t keep her family drama out of the media for a second. First it’s her brother, then her husband, and now her daughter! Wherever Teresa goes, it seems chaos follows. However, despite appearances things aren’t as bad as they seem!

Our source tells Reality Tea EXCLUSIVELY that no matter what happens Teresa remains loyal to her husband Joe Giudice and will never divorce him! “Teresa will never leave Joe. She worships him,” our source shares. But it goes deeper than Teresa just loving her husband – apparently it’s also about her pride. “Plus, she will never let anyone see her fail at anything, including her marriage.”

Despite Joe‘s less than appealing behavior this season – including last week’s episode where he threatened to leave Teresa – is apparently the result of pressure from the show and from the media. “Joe’s behavior is off the wall due to all the TV pressure and family drama,” our source explains.

“Joe doesn’t like drama and never starts problems. He is quick to forgive and move on. Joe is not a mean person. His anger and frustration are a result of the show.” Joe may be a wonderful man, but that doesn’t take away from his DUI and his pending trial which could land him in prison for up to 10 years!

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“[Joe] cannot stand all the back and forth and he cannot forgive Joey and Melissa [Gorga] for joining the show. Bravo wanted new cast members who would go up against Teresa and her own brother and sister in law sold her out,” our source alleges.

And that is what caused Joe‘s outburst last week. “The Guidice family may have many issues of their own, but when push comes to shove they defend their own. They also stick by each others side. Joe cannot wrap his head around how they could do this to their own family.”

Even better, Joe is apparently not the broke, pathetic loser the media has scripted him to be. “Teresa is not the only one making money. Those reports of him being
jealous of her are not true. Joe is bringing money in and taking care of his family.” Doing what I can only imagine. I’ve heard a rumor that he is making wine. Ugh Which I would gladly review for Reality Tea’s Booze ‘N’ Book Club!

Moving on RadarOnline is now reporting that Caroline Manzo‘s feud with Teresa is getting nastier by the second! Caroline is supposedly sick of the drama. And that drama happens to go by the name: Teresa! “She thought being on a reality show would be fun, but it’s just been drama, lies, deception and scandal.”

And Caroline has decided the drama has got to go, but rather than leave the show, she’s allegedly trying to force Teresa out of the cast! “Caroline is sick of the drama that Teresa brings,” a Bravo source reveals. “But more than that, she’s jealous because she knows [Teresa] is the bigger star.”

“It’s Teresa who appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, it’s Teresa who gets all the magazine covers and it’s Teresa that is perceived as the star of the show. Caroline hates it and would love nothing more than to get rid of Teresa… for good!” Um… wowzers! Maybe somebody needs to read Caroline a book about being a sore loser. I nominate Gia!

“She’s been trying to get the other ladies to all gang up on Teresa and make some kind of ultimatum of ‘Teresa or us’ to Bravo producers, she believes that could work, but I think she is seriously underestimating the star power of Teresa,” the source adds. This is reportedly one of the tactics the ladies used to get Danielle Staub ousted from the cast. Caroline and co. have been tweeting the RHONJ producers a lot as of late…

Sadly, Caroline‘s plan may backfire. According to Teresa the source, “Bravo knows that Teresa is the one that viewers tune in to watch — either love her or hate her, people love to watch her and her drama and there’s no way they are going to lose her. Caroline, they could care less about. She doesn’t really deliver anything and they wouldn’t really care either way if she left or stayed.” Ouch. Not sure I totally believe that as Andy Cohen seems to be quite buddy-buddy with the Manzo clan.

The source assures that Caroline has no chance of winning against Teresa! “Put it this way, Caroline is really picking the wrong fight if she thinks she can push Teresa off the show. It just isn’t happening.”

It seems Teresa is starting to get wise to Caroline‘s tactics! Maybe because she joined her in using them against Danielle? After Jacqueline Laurita‘s blog insulting her parenting and her daughter, Teresa was reportedly furious. And she is blaming Caroline for Jacqueline’s suddenly nasty behavior towards her. “Teresa is convinced Caroline was behind Jacqueline’s blog,” the source shares. “She knows how sneaky and underhanded Caroline can be and how she loves to stir up trouble.”

“Teresa is going to get to the bottom of this either way, and she will not take it laying down, you can guarantee you are going to see some major fallout over this whole blog mess.”

What. A. Mess. Gotta say, I’m kinda happy there’s no new episode tonight. I need a break from these ladies! Whew!

IS JOE GIUDICE A NICE GUY WHO IS MISREPRESENTED ON THE SHOW? DO YOU BELIEVE CAROLINE IS TRYING TO FORCE TERESA OFF THE SHOW? WILL SHE BE SUCCESSFUL?

If you’re a child of the 90s (like me), you may have become hooked on reality television via MTV’s groundbreaking (at the time) show, The Real World. While the show has now become what television critic Andy Denhart calls a “frat party,” when it first aired it was a far more interesting look into the lives of people in their 20s. In Denhart’s Daily Beast article, he nails it when he points out that in the past, you had to have a life to get on the show, and now getting on the show is your life.

The Real World’s first few seasons made an attempt to be socially aware; who can forget Season 1′s Kevin Powell arguing in the street with the “fish out of water” cast mate Julie over race issues? That would literally be unheard of in the Real World that exists today unless major amounts of alcohol were involved. Denhart says the major turning point for the series was its first Las Vegas season, the one at the Palms that gave the world one of its biggest D-listers, Trishelle Cannatella, and I would agree. Here is where I just had to tune out, and where most people apparently started to tune in.

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From that moment, The Real World was all about partying, all the time. They gave up the pretense of fake companies and fake jobs, and they certainly stopped trying to raise awareness like they did when they cast Pedro Zamora who was HIV positive. Its easy to see how the show’s predecessors, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Jersey Shore, etc just copied the formula: cast a bunch of kids no one had ever heard of who weren’t that interesting, film them in fake situations, and let their unspoken notoriety become the show’s new tension.

Whatever the motivation is now, the show continues, picking up new viewers, ostensibly young teens who want to think living in a tricked out mansion with literally nothing to do all day but drink and flirt with your hot housemates is a real thing to aspire to. Its upcoming season, number 27 was filmed in St Thomas and MTV has already started posting teasers to their Remote Control blog.

As for me, I thought we could take a walk down memory lane and share some of my favorite Real World moments, in no particular order:

1. The Dan vs Melissa show down in Real World Miami (so much drama due to stills from the movie Birdcage!)

2. On Real World Boston, one of the most depressing seasons due to the weather, Montana gets a text message ON HER PAGER that her boyfriend is breaking up with her. She calls him back and it’s not pretty. The roommates listen in and provide commentary:

3. Any Real World fan knows the below scene by heart. It’s what happened when cast member Irene of Real World Seattle left the house early and got herself slapped by cast mate Stephen.

DO YOU STILL WATCH THE REAL WORLD? WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS THROUGH OUT THE YEARS?

I’ll have to admit that I, unlike Slade Smiley, left the O.C. for a while.  Oh, I still watched (like one of Pavlov’s dogs when the first few tings of the theme music begins), but I was indifferent to it.  Lauri Waring was gone.  A once biting but funny Tamra Barney became just down right mean, ladies whose names I can’t even remember (Quinn who?) and women whose faces didn’t move were shuffled in and out, and, well, Slade stayed.  I was tired.  But then something amazing happened in the form of this season.

I’m not going to give all the credit to Dr. and Mrs. Disgustingly Rich and Fabulous but Incredibly Normal Dubrow (aka Heather), although they deserve a bunch.  This season on Real Housewives of Orange County, I’ve got Briana Culberson giving hell to her mom’s love tank and affirmation hoarding beau.  My hilariously crass, semi-trashy, rhinestone-studded Tamra is back with a vengeance, and–even better–she’s friends with a kooky Gretchen Rossi.  Minus a few extras (and even Jesus Barbie brings at least one laugh an episode), the show is actually fun again.  But I digress.  Let’s dish deets on the wedding ceremony of one of my current favorite housewives, Briana.  Okay, so technically she’s the daughter of a housewife, but she’s now more of one than her mom!

Briana and mom Vicki Gunvalson spoke with Star/RadarOnline.com about Briana’s big day…which was a long time coming for Vicki.  Viewers are watching weekly the relationship between Briana and Vicki get increasingly tense after Briana and supposed boyfriend Ryan Culberson drop the bomb that they got hitched in Vegas at a drive-thru wedding chapel.

Vicki tells the magazine, “My anger and my disappointment at what Briana did almost destroyed our relationship.  We didn’t speak for two months. But time heals, and our relationship is stronger than ever.”

Briana agrees, “My mom has been amazing. It’s been really fun planning the wedding with her and just having her by my side.”

The ceremony took place on May 12 at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara.  The bride wore a gown of Italian lace and carried a bouquet of roses as the pair read their vows at sunset.  Missing from the guest list?  Vicki’s castmates.  She explains, “[I]t had to be about Briana and Ryan. It is not my party.”

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“The wedding was very intimate and very personal and different,” gushes Briana. “We are so excited because it turned out just the way we wanted it!”  Congrats again!

And because everything can’t be all catered soirees and chandeliers, let’s move on to Tamra getting real with Alexis Bellino.  She asked her to though, right?  In an interview with WetPaint.com, Tamra talks about her uncomfortable (to say the least) meeting with Alexis, her involvement of Terry, and where everyone stands now.

What was it like to finally sit down with Alexis and tell her how you feel about her?
I guess it was kind of a relief. You know, I never wanted to meet with her. She asked twice before and I said no both times, but then she asked again and I finally agreed. We both had this nervous energy going into it. I had no idea what she wanted.

Why do you think she’s fake?
I think she’s as phony as they come. But you don’t see a whole lot of it on the show, which can be frustrating. On the show, she’s harmless. But in real life, it’s a different story. Off-camera, that’s not who she is.

How did it feel when she asked you to “be authentic” with her?
I took great insult to that. As a five-year cast member on this show, I am as authentic as they come. I show the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’m not the richest or the prettiest, but I put it all out there. That’s what drives me crazy about her. Why can’t she just be herself?

Do you feel bad about the way things went?
A little bit, but when someone says “Tell me what you think,” they need to be prepared. If you ask, I’m going to tell you.

Do you feel bad about telling her that Terry Dubrow, Heather’s husband, also said she was phony?
Oh god, that opened a can of worms. What happened was Alexis kept pushing me and pushing me. She said, “Who else thinks I’m fake? Give me examples.” She wouldn’t let it go. So finally I said, “Terry Dubrow met you for ten minutes and said you were the phoniest person he’s ever seen.” I felt immediately bad after. I kind of tossed him under the bus.

Was there a fallout?
I actually went to his office and I said, listen I have to tell you about something I did. He was like, okay. But Heather wasn’t happy with me for a little while. She knew I didn’t make it up…but she wasn’t thrilled. We’re fine now though.

It looks like the subject is far from dropped, though. Previews for the trip to Costa Rica show you guys hashing it out with Alexis…
We had a phony intervention with her. Listen, it’s a problem and it’s something everyone wanted to talk to her about. We said, “Let’s talk to her. Let’s try to get through to her.” We attempted to talk to her. As you’ll see, it doesn’t go well. But it was something we had planned on doing.

You recently tweeted that filming just wrapped. What kind of vibe is there among the cast right now?
I’ll be honest with you — most of the cast is not speaking. Gretchen and Heather and I stay close. But the rest of us aren’t talking to each other. Everyone has their own issues.
For Vicki and I, the season finale is pretty strong. We didn’t end it on good note. I think the reunion is going to stir up a lot of emotions. I’m hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

That’s my crazy Tam, speaking her mind.  I know I’ll get lots of flack from commenters, but I love a humble, yet feisty Tamra…she’s been away for so long!  I truly believe that the most laid back and drama-free (I would have never said that about Tam a year ago) are finally getting to enjoy one another’s company.  Oddly enough, this is the only franchise for which I have strong feelings.  Normally with the Bravo Housewives they all get on my last nerve for the sake of entertainment.

Tamra takes to her Bravo blog to issue a more public apology for throwing Terry under the bus with Alexis.  She says that she wishes she had just left the faceoff as her versus Alexis, but she felt like her hand was being forced.  Not sure if I believe that…we all know how Tamra likes to stir up some shiz!  Her mea culpa follows:

Most of all, I am sorry for repeating what Gretchen told me [about Terry saying Alexis was fake]. After 45 minutes of arguing with [Alexis] I was so frustrated, and it just came out of mouth. I threw Terry under the bus and that was not cool. I am truly sorry for that.

I will end this post saying these women are some of the most real among the franchise, in my opinion (IN MY OPINION! ).  Do I think Vicki is genuine?  Most definitely.  Intense?  By all means.  But I think Gretchen and Tamra have gotten to a place where they are just being themselves, love them or hate them.  That said…Alexis?  I think she has a genuine heart, but feels the need to put forth a front…if she let that down, I think she’d fit in much better in the O.C.

TELL US-WELL WISHES FOR BRIANA’S CEREMONY?  THOUGHTS ON TAMRA’S INTERVIEW?  WHICH OF THE WOMEN WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO BEFRIEND?  NONE IS A TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE ANSWER! 

Our favorite reality TV stars can’t get enough of the spotlight during their regularly scheduled time slots, so they take to Twitter to share even more with us. And we love them for it! Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite photos from the Twitterverse this week! Enjoy!

Above: Nene Leakes shared: “RT @iamjennifer: Lunchin wit my ATL girls @neneleakes & @cynthiabailey10! Many laughs!”

Below you’ll find Twitter pics from Melissa Gorga, Teresa Giudice, Alexis Bellino, Renee Graziano, Kathy Wakile, Lisa Vanderpump, Kim Zolciak, Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi and more!

Photo Credit: NeNe’s Twitter

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“I also met this pretty Momma! @krisjenner what a doll & a great personality! Xo ”

Photo Credit: Melissa’s Twitter

“My Memorial Day “Fedorable” is here just in time for summer! So excited to bring it to you before July 4! Love you all!”

Photo Credit: Alexis Twitter

Teresa Giudice hangs out with Naughty But Nice Rob.

Photo Credit: Teresa’s Twitter

“My mom and my 3 sisters!!!”

Photo Credit: Gia Giudice

“My dads present to my mom for her b day!!”

Photo Credit Gia Giudice’s Twitter

“RT @arianazolciak In the car w/ @Kimzolciak @biermann71 @BrielleZolciak & K!! One big happy family!!! Luv y’all ‪#happy!”

Photo Credit: Kim Z Twitter via Ariana

“My baby @JLaValle”

Photo Credit: Snooki Twitter

“Had lunch with @LisaVanderpump I really like her. She’s so classy & so nice. xx”

Teresa Twitter

“Thanks for the pic and the kiss @realjoefrancis”

Photo credit: Golnesa’s Twitter

“Flashback Friday! Lovd this pic of me @robkardashian @misskellyo @kanyewest a few weeks ago in NYC”

Photo Credit: Kim K Twitter

“Had a fab time w the 1 n only @WendyWilliams @ her 500th epo party!! Thanks 4 the invite xoxo”

Photo Credit: Renee Graziano Twitter

“Last month in Mexico with Mason!!!”

Photo credit: Kim Kardasian Twitter

“Andy Cohen and Housewives at Front Row Fashion Show in Bethesda. ‪#andycohen‬ ‪#stacieturner‬ ‪#RHODC”

Photo Credit: Stacie Turner Twitter

“I Love Florida! This weekend marks 23 years that me & @richardwakile met on a plane coming to the sunshine”

Photo Credit: Kathy Wakile Twitter

If you thought the Real Housewives of New York was going to get less dramatic following the firings of Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, and Kelly Bensimon, you’d be wrong. Rather than getting classier, the show is probably going to look a lot more like the menopausal, passive aggressive version of Bad Girls Club. The show premieres in two weeks and already, the ladies are taking shots at each other in the press for truly pointless things like their premiere parties.

Rob Shuter of the Huffington Post, who love him or hate him, does appear to have a direct line into the RHONY world, reports that the upcoming season will be Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan versus the rest of the gang, which isn’t surprising. As far as Countess LuAnn, she remained more opportunistic, as she usually is, and stuck with the new blood, and the anonymous cast member tells Rob “The Countess, who has tried to stay neutral in the past, was forced to choose between the new ladies and her old cast mates … and picked the former.”

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The Countess and Ramona are throwing competing premiere parties, which will be held at the same time for the first time ever, which Rob seems to think is a a historic event the likes of Pearl Harbor. In the past, Housewives threw different parties but never on the same night. And who decides to go to which party will be “very telling!.” An “ex-cast member” (perhaps by the name that rhymes with Bill Larin) tells Rob that “Both of these ladies take this very seriously and are very competitive. ”

Parties are serious business. Equally serious is Kelly Bensimon’s reaction to Bravo’s repeats of her nervous breakdown during Season 3 in the infamous “Scary Island” episode. She used the only venue she has left, Twitter to air her concerns to Bravo, “Oh my god @bravoandy I did my job on #rhony, your fans need to be told the truth about ‘scary island’ if you are putting it on repeat.”

Kelly continues to insist that she had a “breakthrough” on that episode and has even insinuated that the whole event was scripted and part of her role for the season. Fans responded to her that no one forced her to go on the trip, something else she claimed during the Season 3 reunion, that she was forced to go on the trip. I’ve always believed that in a way, Kelly was “forced” to go, in so far that her agent and manager told her that she should go on the trip to ensure that she would be renewed for season four. She just saw it as a work obligation, but Kelly is just inarticulate in a really frightening way, and the media is not kind to those people. Unless you’re Kim Kardashian. And then you can make millions.

Anyway, let’s move to housewives who are actually on the show. Aviva Drescher, one of the new women on the cast, who also happens to be an amputee, has been accused by Sonja Morgan of being a fake philanthropist, which is soooo #richpeopleproblems it’s not even funny. Sonja told the New York Observer that she was never actually involved with any charities. “We all went to one of her SoulCycle events, but she wasn’t really involved with any charities. I ran into her ex-husband (Harry Dubin) and he was just as surprised; he said Aviva never did any philanthropy.”

The Observer called Aviva for comment, and she called Sonja’s comments “absurd” and that she’d been helping amputees since she was 20, adding “That’s about as silly as saying that I have two legs.” She topped it all off by accusing Sonja of being a drunk: “Besides, Sonja Morgan is an alcoholic. She has to be carried out of every party.”

Well, then. If that’s how it’s going to be, then we’re in for a helluva season. No passive aggressive or double speak with these women.

In our last RHONY tidbit of the day, Alex McCord has decided to sign up with the Dial A Star service that we were all making fun of Danielle Staub for doing a few weeks ago. Is Alex so broke she needs to sign up for this? What could Alex possibly have to add that she doesn’t post to her Twitter and Facebook? Who on earth is paying $20 a minute to talk to her? I’m embarrassed for everyone involved in this.

TELL US: ARE YOU TEAM RAMONA/SONJA OR TEAM COUNTESS? DO YOU THINK KELLY WAS FORCED TO GO TO SCARY ISLAND? ARE YOU EXCITED FOR AVIVA ON RHONY?

We here at Reality Tea are often just shocked to the gills by the antics of reality stars. From the products they shamelessly hawk to the ridiculous relationships to the epic fights to the hilarious outfits – the fun never stops! With all the insanity reverberating from every corner of every network, low-budget to high, we’ve often wondered… which crazy would you rather?

In order to spread the fun, we’ve decided to start a weekly game called Reality Tea: Would You Rather? And for today’s question – in honor of summer vacations – we wanna know:

Would you rather…

A) Be stuck on Scary Island with Kelly Bensimon and Jill Zarin (along with Pinot Singer!) – but no pinot!

~ OR ~

B) Be stuck in Bulliti-Tahiti with Evelyn Lozada and Tami Roman? Hold onto your purse!

Give your answer below and don’t forget to spread the fun!

Us Weekly‘s annual Hot Bodies issue is out on newsstands and just who found themselves the recipient of such title but three of our Housewives friends!

Gretchen, Melissa, and Alexis all got together to talk being hot and how they stay that way while posing as fifties housewives in cute retro swimsuits. All the ladies are in their thirties – and they look phenomenal – photoshop or no!

About her appearance Alexis Bellino, who has admitted to struggling with an eating disorder in the past and has had several surgical enhancements says: “I’m done picking myself apart. Life’s too short to spend another month recovering.” Did I hear this correctly – Jesus Barbie is over plastic surgery?! Well, I guess hell does freeze over.

Alexis also shares that she’s over obsessing about what she eats. “I won’t give up red wine, chocolate, or carbs.” Say whatever you want about ol’ Lex, but she looks fantastic for three kids and eating carbohydrates.

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Gretchen Rossi says her secret to hotness is working out – alot. “I’ll do lunges in my driveway or curl a lamp in my room. I want to look good!” The Real Housewives of Orange County star confesses that her body has changed tremendously since turning thirty. She’s now 34. “I know everyone says this, but it’s amazing how much my body changed in my thirties.”

Melissa Gorga reveals that she’s ok with a curvier shape – and apparently some cellulite. “I like a more feminine body, I don’t want to be a bodybuilder!” Melissa says her impressive physique comes from kickboxing.

And as for the constant hotness competition on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Melissa doesn’t mind a bit! “Hey, a little friendly competition never hurt anybody” she laughed.

[Photo Credit: Gretchen Rossi's Facebook]

THOUGHTS ON THE PHOTO? SO CUTE, RIGHT?!

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Bethenny Frankel has been back in the news for her marital drama again – and this time she’s allegedly having an affair with her Skinnygirl partner Matt Hesse and planning to divorce husband Jason Hoppy. With an iron-clad prenup, of course!

Friends of the Bethenny Ever After star have denied rumors of marital discord, saying the couple is committed to the marriage. Well, it appears they’re also committed to Bethenny’s rising career! Bethenny refused to confront rumors head-on; taking to Twitter to encourage fans to wait and watch her talk show for the deets. Well, that lead many to speculate that Bethenny may be using the rumors to create publicity for said new talk show.

HollywoodLife is reporting that Bethenny’s sudden marital problems are no mere coincidence! “Bethenny knows better than anyone how to work the media,” a source reveals. “She’s doing this for TV ratings for Bethenny Ever After.”

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“She and Jason go through problems like any couple, she’s quite demanding — a total handful!;” the source adds. And despite the rumors, Jason and Bethenny are very much dedicated to their relationship! “They love each other and to be honest they are staying together for the sake of their daughter too. They’ll do anything they can to make sure they can have a happy family for Bryn.”

However, “Bethenny knows that this publicity will help ratings. But when there’s smoke, there’s fire. They have problems, but as of now they’re together.” Is it me, or does Bethenny always seem to have a catastrophe right about the time she has something to promote?

SO – IS BETHENNY’S MARITAL DRAMA A PUBLICITY STUNT?

Was it field day or feud day on this past episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey?  Don’t you just love reading the women’s blogs, hearing what they have to say, knowing all the things they know now?  Those talking head interviews can be really biting, and it’s never easy to hear a supposed friend talking smack about you.  That said, can we please talk about Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo’s sportsmanship intervention with G-to-the-ia?  I am not going to comment on the spunky Miss Gia (as I think it’s incredibly unacceptable and disgusting to see how some bloggers and commenters bash these kids who never asked to be growing up on television in the first place), but I will ask, do you think Jacqueline went to far in disciplining her friend’s child?  Jacqueline addresses the situation in her Bravo blog:

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This day was supposed to be about fun and I didn’t want Gia feeling upset like that. I went in after her to get her to snap out of it and come back outside to join everyone. I was trying to be funny at first and tried to make her laugh to change her mood, but she told me to go away. I tried to explain that everybody was just being silly and having fun, but she continued to say rude things to me, Caroline, and my friend’s son. I kept calm and I told her that if she wanted her mom , she was outside and she should get up to go get her. I really didn’t want her sitting alone in the basement pouting all day with the cameras on her. I didn’t want to bother Teresa at first, because she was outside having fun, or so it seemed, filming with her family. I eventually did tell my friend’s son to go out and get Teresa, which is why she eventually came in, at her own leisure, to see what was wrong. In the meantime, I decided to read her the book, Being a Bad Sport by Joy Berry, a Help Me Be Good book series. YES, FOR GODSAKES, ANOTHER BOOK DRAMA! I thought the book might make sense to her, and that it would get her to understand the emotions she was feeling. I thought it might also give her a different way to handle the situation and the feelings she was having. It’s good to be competitive, but it’s also important to be a good sport.

I realized shortly after Gia ran up the stairs to get away from me that I may have overstepped my boundaries as a best friend/honorary aunt. I felt horrible instantly. I apologized many, many times. As familiar as we were with each other, like family, it really wasn’t my place to teach Gia a lesson. I still feel horrible about it to this very day…I learned to never cross that line again. That doesn’t take away the fact that Gia was extremely rude and disrespectful to me in my home, and I hope that at some point Teresa had a talk with her about that.

After seeing the things that Teresa Guidice had to say about her daughter Ashley’s rebellious ways and how perhaps her behavior is a product of Jacqueline’s parenting, it’s game on for Jacq.  It seems to be that all of the ladies have become masterminds at the passive aggressive blog post.  Teresa may even be the queen of it!  Regardless, Jacqueline manages to get in some digs at Tre while showing (faux?) sympathy for Gia.

I feel sorry for her. Maybe Gia reacts the ways she does because of the way Teresa handles her (or doesn’t). Teresa should pay closer attention to the way Gia is already speaking to her parents and other adults at the early age of 10, because I recognize some of that behavior and Teresa may have a long, hard road ahead of her. She still has four girls to raise, so she should be careful what she insinuates about other people’s parenting. Good luck with that.

Youch (that’s my yikes/ouch hybrid)!  You know Teresa isn’t going to let this slide.  Teresa A source tells RadarOnline.com,“There is huge fallout from Jacqueline’s mean blog.  Teresa wants Jacqueline to stop attacking her daughter.  She is furious that Jacqueline has dragged Gia into this nasty fight and is especially pissed that Jacqueline’s Twitter followers are viciously attacking her little girl.”

The insider continues, “Teresa doesn’t care if people attack her all they want but they crossed the line when they attack her daughter. She’s only 10 years old! She doesn’t want her daughter to be thrown into this mix…It is wrong to bully a little girl. Teresa has no problem putting her children on camera, but she doesn’t think adults should be mean to her. Teresa thinks that everyone is jealous of her and they’re stooping so low that they take it out on her kids. She hates that people are trying to hurt her daughter.”

A monitor for Gia’s twitter page (does she really need to tweet at 10?  Who am I kidding?  I totally follow her and think she’s adorbs) posted, “Ppl taking time to bash a child on the internet need to step back and re-evaluate their lives & own human decency before judging and acting.”  I totes agree with that!

Teresa, of course, addressed the ordeal in her own blog.  While I said before she was the queen of passive aggressive posts (see the first four pages of this week’s blog if you don’t believe me), I don’t think she could be anymore sincere when discussing having to watch Jacqueline’s interactions with her daughter.

I had no idea what Caroline and Jacqueline were doing to her. Extremely, extremely not OK. Kids get upset, I don’t think you have to follow them around, corner them, get in their face, and make them feel worse. Did you see Gia’s poor face? Saying “no one had ever done that to her before”? As Gia’s mother, it really broke my heart to watch that, and it was wrong. It wasn’t them trying to help, they were belittling her and making her feel terrible about herself, and I don’t think she was disrespectful. She didn’t run away or slap them or call them dirty names. She sat there and cried and begged them to get her mom. And the fact that they wouldn’t go find me is really upsetting.

Sooo…whose side are you on?  Me, I’m on G-to-the-ia’s side all the way.  Ten-year-old girls get emotional, they throw tantrums, they carry on and cry.  However, Gia’s behavior doesn’t even touch on how horrible the women have behaved, so she’s got that going for her!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JACQ AND TRE’S BLOG BATTLE?  WAS JACQUELINE WRONG IN HOW SHE APPROACHED GIA?

Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has been a wreck for a while now and is desperately pleading with a judge to send her to prison!

Amber was offered a second chance by the judge back in January. She could’ve avoided prison if she successfully completed a drug rehab program. Amber has been in and out of jail and is now requesting that she be sent to prison so she can serve the time and get clean.

During a routine hearing yesterday, Amber admitted to the judge she would always “be a bad girl” and that she hasn’t been clean at all since starting the program at the beginning of the year. Amber told the judge she couldn’t stand the drug program and wanted out. The only alternative for Amber is prison.

Amber was taken into custody and will sit in the county jail until her sentencing – which could be up to five years per the original agreement.

This makes me so sad for her that she thinks the only way to help herself is prison. She clearly has had some deep problems all along, but how much of it is related to the pressures of being in the media spotlight at such a young age?

TELL US – DO YOU THINK MTV IS TO BLAME FOR ANY OF AMBER’S ISSUES? DO YOU THINK PARTICIPATING IN TEEN MOM IS TOO MUCH FOR THESE YOUNG GIRLS TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT?