Teresa Giudice’s Brother Says She’s ‘Weak’ and ‘a Mess’ Following Joe’s Prison Release

“It’s very, very hard. You see, she puts up a good, strong front — she has to,” Gorga, 39, told the outlet. “She has to raise her children by herself, so she has to be strong. She can’t be weak. You know, you see this tough girl [on TV] all the time, but she’s weak.

The Gorga Guide to Success author added that Teresa has been trying to keep her mind off the legal drama surrounding Joe Giudice, but it’s not easy.

“She’s got to keep herself busy,” he said. “She’s constantly going out because when she’s home, she has no one to hold. No one’s around. [Her] kids, they’re in their activities and they want to be with their friends. You know, she’s a mess.”

As for the Giudices’ daughters, Gia, 18, Gabriella, 14, Milania, 13, and Audriana, 9? They hope to visit their father in his native country if he is, in fact, deported. “That will be their vacation. I’m sure of that,” he said.

But Gorga hopes Teresa will stay close to home. “I want her to be with her family. That’s what I really want,” he told the mag.

Joe, 46, was released from prison on Thursday, March 14, after serving a 41-month sentence for tax fraud. He was immediately taken into ICE custody.

“ICE expects the Bureau of Prisons Allenwood Low Federal Correctional Institution to honor our detainer, and Mr. Giudice will be taken into ICE custody,” an official told In Touch at the time.

After learning of his demise in October, Joe pleaded with the judge without success.

“I’ve been here my whole life, I wouldn’t know what to do in any other country,” he told Judge John Ellington during his court hearing last fall. “I want to stay here.”

Even though Teresa and Joe have been married for nearly two decades, it doesn’t sound like the brunette beauty will be going with him overseas.

“Gia’s going to college next year; I haven’t spoken to Milania or Audriana about it, we haven’t gotten there yet and Gabriella already voiced her opinion to me,” Teresa told Andy Cohen at the RHONJ reunion. “She was like, ‘That would be so hard for me, mommy.’ She doesn’t speak the language. She’s like, ‘That would kill me even more.’”

The Bravolebrity then assumed her man would have a wandering eye. “You know, I want somebody with me every day. I know exactly what happens. You know, I’m sure he’ll be with other women. It happens. We do the long-distance thing; it’s not going to work. I’d be like, ‘Bye-bye.’”

Perhaps because she’s seemingly had a wandering eye herself these days. Teresa was spotted with Blake Schreck, 26, last month.

On Saturday, February 16, the pair was seen “flirting, holding hands and cuddling,” a source told In Touch exclusively. “They looked really into each other and were having a wonderful time.”

That said, Teresa has denied any wrongdoing. “I took tons of pictures with tons of fans, so, I mean, I was hugging a lot of people,” she said. “A lot of people were touching me.”

But T’s made it clear that she’s not moving the fam if her husband is sent away. “I’m not doing a long-distance relationship,” she told Andy. “I’m not doing it.”