Teresa Giudice’s daughter Gia, 20, shares statement after drug ‘analogy’ on RHONJ season opener

There’s an abundance of drama growing in the garden state.

And Teresa Giudice’s daughter, Gia, shared a statement after Jackie Goldschneider made a drug ‘analogy’ against the 20-year-old on the season opener of Real Housewives of New Jersey.

In the since-deleted note from the Giudice family’s manager, Karianne Fischbach, the eldest of Teresa and Joe’s children was forced to be defended.

Tough crowd: During season 11’s premiere on Wednesday night, Jackie attempted to gain control of a situation where Teresa accused her husband of cheating, and used an ‘analogy’ to describe how hurtful a false rumor can be

During season 11’s premiere on Wednesday night, Jackie attempted to gain control of a situation where Teresa accused her husband of cheating, and used an ‘analogy’ to describe how hurtful a false rumor can be.

In an attempt to compare the baseless accusations, she said she ‘heard that Gia snorts coke in the bathroom at parties,’ and then Goldschneider asked Giudice: ‘How is that not the same thing?’ 

Teresa then stormed out of Margaret Joseph’s house while screaming a host of obscenities at the mere idea of her daughter partaking in any illegal activities.

Yikes: Teresa Giudice's daughter, Gia, shared a statement after Jackie Goldschneider made a drug 'analogy' against the 20-year-old on the season opener of Real Housewives of New Jersey; seen in 2016

Yikes: Teresa Giudice’s daughter, Gia, shared a statement after Jackie Goldschneider made a drug ‘analogy’ against the 20-year-old on the season opener of Real Housewives of New Jersey; seen in 2016

Listen closely: In an attempt to compare the baseless accusations, she said she 'heard that Gia snorts coke in the bathroom at parties,' and then Goldschneider asked Giudice: 'How is that not the same thing?'

Listen closely: In an attempt to compare the baseless accusations, she said she ‘heard that Gia snorts coke in the bathroom at parties,’ and then Goldschneider asked Giudice: ‘How is that not the same thing?’

Shortly after the episode was released, Gia shared and then deleted a statement: ‘Gia is a wonderful, smart, strong and beautiful human being and what was done to her tonight was wrong on so many levels. For a grown ass “I’m so so smart I’m lawyer” woman to bring Gia’s name into an argument & place an accusation with such a weighted consequence is inconceivable,’ Appian Entertainment’s Karianne Fischbach wrote on Feb. 17. 

‘I cannot fathom what would [possess] someone to create a false narrative that could have severe consequences for the innocent party involved, a 19-year-old at the time who was in no way involved in anything. what the cast members choose to do to each other is the nature of the reality TV beast, this was to [SIC] far.’ 

‘I hope apologies are made & I hope family sticks together on this one,’ Fischbach wrote. ‘I’d have a hard time support friend who did that to my niece, #justsayin.’ 

As a guest at Jackie’s husband’s birthday party, Teresa started stirring the pot first with her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, 41, after Jackie gave a sweet speech about Evan being a great husband and father.  

‘I heard he does stuff. Does he?’ Teresa said as Jackie and Evan were shown happily kissing, before approaching Margaret with the same question.

Family first: Teresa then stormed out of Margaret Joseph's house while screaming a host of obscenities at the mere idea of her daughter partaking in any illegal activities

Family first: Teresa then stormed out of Margaret Joseph’s house while screaming a host of obscenities at the mere idea of her daughter partaking in any illegal activities

Tough call: As a guest at Jackie's husband's birthday party, Teresa started stirring the pot first with her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, 41, after Jackie gave a sweet speech about Evan being a great husband and father

Tough call: As a guest at Jackie’s husband’s birthday party, Teresa started stirring the pot first with her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, 41, after Jackie gave a sweet speech about Evan being a great husband and father

Teresa, who has a history of repeating her own favorite rumors of the moment, later told ET: ‘Listen, the rumor was out there. It’s not like I made it up. It was out there. I’m not saying it’s true, I’m not saying it’s not true. I just wanted her to know — from a girl’s girl — that it was out there, and she should do something about it.’

Jackie, for her part, later said she wasn’t ‘starting a rumor’ but was simply ‘giving an analogy’ that Teresa didn’t pick up on.  

‘I think that like almost everyone will say that that’s an analogy and the truth is that there’s no one else in Teresa’s life that I can make her understand,’ she said in an interview with Us Weekly. ‘When you say something about someone you love, whether or not it’s true, it hurts, you know? So, I don’t regret that because if I was saying something nasty about Gia, then I would regret it. But I was giving an analogy, which it was pretty clear to almost everyone.’

Teresa has starred on the popular Bravo franchise for its entire run and Jackie is in her third season, having joined the cast in 2018. Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania and Jennifer Aydin also star on the show. 

Bless: Teresa has starred on the popular Bravo franchise for its entire run and Jackie is in her third season, having joined the cast in 2018. Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania and Jennifer Aydin also star on the show

Bless: Teresa has starred on the popular Bravo franchise for its entire run and Jackie is in her third season, having joined the cast in 2018. Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania and Jennifer Aydin also star on the show