Teresa Giudice and her new boyfriend Luis ‘Louie’ Ruelas enjoyed a family dinner with her ex-husband Joe Giudice and their four kids in the Bahamas on Wednesday.
As the lovebirds vacationed with the 48-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s daughters Gia, 20, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11, fans were stunned to see them sharing a meal with Joe, who was deported to Italy after spending 41 months behind bars for fraud in 2019.
In videos shared by Milania, which were reposted by her mother, Teresa and Ruelas were seated directly across from Joe, 48, in a potentially awkward setting.
Family first: Teresa Giudice and her new boyfriend Luis ‘Louie’ Ruelas enjoyed a family dinner with her ex-husband Joe Giudice and their four kids in the Bahamas on Wednesday
‘I truly appreciate & hope I will continue to be present in my best friend life. A great person, mom, and confident individual,’ Joe captioned a sweet photo with his ex-wife and children at Graycliff Restaurant.
Additionally, the father-of-four wrote he had a ‘great meeting’ with the New York Times bestselling author and her ‘boy.’
Meanwhile his eldest gushed that they ‘stick together no matter what’ in their family on her Instagram Story.
Quality time: As the lovebirds vacationed with the 48-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s daughters Gia, 20, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11, fans were stunned to see them sharing a meal with Joe, who was deported to Italy after spending 41 months behind bars for fraud in 2019
Happy: Footage on Milania’s account of the night showed Teresa blowing a kiss at the camera, Ruelas smiling and Joe looking a bit more reserved
Footage on Milania’s account of the night showed Teresa blowing a kiss at the camera, Ruelas smiling and Joe looking a bit more reserved.
Teresa was dressed in a skintight patterned jumpsuit, while Milania wore a baby blue dress and sister Gia stunned in a plunging striped minidress.
Joe cut a more stylish figure in a black button-down and grey trousers as he stood next to Gabriella, who wore a white bandana top and beige pants for the fun night.
Dinner: In videos shared by Milania, which were reposted by her mother, Teresa and Ruelas were seated directly across from Joe (Ruelas pictuerd in pink)
Teresa also shared a snap from the evening, on the same night Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, which showed her facing off with her brother Joe Gorga.
‘Tonight’s episode is hard for my girls and I. Joe is the father to my children & even though we split I respect his relationship with my daughters so it’s hard for them to see my brother disparage him, for the sake of my daughters who have already been through so much loss,’ she wrote.
The doting mother continued: ‘My mother adored Joe & that’s what my girls saw & remember. I hope from this point we can all move forward on a more positive note for the sake of our family.’
Family: Joe was reunited with his four daughters in the Bahamas where he recently relocated
Joe, 48, recently moved to the Caribbean from Italy and hasn’t been able to spend time with all his daughters since December 2019, shortly after he was forced to move to Italy from his home in New Jersey.
Then after the lockdowns hit last year, Joe didn’t get to see his kids again until November when Gia and Milania visited him in Italy where they met Joe’s new girlfriend Daniela Fittipaldi.
According to Teresa, Joe is in the Bahamas to train for a boxing match.
Getting serious: Meanwhile, Teresa has moved on with boyfriend Luis ‘Louie’ Ruelas
‘He’s living in the Bahamas right now and I know he’s going to be fighting. He’s doing a celebrity fight,’ Teresa told Extra last month of her ex, who is set to compete in a Celebrity Boxing match.
Teresa has moved on with Ruelas after ending things with her childhood sweetheart, who she wed in 1999 and officially divorced after 20 years of marriage last year.
The couple reportedly moved in together earlier this year, according to Teresa’s sister-in-law Melissa Gorga.
Moving on: The childhood sweetheart wed in 1999 and officially divorced after 20 years of marriage last year; seen in 2016