Fame followedJoe Giudice, even as he was being released from the immigration facility he was held in while he awaited the decision on his deportation appeal.
In a new clip from theReal Housewives of New Jerseystars’s upcoming sit-down withAndy Cohen, which was released to subscribers of theBravo Insiders fan club, Joe describes his final moments in the United States — revealing that immigration officers were taking photographs with him as they escorted the reality star on the plane to Italy.
“I had two immigration officers, one on each side, taking selfies with me the whole time,” Joe, 49, tells Cohen, 51, in the clip, adding that they left from an airport in Washington, D.C. “One guy in front, and I think there was someone else who carried a gun on a plane. You know, I’m a very dangerous guy.”
Joe went on to share that those same officers then turned to him for advice on destinations they should visit while touring Italy.
“They stood on the plane all the way until we got to Rome. I told them where to go and have a good time, because they were staying there ’til Monday, so they were heading out to a few islands in Naples and then they were heading back home,” Joe adds. “So told them where to go. I gave them recommendations to go and have a good time.”
Throughout the entire experience, Joe says he wasn’t handcuffed.
“They wanted to handcuff me. I was like, ‘Listen, I’m not getting in no handcuffs,’ ” Joe says to Cohen. “They’re like, ‘Will you behave?’ It’s like, ‘What the hell am I going to do? If I wanted to leave, I would like just kick your butts and leave. I ain’t going to do that. I go, ‘I want to go on the plane. I want to get the hell out of here.’ ”
An ICE spokesperson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Joe, who appears in theWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenspecial with his wife,Teresa Giudice— their first interview together since he went to prison back in March 2016 — was living in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Clinton County Correctional Center in Pennsylvania ever sincehe left prison in March.
He and Teresa, 47, have been living apart since Joe began his 41-month prison sentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud in March 2016.Teresaserved a little over 11 months in prison for for the same crimes, and wasreleasedon Dec. 23, 2015.
Though Joe has lived in the United States since he was a child,he never obtained American citizenship, and immigrants can be deported if they are convicted of “a crime of moral turpitude” or an “aggravated felony,” according to U.S. law.
That ruling cameJoe’s way last October. He’s appealed twice so far, and has been denied both times. A final ruling is expected in November.
A petition to be released back to his home wasn’t granted, but arequest to go to Italy was. Earlier this month, he was released from ICE custody and flew to Rome, where he has been spending time with family and FaceTiming his children.
Teresa —who has denied through her attorney that she has been romantically involved with someone else,even after photos of her holding hands with a man 20 years her junior surfaced — said that she believed that Joe has been unfaithful.
“Do I feel like he was faithful? No,” Teresa said, maintaining that she and the man she was photographed with were “just friends” and telling Joe, “You were photographed with women also.”
“That’s why it made it okay for you,” Joe responded.
“You don’t think she’s been faithful, Joe” Cohen asked.
“No, I don’t think so,” said Joe.
Also in Cohen’s clip, Teresa got emotional, wiping away tears as she confessed, “I’m just so happy he’s free.”
“Those don’t seem like happy tears,” Cohen, told her. “This relationship kind of feels like you’re speaking about it in the past.”
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Joe and Teresahave been married for 20 yearsand parents to daughters Gia, 18, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 13, and Audriana, 10
In the season 10 trailer forRHONJ, Teresa said that she doesn’t know if she’s still in love with Joe.
“I haven’t been happy in so long,” she admitted to sister-in-lawMelissa Gorga. “And I just want to be happy again.”
“I feel like I’m living the worst nightmare ever,” she toldDanielle Staub,adding that she feels like “drinking a bottle of tequila every night.”
That trailer also included footage of Teresa showing a photo of a man she said she “hooked up” with, though her attorney James J. Leonard Jr. told PEOPLE he was a man named Tony, whom Teresa kissed “more than 30 years ago when they were in high school together.”
“[The media has] been writing about cheating and divorce rumors for the last 10 years, but guess what? Nobody is cheating, nobody is getting divorced,” he told PEOPLE. “The truth? Teresa and the girls are going to see Joe the first week of November. They talk and FaceTime every day. Everyone is happy. No one is fighting.”
“There is an amazing story of love and perseverance, but I guess that doesn’t sell magazines or get clicks on websites,” Leonard added. “Even if you don’t like Joe and Teresa, think about their four daughters and please stop trying to destroy this family. They have been through enough.”
Watch What Happens Live with AndyCohen‘s special sit-down with the Giudices airs Sunday (8 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
source: people.com
