only hours after the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” finale aired, Luis Ruelas has already walked back claims he hired a private investigator to dig up dirt on the cast.
When Teresa Giudice told Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” Tuesday night that her husband “just said” that and pulled the idea “out of nowhere,” Ruelas agreed from the audience.
“I was at the end of my rope,” the 48-year-old explained. “It was a long season. Frustrating, you know, trying to get married.”
Cohen sarcastically called the statement an “amazing thing to come up with out of nowhere.”
Ruelas replied, “It is actually, isn’t it? I regret it though.”
During Season 13’s finale episode earlier that evening, the businessman said that a P.I. named Bo Dietl knew “s–t about everybody in” the room.
“I’m not talking, like, gossip,” he added. “Bo Dietl, who’s one of the most famous private investigators in the country, one of my best friends, brought me information on each person in this group.”
Although Giudice, 50, told Cohen Tuesday night that she could “defend” her partner’s actions in that moment, she alleged just moments later that “he did not do it.”
The reality star asked, “Why would he waste his money? He did say it because he was frustrated. Did you see what they were putting him through?
“Do you know how much that would cost? How many people are on the cast to investigate each person?” Giudice continued. “Do you think we’d want to waste our money on that? No. I’d rather him waste his money on me.”
Twitter users doubted the couple’s change of heart, with Bravo fans calling them “manipulative” and “liars.”
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One speculated, “He said it’s his good friend … so he did do it, he just didn’t pay. These two trouble making liars deserve each other. Match made in … not heaven.”
However, Dietl exclusively tells Pvnew he has “never ever done any investigative work against any cast members of the ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey,'” noting that he is “very offended” by the accusation.
“Every one of my investigations are confidential,” he says. “That’s why it’s a private investigation.
“I wouldn’t be in business for 38 years if we did anything not proper.”
Giudice and Ruelas have been together since 2020, tying the knot in August 2022.
Their nuptials — and the ensuing drama when Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga did not attend — were documented on Tuesday.
Before the episode aired, Pvnew reported that “RHONJ,” which has been on the air since 2009, is now “on pause” as Melissa and Giudice are legitimately estranged.
Multiple sources told us that production for Season 14 does not have a set date as no one has been offered a contract or fired amid the feud.
