Roxanne 
Teresa Giudice is no stranger to second chances, and she’s not forgetting the ones who stood by her through the toughest of times.
In a candid appearance on The Viall Files podcast on Wednesday, September 24, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star opened up about her time behind bars and the surprising friendships that came out of it. Despite the reality of incarceration, Giudice revealed that she still keeps in touch with three women she met while serving time.
“Everyone was really nice to me,” she shared with host Nick Viall. “I mean, listen, there was a few girls that would give me a dirty look. And I was like, ‘Really, you don’t want to do that.’ You know? I’m like, ‘I’m really pissed off that I’m here and you don’t — like, don’t even come near me.’”
Giudice, 53, served 11 months of a 15-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, following her 2014 guilty plea to multiple counts of fraud, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and bankruptcy fraud.
Despite the initial tension with some inmates, Teresa said she didn’t allow the negativity to shape her experience:
“I really just kept to myself. … And I still talk to, as a matter of fact, I had lunch with two of the girls that I was in there with.”
In total, she says she’s stayed connected with three women from that chapter of her life.
“I was friendly with everyone,” she added. “Everyone was so nice to me. And I hate to always talk about this, just to say it, ‘cause it’s, I don’t want it to define me.”
While Teresa may be best known for her high-profile reality TV moments, her time in prison offered a deeper perspective, and a chance to forge bonds under unusual circumstances. For someone who once lived for table-flipping drama, it turns out prison life brought a rare sense of calm and connection.
