Rachel Fuda reacts to Teresa Giudice calling husband John a drug dealer

Rachel Fuda accused Teresa Giudice of being a gaslighter after calling her husband John the “biggest drug dealer” during the season 14 premiere of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”

“This is manipulation and gaslighting at its finest. You’ve got to be kidding,” Fuda, 33, reacted sharply while speaking to Page Six’s Evan Real and Danny Murphy at Thursday’s live “Virtual Reali-Tea” taping at Chelsea Table & Stage in New York.

“So you add fuel to the fire and then you turn around and say, ‘But I think he’s a great dad and a great husband,'” she added. Giudice, 51, tried to extinguish the flames stemming from the drug dealing accusation during Sunday’s episode of “RHONJ” by complimenting John’s parenting.

“You can’t judge anyone. He is my husband. It’s fantastic,” Rachel continued.

“He’s a fantastic father and a successful businessman who has built his life to where it is now, and you take his life and manipulate his history.”

Further defending her husband, she added: “I’m proud of him. I’m proud of his accomplishments and I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished as a family.”

John, 37, also spoke to Page Six during the “Virtual Reali-Tea” live taping and expressed his shock that Giudice would drag his name through the mud.

“I’m really disgusted by her behavior because I think she’s been through this before,” he explained. “So she should have known when she sent me a letter from college how fucked up it was, considering I’m taking care of three kids and my wife. Why would you attack my company? I’m not the main character.”

The spat between Giudice and Rachel and John began after the latter accused Giudice’s husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas, of hiring a private detective to investigate his past during the “RHONJ” season 13 reunion, which aired in May 2023 .

Ruelas claimed during the season 13 finale that one of his “best friends” and “one of the most famous private detectives in the country” Bo Dietl willingly gave him information about “everyone” in the cast.

Then, on an episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” he claimed he lied about the whole situation.

“I was at the end of my rope,” he argued. “It’s been a long season.”

Moreover, Dietl exclusively told Page Six that he “has never conducted any investigation into any ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ cast member.”

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The relationship between Giudice, Ruelas, and Fudas appears to be deteriorating throughout season 14, despite Giudice’s attempts to smooth things over following her comments about John.

In the first episode of the season premiere, Rachel screamed at Giudice to get her husband’s name out of her “hot dog-lipped lips.”

Fans can watch the drama unfold every Sunday on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.