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Teresa Giudice shared why the Real Housewives of New Jersey was put “on pause,” and expressed hope that something “changes in the future.” According to a recent rumor, Teresa, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania, and Melissa Gorga will be the only castmates potentially returning next season.

In season 14, the cast was divided amid Melissa’s war with Teresa, her sister-in-law. Almost every costar picked a side, though most of them, unsurprisingly, joined the team of Melissa and Margaret.

On her Turning The Tables podcast, Teresa shaded certain castmates.

“I guess they want my spot. And it’s like, let’s try to tear Teresa down. So if we tear her down, then we can take her spot or hurt someone that I love,” said the star. “That’s why I’m always trying to defend myself, which is not always a fun thing to do.” Teresa admitted that this doesn’t “show the best side of me.”

She also hinted that her costars’ scheming “got old.”

“Look, that’s why now obviously we’re on pause,” she revealed. “So hopefully, you know, something changes in the future. Because … you should be lifting each other up, not tearing … people down.”

Back in July, Teresa hinted at the issue with season 14.

“What we lacked on our show [is what Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has] … comedy,” Teresa shared at the time, via Centennial World Pod Network on TikTok. “You want to have fun. You wanna laugh. … You don’t want it to be so toxic and so stressful, and for what? And I feel like that’s what happened with our show.”

“It got so dark,” the star added. “I mean, you saw it … I feel like everyone that really knows me, they’re like, ‘That’s not you, the Teresa that we see on TV.’ Cause I’m so fun to hang out with. And everyone always tells me how funny I am … Where’s that Teresa?”

“That Teresa is around with my friends,” she said. “But not when I’m filming with my old cast members. Yeah, that doesn’t happen.”

The new season of the Real Housewives of New Jersey will reportedly start filming soon.