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Teresa Giudice is dishing on whether she’ll return to The Real Housewives of New Jersey with the same cast as she enjoys the series’ ongoing pause.

As she attended the premiere party for Next Gen NYC on Monday night with her daughter, Gia Giudice, 24, and her husband, Luis Ruelas, 50, Teresa revealed if she has tried the sprinkle cookie line of her estranged sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, 46, offered an update on her marriage, and confirmed which of her four daughters is most like her.

“I’m fine with it,” Teresa, 53, said of the pause during a June 2 interview with Access Hollywood. “I feel like they need to bring us back cuz everybody wants us to come back, but you know what, whenever Bravo’s ready, I’ll be ready. We’ll see.”

“We’ll see if I’ll be ready … No!” she continued, jokingly suggesting that she may not actually be ready once Bravo finally casts season 15.

Then, after Gia noted that “it would be weird” if she were on Bravo and her mom wasn’t, Teresa pointed out that her return is up to the network.

“It’s up to them, obviously. It’s always up to them,” she stated.

As for any potential ultimatums, Teresa made it clear that she was not threatening to quit if certain cast members were brought back.

“I’m the OG. They’re not getting rid of me till Bravo gets rid of me,” she shared, confirming that, “yes,” she will return with the same cast if that is who’s chosen.

While Teresa won’t be leaving the show if Melissa returns, she’s unwilling to reconcile with her co-star and has not tried her cookies.

“No. Yeah, no,” she declared.

As for how things were going with Luis, who was faced with millions in tax liens earlier this year, Teresa said, “Everything’s good.”

“We’re going on five years next month — that I met him — and then August will be three years that we’re married,” she revealed.

Although Teresa filmed alongside Gia for the debut season of Next Gen NYC, she denied causing any drama among the group and confessed that she didn’t offer any advice to her daughter.

“I didn’t need to give her any advice. She grew up on reality TV,” Teresa explained. 

Also during the interview, after Teresa said Gia and Milania Giudice, 19, were most like her, even in looks, Gia agreed to having similarities to her mom.

“I think I definitely have my drive and ambition from my mom. She is so hard working, and I’ve seen that from the start growing up, and I feel like I definitely have those qualities in me from her, so definitely her hard work, her confidence, and honestly, just her being herself,” Gia shared. “She’s so authentic, and I feel like that’s what I learned from her growing up as well.”

Next Gen NYC season one premieres on Tuesday, June 3, at 9/8c on Bravo.