Melissa Gorga

According to a report from RadarOnline.com, 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' have found new cast member.

Melissa Gorga, the sister-in-law of current Housewife Teresa Giudice, is rumored to be the newest addition to the show.

Bravo wouldn't confirm the news, telling Radar, "We've announced the show is coming back, but haven't made any announcements about casting yet." However, according to reports, season 3 is set to begin filming tomorrow.

According to a "Giudice family friend" who spoke to Radar, Gorga initially approached producers to be a part of season 2. Judging from the source's information about Gorga, she seems like she'd be a great fit. "Their house is actually twice the size as Joe and Teresa's," the source said. "It's enormous! She has two live-in nannies and lives in a $4 million mansion on an exclusive lot in Montville. Teresa and Joe's house looks like a garage compared to theirs."

Since rumors about 'Real Housewives' casting normally surface months before Bravo officially announces anything, we probably won't know for sure whether Gorga is one of the new ladies until the third season is close to premiering.

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Teresa Giudice

Reports just broke Saturday (June 5) that "Real Housewives of New Jersey's" Teresa Giudice filed bankruptcy papers showing she was $11 million in debt. But, castmate Dina Manzo  tells us exclusively that the news is B.S.

"I think I would know if she was in that kind of trouble," Dina tells Zap2it. "And I think it's all kind of fabricated by a hater out there."

There is very little that the reports leave up to the imagination. According to the news, Teresa and her husband make only $79,000 a year combined and receive $10,000 a month from relatives.

Additionally, the reports say that their $1.8 million mansion in Towaco, NJ and their Jersey Shore vacation home are being foreclosed on. The news outlets also state that the Giudices have defaulted on their Cadillac Escalade and they owe $12,000 to a fertility clinic.

"I don't think that any of that's true," says Dina. "I think that's just a hater out there, maybe getting some old [information]. I mean we all have debt here and there. I know my Neiman's bill would knock your eye out."

Hm, well, it would seem that the news hits on everything that Teresa would hold dear. Could someone have engineered the whole story to get back at her?

"In my opinion, it's all someone making something up," Dina stresses.

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