Bravo confirms Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Dolores Catania will return to “Real Housewives of New Jersey” for season 15
Bravo confirms Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Dolores Catania will return to “Real Housewives of New Jersey” for season 15
Kathleen PerriconeTue, March 24, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
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'RHONJ' stars Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, and Teresa Giudice are all back for season 15Credit: Andrew Eccles/Bravo
Three of the key “ingredientses” on The Real Housewives of New Jersey are coming back for season 15.
Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Dolores Catania will all return to the popular reality series, Bravo confirmed on Tuesday. “Additional cast members will be announced at a later date, and production is set to begin this spring,” the network added.
RHONJ has been on “pause” (Bravo speak for hiatus) since August 2024, when tension among the cast was so bad producers had to scrap the reunion special altogether. At the time, Giudice — a star of the show since season 1 — was not on speaking terms with Gorga, her sister-in-law, after years of family turmoil involving her brother Joe Gorga reached its boiling point. However, at BravoCon in November 2025, Giudice revealed she had since reconciled with Melissa and Joe and they intended to move past their well-publicized feud.
“I want him in my life, I want his wife in my life, my sister-in-law, my niece, my nephews in my life,” said the mother of four daughters. “Like, that’s the most important thing. Like, I want the kids to hang out. Because when it’s toxic between the parents, the kids don’t want to hang out.”
The two families even spent the holidays together, a watershed event they shared with fans on Instagram. “Merry Christmas from our family to yours,” Giudice captioned a carousel of photos that included a group shot as well as one-on-ones with Joe and Melissa.
Melissa Gorga, Teresa Giudice, and Dolores Catania from season 11Credit: Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo
And it wasn’t just for the sake of cameras, Gorga said. “I think it needs to last. And if it doesn’t, then shame on all of us if we can’t pull this through. Life’s too short,” she told the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast.
As for Catania, who joined the show as a full-time Housewife in season 7, she recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Paul Connell. Until RHONJ returns, fans can catch her as a “friend of” on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, the latest spinoff in the Bravo franchise, which premieres on April 2.
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So what about the remaining four Housewives from season 14?
Margaret Josephs announced on Tuesday she was “moving on” from the show after six seasons. “I have to tell you something that might come as a little surprise to you, but not for me,” she said in an Instagram video. “I’ve been thinking about a lot of different things and I am moving on from The [Real] Housewives of New Jersey.”
Margaret Josephs and Jennifer Aydin (center) with Dolores Catania (right)Credit: Jocelyn Prescod/Bravo via Getty
Revealing that she had been in talks with Bravo since December about her future on the series, Josephs added, “I think the timing is right. A lot of things have changed in my life.”
Jennifer Aydin, who joined the show in season 9, was snubbed from BravoCon last fall, leading to rumors she had been axed from RHONJ.
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“I feel like the chapter is closed and it was fun while it lasted,” she told the New York Post at the time. “And it was good. Six years is a good stint. My kids are growing. I’m ready for something new.”
As of press time, Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda had not yet addressed their future as Housewives.
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