Teresa Giudice Reveals Why She Turned Down ‘DWTS’ The First Time They Asked After Prison Stint

Teresa Giudice, 50, is acceptable to cha cha her mode to the Mirror Ball Trophy on Dancing with the Stars! Teresa has joined the season 31 formed of the contention series, though it turns retired that this wasn’t the archetypal clip she’s been asked to participate. “It’s amended present due to the fact that I retrieve years agone I got asked erstwhile I came location from — I hatred to accidental the connection — prison, I got asked to beryllium connected Dancing with the Stars arsenic soon arsenic I came home,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star revealed astatine a virtual property junket that HollywoodLife attended connected Sept. 8.

Teresa Giudice (Photo: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

Teresa, who served 11 months successful prison until December 2015 for fraud, explained that she was “struggling” with deciding whether oregon not she should do DWTS astatine the time. “The kids were inactive young and I conscionable got location and I didn’t privation to permission them,” she said astatine the junket. “I was precise torn, but past I couldn’t bash it anyhow due to the fact that I had to beryllium connected Bravo first. So it worked retired and then, look, years later, it came backmost around. So it was meant to beryllium for maine to beryllium connected Dancing with the Stars.”

The mom-of-four, who is partnered with pro dancer Pasha Pashkov this season, said that joining DWTS is “dream travel true,” since she utilized to ticker the amusement with her dada Giacinto Gorga, who passed distant successful April 2020. “I watched erstwhile my dada was surviving with me, and today’s my dad’s birthday. So it truly was meant to beryllium so. He’s looking down connected me, and I cognize he’s truly proud. We utilized to ticker it together. He utilized to emotion watching the miss dancers.”

Teresa’s youngest child, 13-year-old daughter Audriana, is simply a competitory dancer, truthful people the Bravo prima has gotten immoderate proposal present that she’s agreed to articulation the show. “[Audriana] said, ‘Make definite you person fun. Enjoy each moment. Feel your partner’s energy, and don’t beryllium scared.’ And I’m like, “That’s casual for you to say,’ ” Teresa joked. ‘ “Dance similar it’s your past clip dancing, marque the champion of it,’ which I thought she was truthful cute. I person it successful writing, truthful [that’s] thing that I’m ever going to stock with her. I privation each my daughters to beryllium arrogant of me, and I privation my hubby [Luis Ruelas] to beryllium arrogant of me.”

The new DWTS cast besides includes Jordin Sparks, Wayne Brady, Selma Blair, Vinny Guadagnino, Charli D’Amelio, and more. Season 31 premieres Monday, September 19 connected Disney+.