Real Housewife of New Jersey‘s Teresa Giudice confirmed on Monday that she has a new man in her life, and it seems as if her family could not be happier for her.
In a recent Instagram live, fellow castmate and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, 41, shared that Teresa was doing ‘good,’ especially with the addition of her new beau.
In conversation with Salt Lake City housewife Jen Shah, Gorga briefly touched on the budding romance as she mentioned Giudice’s ‘little boyfriend,’ while winking playfully.
Lots of love: RHONJ’s Melissa Gorga confirmed that sister-in-law Teresa Giudice was ‘good,’ after going public with her new boyfriend Luis Ruelas, 46, earlier this week. Giudice, 48, debuted her beau on Monday via social media
While answering fan questions someone asked how Teresa, 48, was doing which prompted Melissa to briefly mention her new beau.
‘Teresa’s good. Got her little boyfriend. She’s good,’ she said with a chuckle.
Recently Giudice confirmed that she had found love with New Jersey businessman Luis Ruelas, 46.
Giudice teased the debut of her new man on Facebook as she shared a status this week that said ‘Excited to reveal my new boyfriend,’ with a shot of the two from behind.
Loved up: After finalizing her divorce from Joe Giudice back in September, she seemed to keen to be moving on with someone new. After spending
New boyfriend: Teresa confirmed that she indeed had a new man in her life with a Facebook status on Monday that accompanied a photo of the two from the back
Linking to an article that buzzed about the veteran housewife’s relationship status, it seemed as if she was teeing up either a possible show debut or just more photos to come.
Ruelas has two children of his own and is the co-founder and EVP of Business Development at Digital Media Solutions.
The pair first met at the Jersey Shore in September with Teresa already introducing Ruelas to her four daughters who she shares with ex husband Joe Giudice.
Love interest: Giudice is currently dating New Jersey businessman Ruelas. Though few details about when or how the two first met have been shared, Teresa implied that she would be sharing more of him soon
Speaking to E! News in late October, Joe – who was deported to his native Italy after serving 41 months for fraud – touched on Teresa dating and what the future holds for the both of them.
‘What’s she going to do, stay alone forever? That’s not fair…,’ he said.
He added, ‘we talk everyday but, we kind of moved on already,’ also sharing that he was casually seeing someone.
Moving on: Joe chatted with E! where he shared that both he and Teresa had moved on, despite co-parenting and talking everyday. Giudice was deported to Italy last year following a 41-month prison stint
‘If I was living there, it would be a different story, but I’m not. I’m over here, eight hours away in Italy, full of a bunch of Italian women,’ he continued.
The couple had a tumultuous past after Joe pleaded guilty to mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud charges in 2014, blowing up both their family and their marriage.
After Teresa served 11.5 months of her 15 month sentence, Joe headed in to do his time before getting deported to his native Italy after never filing for citizenship.
The pair’s eldest daughters Gia, 19, and Milania, 15, are currently visiting Joe in Italy, with Giudice sharing that they are trying to sort something out for the holidays.
Family visit: Currently the couple’s eldest daughters Gia, 19 and Milania,15, are visiting Joe in Italy; pictured this week