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Margaret Josephs opened up about what happened when Luis Ruelas allegedly called her son at work while appearing on Heather McDonald‘s podcast on Thursday.
Admitting that she contacted NBCUniversal, and explaining why she didn’t press charges, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 57, shared what Luis, 50, allegedly said to her child as she also accused Teresa Giudice, 52, of “sick behavior.” Plus, Margaret also responded to Luis’ Instagram apology for wishing suffering on her son in the finale episode.
“All my children have nothing to do with the show, don’t even know the names of the people on the show, don’t watch the show, don’t have social media. So no one would know his name, especially not Luis, wouldn’t know where he works, nothing remotely like that,” Margaret began on the August 15 episode of Juicy Scoop, via Instagram.
“A call was made to his office, asked for him by name, and a threat was made to him,” Margaret continued. “There was a conversation. It wasn’t just a phone call. He Googled the person’s name because he didn’t know who it was when he saw it come up on the thing because when he confronted him and said, ‘I see your phone number,’ he said, ‘Oh, wrong number,’ after the threat was made. Not like, ‘I’m going to kill you.’ Nothing remotely like that. Just like, ‘I’m the guy you have to worry about.’”
After Margaret’s son Googled the caller’s name and found out who it was, Margaret got in touch with NBCUniversal, the parent company of Bravo.
“We called NBC. We had conversations and everything else and it was not pretty,” she admitted. “[But] I wasn’t gonna file charges against him. I just wanted it dropped. Teresa dragged it into the season to constantly try and clear her husband’s name. Well, you didn’t do a really good job when he comes on screen to say he wants my family to suffer and my son to suffer.”
Also on Juicy Scoop, Margaret addressed Teresa and Jennifer Aydin‘s ties to bloggers.
“I think they wanted to change the narrative of the show. I think they got involved with these bloggers, and it’s actually very sad because they ruin the atmosphere of everything that was fun about it,” she noted. “I’m grateful to this [Melissa’s Old Nose]. I’m glad she had a come to Jesus moment because everything I’ve been saying the last two years I knew to be true. I was like, no one’s doing this just cuz they’re a fan, and she was working for them, and that’s the sad part. To actually leak information, say, ‘You’re helping my family. Do this.’”
According to Margaret, she has screenshots of them saying, “Go after Margaret’s Walmart business.”
“That’s sick,” she continued. “I never want to hurt someone’s livelihood. I never want to see someone suffer financially. There’s people that I obviously can’t be around and stomach on the show. I never want to see their family hurt. Nothing like that. And I think that they could take it to that level says something about their character. Something has gone wrong.”
Margaret also responded to the apology Luis shared on his Instagram Story after facing backlash from fans who called him “sick” and “cruel” for wishing suffering on her son.
“That’s not an apology. Blaming me, saying he was lied on, all these nonsensical things, it’s not an apology. He was trying to save himself, and that’s not an apology, and I think it just speaks to his character of who he is to say something like that,” she stated. “Go on your merry way and have nothing to do with me … Go be successful. You started this Vinivia. Good luck. Go have your life. Don’t be so obsessed with my life. Don’t talk about my children. I don’t talk about yours. Don’t mention my family. They have a little obsession with me.”
“I think Andy Cohen said it best, that was the darkest moment on Housewives,” she added.
