By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Real Housewives fans coast to coast have already decided whose side they are on when it comes to the bitter family feud between Teresa Giudice and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, and now, Whoopi Goldberg has weighed in too, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

The outspoken host has come down firmly on the side of Teresa after a fraught taping of Goldberg's hit show The View, which is set to air Friday on ABC.

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"The producers on The View asked Teresa if she would try to resolve her issues with Melissa, together, on the show in front of the cameras, but Teresa said she didn't feel she should do so in front of an audience," a well placed source tells Breaking Celebrity News.

"Teresa felt that after apologizing repeatedly with no resolution, that Melissa would just attack her, so this all should be handled privately at this point.