Low Blow! Teresa Giudice Attacked By New Castmate Amber Marchesa Over Legal Woes
Jan. 27 2014, Published 6:40 a.m. ET
Amber Marchesa and her husband James have achieved the unthinkable: making Teresa Guidice a sympathetic figure.
A show insider tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively that the new cast member went on the attack against both Teresa and her husband Joe -- in front of the rest of the cast -- for their well-documented string of legal and financial problems.
"All of the cast members have been really respectful of Teresa and Joe and the girls" in their current situation, the insider said, "but they went there."
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While Teresa's been the show's resident pot stirrer -- and a common enemy among many of her cast mates over the years -- even her past rivals rallied to her defense, as they were shocked by the cruel, personal barbs from the new kid in town, the insider said.
The insider speculated that Amber and her husband might be looking to take the fast road to reality fame through controversy, by taking aim at the show's most high-profile star.
"Amber's husband owns a mortgage company and they are trying to make a name for themselves and nothing is off limits including Teresa’s legal woes," the insider said. "The Marcheses feel that they are too classy for the rest of the cast members and don’t like being associated with criminals."
The couple's above-it-all attitude has alienated them from many of their castmates, the insider said, though that's of little consequence to them, if it improves their visibility.