Gia Giudice is speaking out about rumors she was fired by Bravo after starring on season 1 of Next Gen NYC.
“I feel like something big that has been talked about so much is one, me being fired from Bravo and two, me having this crazy Rutgers plagiarism scandal,” Gia, 24, began the Thursday, June 26, episode of her “Casual Chaos” podcast in her new “Gia Diaries” segment.
Gia noted she would “touch on me getting fired from Bravo first,” claiming, “That’s not true. I am very much still working with Bravo.”
The Next Gen NYC star joked, “I know that is a shock, a heartbreak to all of you,” but insisted it was the truth.
Gia added, “I’m actually going to a red carpet tonight with Amazon Prime for a movie premiere that Bravo invited me to. So very in the loop with Bravo.”
The reality star, who is the daughter of The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice, called the network “amazing.” Gia reiterated, “They are the network that I work for. I don’t even know how that rumor transpired. Very weird.”
Meredith Marks, Brooks Marks, Gia Giudice and Teresa Giudice. Eugene Gologursky/Bravo
Gia proceeded to poke fun at her haters, saying, “Sorry to break it to you, but news is not real. I am still with Bravo. Sorry you will still be seeing me on your TV screens.”
Earlier this month, rumors surfaced that Gia was fired from Next Gen NYC — which stars several Real Housewives children as they navigate living in the Big Apple in their early 20s — after she was allegedly involved in a cheating scandal at her university.
Gia cleared up the rumors surrounding her time at Rutgers University, noting on Thursday’s podcast that she graduated “two years ago with all my chords, my diploma. I moved my tassel to the other side.”
She claimed that “it’s just not true” that she had allegedly plagiarized while attending the prestigious school.
Gia Giudice, Charlie Zakkour and Brooks Marks. Charles Sykes/Bravo
“If I was involved in some crazy plagiarism scandal, one, I would’ve failed the class. Two, I probably wouldn’t have graduated,” Gia explained. “Rutgers takes cheating and plagiarism very seriously.”
She told her listeners that this rumor was “again, just another clickbait, people using my name for story lines.”
“I really don’t let story lines or headlines upset me at all,” Gia confessed, noting that she just “blocks out the noise.”
Real Housewives producer Andy Cohen also commented on the speculation that Gia had caused drama filming Next Gen NYC and was no longer part of Bravo, coming to her defense in the process.
Hudson McLeroy, Ariana Biermann, Gia Giudice, Shai Fruchter and Riley Burruss. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Us Weekly
“I am not a producer of Next Gen NYC. This is the first I am hearing of any discord surrounding Gia,” Cohen, 57, said on the Monday, June 23, episode of SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live. “And I certainly only have positive feelings for Gia and her mom, Teresa, the OG of New Jersey.”
Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice’s eldest daughter, Gia Giudice, has grown up before Bravo fans’ eyes. Gia was 8 years old when Real Housewives of New Jersey, which also featured her sisters Gabriella (born 2004) and Milania (2005), filmed season 1. At the first reunion, fans learned Teresa was pregnant with her fourth baby girl. […]
Cohost Jordan Fazio then asked Cohen whether there was any truth to the rumors that Gia took part in “inappropriate behavior” with her costars, he quickly shut it down.
“No, nothing that I’ve heard of,” Cohen replied. “No.” While Cohen doesn’t work on the spinoff, he told listeners, “Do not sleep on this show,” saying he loves it.
Next Gen NYC airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
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