This week on Getting Real With the Housewives, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island star Jo-Ellen Tiberi thinks Rulla Nehme Pontarelli owes her an apology after she allegedly received video proof of her husband Brian Pontarelli’s affair.
“He’s caught beyond red-handed, it’s irrefutable proof,” Jo-Ellen exclusively tells Us Weekly of the alleged video. “Some of it’s being a ‘girl’s girl,’ and some of it’s just, like, vindicating myself. I’m sick of being told that I’m lying. I don’t think that’s fair. You’re coming for my character when you should be coming for your husband with a baseball bat.”
During the midseason trailer of the Bravo series, Jo-Ellen receives a video of Brian supposedly with another woman. Jo-Ellen previously confronted Rulla with text messages about her husband’s indecent behavior, which Rulla felt was fabricated.
“Are you going to apologize to me now? I think I’m owed one,” Jo-Ellen tells Us. “She kept on saying that I’m lying. That’s not true. This isn’t AI, I was trying to be a good person. She chose to go on the Housewives knowing what was happening. That’s not a me thing. Did you think we weren’t gonna talk about it? It’s happening under your nose.”
Rulla previously discussed her marriage with Us before the franchise began airing, noting in March, “Brian is the person who I’ve known my entire life. For any mistakes or misjudgements he’s made, I can honestly tell everyone that he has more than repented his sins.”
She added, “I think everyone will see that. For people who might say, ‘Oh, my God, after what he did, I can’t believe she’s with him or taking him back and she doesn’t need him,’ I feel like for a woman with values, it actually makes you a stronger person.”
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